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Jamaicans praise treatment at quarantine facility

ST ANN — Comfortable rooms, on time meals, lots of food, pleasant and professional staff, are some of the descriptions repeated by individuals quarantined at the Jewels Paradise Cove Hotel in this north eastern Jamaica

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Update: Statue rage - Government opens debate on removing monuments to colonial-era icons

As global anti-racism protests sparked by the killing of American George Floyd coalesce around the toppling of white-supremacy monuments, Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange has opened the door for discussion on removing statues of colonial-era icons from public

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The conspiracy to defraud brought to light

The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott Goulbourne; two former employees of the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Why COVID-19 has not ravaged Miramar

Messam, who is mayor of the city of Miramar in South Florida, said once back home he directed city managers to plan for a devastating

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Mom, we’re home! - Portmore woman anticipates emotional reunion with three sons after COVID-19 adventure on the seas

CONROY STERLING begged his mom, Joan Spence, not to break down and cry as he, twin Conrad, and adopted brother Rohan were repatriated to the island aboard the Adventure of the Seas cruise ship on Tuesday

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Facebook's libra wallet is now called Novi

Facebook has changed the name of the digital wallet to be used with its new cryptocurrency, the latest in a number of changes to the digital currency and its

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Source: TechCentral

World Travel and Tourism Council endorses Jamaica's COVID-19 protocols

THE COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols designed for Jamaica by the Ministry of Tourism have been endorsed by the World Travel and Tourism Council

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Renovated Golf View Hotel set to reopen June 8

Peter Campbell, who along with his wife Kemilee, bought the property from the James family last year, says the break allowed major renovation which will make the hotel an even better facility, in time for its planned reopening on June

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Man in police custody following brother's death

A man who was allegedly involved in a dispute with his brother on Friday, is now in police custody, after his brother died following the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Justice ministry slams Observer

The Ministry of Justice has slammed the Jamaica Observer for aspects of a story published on Wednesday, May 20, headlined 'Sexual savagery', and reporting on the number of children falling victim to sex crimes since March when restrictions were put in place to stem the spread of

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Operations of private early childhood institutions in jeopardy

EARLY CHILDHOOD institutions that are not government-funded have found themselves in a bind, since their business models depend on children attending school, but are not able to do so because of the COVID-19

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

'Glad for the herb': Jamaican woman claims to be cured of HIV

(Jamaica Observer) Claims by local medicinal herb practitioner, Carlton Bennett, that herbal remedies can cure COVID-19 and other diseases, have stirred up controversy and caught the attention of several individuals who are eager to test his

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$23.9m deposited into one account over three years

[251] We submit that, if the tribunal of fact accepts the evidence of the witnesses that they provided the proceeds from these cheques to Mr Elliott, the issues left for the court's consideration are: Whether or not the monies in Mr Elliott's accounts constitute criminal property, whether in whole

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Police shut down huge streaming TV piracy ring

European police busted an illegal streaming ring that provided service to two million people and was so sophisticated that it had its own customer service

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Source: TechCentral

More than $19 million collected

[97] Similar to MM, Sanja Elliott, David Harris and Kendale Roberts certified payments vouchers, MPC invoices, cheques and contractor invoices, respectively, prepared in the name

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Jamaican pastor: No dominoes at church!

(Jamaica Observer) Pastor of the King’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members must

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Labour Day unity

Now you can read the Jamaica Observer ePaper anytime, anywhere. The Jamaica Observer ePaper is available to you at home or at work, and is the same edition as the printed copy available at http://bit.ly/epaperlive

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Sex inhibitors

She comes home from a long day at work, then has to prepare food for the kids and spend quality time with them, then do stuff around the house, then prepare them for the next day… and then she's expected to be sexy, willing, and able for her man after all

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

‘Tragic and heartbreaking’ - PM comments on Noel Chambers who died after 40 years behind bars without trial

REACTING TO the national outcry over the death of Noel Chambers, who spent 40 years in prison without a trial, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, last evening, said nobody should be lost in the penal

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

China Harbour breaks ground for St Catherine housing scheme

THE Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) on Wednesday officially broke ground for the 1,650-unit Catherine Estate housing project, to be developed in St Catherine, as a joint venture partnership with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a company known for building roads and

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Compensation plan for 2015 'bad gas' saga to be announced today

But not every motorist who had to spend money to fix their vehicle affected by the bad gas will be

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COVID-19 Forces Cultural Shift in West Africa Weddings | Afro

Omoh, a realtor, and Mamza, a microbiologist, had set the date for April 25, with a big-budget ceremony that was to include at least 500 guests, who were to be transported to the wedding by

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Entire BPO sector unfairly tainted by one outbreak, laments Henry - Several firms set to continue remote working arrangements as order expires

AS MANY companies look to have more staff return to the office tomorrow as the work-from-home order issued as part of the COVID-19 containment measures expires, eyes will be focused on the outsourcing sector, where an outbreak at Alorica’s Portmore operations triggered a major shift in the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

How to put on and take off a face mask

Nurse Charmaine O'Reilly, the in-service education officer at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), is responsible for training more than 800 hospital staff who are at the forefront of the COVID-19 fight, in the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment, including

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Jamaican doctor defends herbal medicine use

And we estimate that 80 per cent of the rest world of the world still use some form of traditional herbal treatment,” Dr Gordon told the Jamaica Observer in an extended interview last

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Rearing rabbit, the other white meat

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs is on a drive to get Jamaicans to consume more rabbit, which it is actively promoting as ‘the other white meat’ and a healthful alternative for persons looking to enhance their

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Justice stalled - Multimillion-dollar project to free mentally ill inmates fettered

Under the project started by the Legal Aid Council in late 2017, a team of 24 lawyers and six administrative staff were trained and dispatched to the prisons to kick-start the legal process for the removal of 313 mentally ill persons incarcerated largely for minor infractions at the Tower Street

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

RGD wants more clients to use online services

THE Registrar General's Department (RGD) is working to increase the number of clients accessing its online services from 40 per cent to 60 per

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

A young farmer's desire to speak with Audley Shaw

Okeito Thompson wants to sit down with Minister of Agriculture Audley Shaw to speak about the future of young people and increased production in the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas, 'I'm down to $50 right now'

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas is begging the Government to focus on repatriating nationals stuck in smaller islands across the region as it moves to ramp up its admission of citizens back into the country by air travel next

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