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Quarantined flight returnees ‘pushed to back of the line’

THE 200 Jamaicans who arrived via air from New York and Fort Lauderdale on May 13 are accusing the Government of giving preferential treatment to the 1,044 Adventure of the Seas cruise ship workers who have already been processed a mere week after docking in Falmouth.

The second test would determine who departs for home this Thursday, May 28,” one of the persons under quarantine lamented.

All ship workers have disembarked the Adventure and hundreds who tested negative have been released to self-quarantine at home.

The Office of the Prime Minister announced that the Norwegian Cruise Line, with 174 Jamaican crew members, docked in Falmouth yesterday evening.

The Carnival Glory will also return home approximately 240 Jamaican crew members this morning.
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Two men listed as persons of interest by St Elizabeth police
The St Elizabeth Police have listed two men as persons of
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
We’ve been living under COVID for years, say craft merchants
Craft vendors across the island who have been for years struggling to get a share of the multibillion-dollar tourism pie say that the current coronavirus pandemic has now robbed them of the occasional crumb they would get from the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica: 71-year-old George Williams a step closer to prison release after 48 years without trial
(Jamaica Gleaner) For the first time in 48 years, George Williams had his day in a court of law
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Zanu PF schools inspector terrorising teachers
A ZAKA schools inspector, Lylletty Aleta Makomeke, who is also Zanu PF councillor for Masvingo Rural District Council (RDC) ward 5, has been accused of terrorising teachers for the past two
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Jamaicans in the US in for a mango treat this weekend
Jamaicans in the US in for a mango treat this weekend
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Historic brain surgery - Woman sings through procedure at KPH as doctors remove tumour
When 49-year-old Marjorie Pearson went into surgery three weeks ago at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), it was not lost on her and the medical team that the high-risk brain procedure could go horribly
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
KPH gets $1 million worth of personal protective equipment
THE Digicel Foundation on Wednesday handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth $1 million to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, which will be used by front-line workers at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Painful loss
On Monday, the Observer first reported that it was an expectant mother who had suffered a medical emergency and was awaiting evacuation from the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Relief!
Sheila Sealy Monteith, Jamaica's ambassador to Belgium and permanent representative to the European Union — who also has accreditation to France, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain — confirmed to the Jamaica Observer that plans are far advanced to have a charter flight leave
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Integrity Commission identifies criminal, administrative breaches at Petrojam
The Integrity Commission has identified several prima facie criminal and administrative breaches at the state-owned oil refinery
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Of COVID-19, private quarantines and disaster capitalism
COVID-19 cases this week rose sharply and authorities attributed this to Zimbabweans returning from other countries housed at quarantine
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Guy, Tufton in Russian roulette over virus deaths
According to Guy, after a medical investigator assessed the number of deaths that had occurred within a four-month period in Russia, it was found that thousands more had died this year when compared with the similar period in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Parents helping children navigate distance learning
WITH schools making the switch to distance learning due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, parents across the island have had to take on the added task of assisting their children with their lessons at home, while juggling work and other
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Gov’t not at fault for miscarriage – Tufton
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the decision to cancel Medevac helicopter support for the mother of two who suffered a miscarriage while aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Adventure of the Seas was made by authorities on the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Couple, 2-year-old son found dead in St Thomas
The police in St Thomas are probing a suspected murder-suicide involving a member of the Jamaica Defence
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Clarendon man charged in connection with fatal home invasion
The Clarendon Police have charged 36-year-old Roy Golding, otherwise called ‘Bud’, of Palm Crescent, May Pen, with murder, shooting with intent, illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition on
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Demanding Better Conditions in Broward County Jail
BROWARD, FL – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Florida and the Disability Rights Florida filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals being held in dangerous conditions in Broward County Jail that threaten to speed the spread of the coronavirus among prisoners and
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Source: The Florida Star
Where's the money? NERHA head cannot account for excess Petrojam donation
The North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), chaired by the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Tyrone Robinson, has not been able to account for more than half-million dollars in excess donation received from Petrojam to buy an incubator for the Annotto Bay Hospital, the Integrity Commission has
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
New chair for Diaspora Education Task Force
DR DWAYNE Dyce, a Washington-based educator, is the new chair of the Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force (JDETF), formerly headed by Leo
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Abduction: A hellish nightmare (Part 1)
Carla Brown* was abducted from her Corporate Area home a few years
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Trinidad nationals stuck in Canada again beg to come home
I tell them Trinidad owns an airline and the Government can very easily fly us home without opening borders,” Bayne said
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Joshua Kissi Is Shifting The Narrative Of How Black Stories Are Shared With 'Hour Stories'
Photo: intentions set on making viewers question their perspective and forcing them to acknowledge the stories of its subjects, photographer and creative director Joshua Kissi is forgoing boundaries and shaking up the industry – for the
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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence
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'Jobs are coming back'
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The arrival of the first of six flights — an American Airlines flight with 120 passengers — at Sangster International Airport here yesterday was a clear sign that the prospects for the more than 8,000 people employed at the airport were
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Worst Virus Fears Are Realized in Poor or War-Torn Countries
By GERALD IMRAY and JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Those incest 'hot spot' parishes
Executive director of Eve for Life (EFL), Joy Crawford, told the Jamaica Observer that majority of the incest cases she has interacted with are from the parishes of Westmoreland, St Ann, and St Thomas, however, she stressed that the issue remains an islandwide
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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More health workers to be deployed as Jamaica prepares for visitors
The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be increasing the deployment of health personnel across the island in preparation for the reopening of the country’s borders to international travellers on June
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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98 teachers in Western Cape positive for Covid-19, as 16 schools close
MUST READ | 29 Eastern Cape schools closed because of positive Covid-19 cases
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Source: https://www.news24.com
No new COVID case, two more recoveries
The Health Ministry is reporting that there were no new COVID cases
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Female docs run things
The only male doctors listed as parish medical officers of health are Dr Andre McIntosh and Stephen Figueroa in Kingston and St Andrew; Dr D'Oyen Smith in St Thomas, and Dr Kaushal Singh in
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Rethink of field hospital at National Arena
THE Government is thinking about building a new health facility on the grounds of one of the country's existing hospitals, instead of going ahead with its plan to set up a 72-bed field hospital at the National Arena in
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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