- 'Comrade till I die': Karen Cross insists she is still a PNP member despite expulsion 11:12 am
- COVID-19: Here's what you need to know today 10:47 am
- 18 COVID fatalities, 312 new virus cases 10:42 am
- Former Jamaican athlete Adolphus Nevers dies at 31 10:27 am
- Hurricane Sam swirling over Atlantic with Category 4 winds 10:19 am
- NCB pledges US$15K towards COVID-19 emergency shelter at UHWI 10:05 am
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Revised national policy for senior citizens to be tabled 11:22 pm
THE revised National Policy for Senior Citizens, to provide adequate social safety net protections, has been approved by Cabinet and is to be tabled in the Houses of Parliament shortly.
Residents happy with Andrew Hill road repair
11:00 pm
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Residents of Andrew Hill in Clarendon north western are breathing a sigh of relief following the completion of a $5-million road rehabilitation project there.
History-maker
10:40 pm
Samantha Fletcher yesterday created local horse racing history when she became the first-ever female jockey to win three races on a single race programme.
R&B superstar R Kelly convicted
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — R Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem I Believe I Can Fly , was convicted yesterday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct...
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Sagicor Foundation, Boss Furniture donate beds to St Joseph's Hospital
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
SAGICOR Foundation has partnered with Boss Furniture to donate 30 new beds to St Joseph's Hospital in Kingston, which will increase the hospital's capacity to aid in the fight against COVID-19.
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1,000 students to benefit from free SCEC exam prep programme
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
THE Scotia Jamaica Foundation will be supporting 1,000 students who will be sitting the CSEC examinations in 2022, through a partnership with One on One Educational Services Ltd.
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'DUPPY TRUCK'
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
The ultimate reprisal of the ruthless Klansman gang against a defiant Spanish Town bus driver who they say was causing them not to collect “the right amount of extortion money” was to send an assassin dressed in school uniform aboard the gang's “duppy...
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Doctor devastated
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Since moving to Clarendon to work in May Pen Hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward last November, medical doctor Joshua Daye has been steadily losing his possessions to thieves.
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History-maker
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Samantha Fletcher yesterday created local horse racing history when she became the first-ever female jockey to win three races on a single race programme.
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This Day in History — September 28
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Today is the 271st day of 2021. There are 94 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT
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Today's Horoscope — September 28, 2021
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, September 27, 2021:This year you become much more independent, but find less of a need to demonstrate this quality. You are fiery and full of enthusiasm. People rarely will say “no” to you. Do your best not to allow others to be intimidated by you, and...
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IGL donates US$12,000 to UHWI field hospital
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
THE field hospital at University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is ready to begin accommodating COVID-19 patients, Dr Carl Bruce, consultant neurosurgeon and medical chief of staff, said last week while giving IGL Managing Director Peter Graham an update on the facility last...
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Revised national policy for senior citizens to be tabled
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
THE revised National Policy for Senior Citizens, to provide adequate social safety net protections, has been approved by Cabinet and is to be tabled in the Houses of Parliament shortly.
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St Vincent PM says COVID-19 puts world in 'veritable tailspin
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says the raging novel coronavirus pandemic has put the world in a “veritable tailspin, even as the roll-out of the vaccines has eased the strain somewhat, particularly in the developed...
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UK readies soldiers to help ease gas shortages at pumps
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
LONDON, England (AP) — The British Government put dozens of soldiers on standby yesterday to help easy fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of truck drivers, a situation that has spurred panic buying of gasoline across the country.
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US hospitals fear staff shortage
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
NEW YORK, United States (AP) – Hospitals and nursing homes around the US are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Taliban issues no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban yesterday banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with Sharia, or Islamic, law.
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ROJ celebrates progress of UHWI field hospital
Monday, September 27, 2021
Quick service food giant Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) is part of the group of private sector partners celebrating the near-completion of a project to construct a 48-bed field hospital at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).
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