Weekly Round-up: Deportees arrive in Jamaica… Two candidates to run in March 2 by-election… Reggae Boyz call out JFF
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Seventeen of 50 Jamaicans were deported from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, after a last-minute UK court order granted the others reprieve.
Among the 17 deportees were two convicted rapists, eight convicted drug offenders, and three persons convicted of robbery and firearm offences.
On Wednesday, two candidates were duly nominated at the Vere Technical High School in Clarendon to contest the by-election in the Clarendon South Eastern constituency, scheduled for March 2.
And in sports, Reggae Boyz spokesman Shaun Francis on Wednesday said his colleagues were frustrated with what they deemed a lack of trust, transparency and communication from the Jamaica Football Federation.
Watch as OBSERVER ONLINE wraps this week for you.
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UK Home Office adamant it had to deport 17 Jamaicans
Two candidates nominated for Clarendon South Eastern by-election
Councillor Kari Douglas leaves PNP, crosses floor of KSAMC to join JLP
Third Jamaican isolated, first tests negative for novel coronavirus
All three patients test negative for coronavirus
Samuda to discuss school security with JTA
Greg Christie appointed executive director of the Integrity Commission
Eight people injured in three-vehicle Hanover crash
Police probing pregnant woman’s death at doctor’s office
