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May Pen Hospital outfitted with thermometry, disinfection machine

PEOPLE entering the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon will now have to be scanned by a newly installed thermometry and disinfection machine before they can step inside the facility.

4-H Clubs names Backyard Family Garden Challenge winners

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Jamaica 4-H Clubs, as part of its drive to intensify and strengthen farming for the improvement of food production and security, recently awarded central region parish winners in the Backyard Family Garden Challenge competition.

Maxine Henry makes her mark in landscaping

NEGRIL, Westmoreland�—�It is a very humid day and there is no letting up of the sun in the beautiful resort town of Negril. A petite frame, clad in green shirt and pants, pauses to take a sip of refreshing water from her tumbler, wipes sweat from...

'I just want to breathe'

LUCEA, Hanover�— A resident of Hopewell phase two housing scheme in Hanover who currently suffers from a chronic asthma condition, which he claims is as a result of the persistent bush fires in his community, has made an impassioned plea for the revision of the Country Fires...

Blessed Sacrament Cathedral shares blessings with the needy

MONTEGO BAY, St James�—�In a bid to assist the less fortunate in St James, Bishop Burchell McPherson and his team at the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Montego Bay have transformed the grounds of the church to host several initiatives geared at giving...

Refuge of Hope gets donation worth $250,000 from JCA

ALBION, St James -�Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) recently presented toiletries and other supplies valued at $250,000 to the Refuge of Hope Shelter in Montego Bay under its corporate social responsibility programme, the brainchild of Commissioner of Customs Velma Ricketts...

GOOD PERFORMANCES!

Former Rusea's High's athletes Ackeen Colley and Lamara Distin marked milestones in the men's 800m and women's high jump, respectively, over the weekend at US collegiate indoor track and field meets.

TERRIFYING

FALMOUTH, Trelawny�—�With some seven of the 54 residents and an undetermined number of employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the Trelawny Infirmary in Falmouth, the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) —...

Welch, Barrett named MVPs

St James High School's Kemauny Welch and Rhyeem Barrett of Herbert Morrison Technical High School walked away with the most valuable player (MVP) awards for the Under-16 and Under-19 sections of the 2019/20 Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association...

Petroleum sector suffering from extended curfew hours, says JGRA

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) Dianne Parram is questioning Government's strategy of lengthening nightly curfews as a means to tackle the sharp rise in coronavirus cases.

Police using forensics to find sniper rifle owner

The Savanna-la-Mar police say they are depending on forensic technology to determine who owns the Remington Woodsmaster sniper rifle seized by cops in Westmoreland on Monday.

WPM denies allegation of sabotage in Mount Salem's garbage collection

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Regional Operations Manager Garnet Edmondson has demanded an apology from People's National Party (PNP's) councillor for the Mount Salem Division, Kerry Thomas, over alleged sabotage in the collection of solid waste in the...

Former JLP MP Cecil July dies at 76

JUNCTION, St Elizabeth — Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP) for St Elizabeth South Eastern Cecil Roy July died at age 76 yesterday at the University Hospital of the West Indies after suffering from a brief illness.

She's just 19 and has already received seven scholarships

MOST students who are lucky or good enough to receive scholarships tend to go through school on one endowment. Nineteen-year-old Crystina Perkins is an exception.

'Conni' taps into St Thomas talent

CONRAD Hunt, 20, believes St Thomas can become a major entertainment hot spot in a post-COVID Jamaica. With this vision, the third-year marketing and international business student at University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica has started a events, talent management, recording label...