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As cruise shipping refloats, Bartlett eyes tourism revival
WESTERN BUREAU: In the wake of the capsizing of the industry in 2020 under the weight of global COVID-19 restrictions, Jamaica anticipates welcoming 570,000 cruise shipping visitors and one million stopover travellers by year end. Spurred by...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Wray & Nephew pumps $35m into community bar revival
More than 500 bars in western Jamaica are set to be resuscitated from the COVID-19 slump in fortunes as Campari’s J. Wray and Nephew (JWN) pumps $35 million into a ‘Restart Pack’ initiative aimed at having an islandwide
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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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
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
UN Women teams with UDC to assist female craft traders
Female craft traders operating at Urban Development Corporation (UDC) locations across the island are to benefit from a grant donated by United Nations (UN) Women, the global champion for gender equality. A cheque for $3,172,814 was symbolically...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Another 718 families benefit from Downsound's generosity
The team at Downsound Entertainment (DSE) redoubled its efforts to alleviate the tough conditions faced by so many families and the elderly across the island due to COVID-19 through the distribution of care packages containing fresh produce, poultry, and canned
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Use game technology to promote online learning - Bunting
Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants schools to use modern technology, including interactive gaming software, to access learning material and promote online networking among
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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SAVAGE ATTACK
WESTERN BUREAU: A jealous boyfriend in Great River, Hanover, is on the run after allegedly dousing a woman with gasolene and setting her afire yesterday, much to the horror of bystanders. The incident is the latest in a grim roll of cases of...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
The future of cruising: Will sailing the seas ever be the same again?
As many cruise lines prepare to lift no-sail orders around the world, the world of cruising looks to be very different.
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After restocking, sports bar owner learns not allowed to reopen
SOME sports bar owners who have been excluded by the Government in its controlled reopening of bars say they are equipped to follow the established
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Operators report 65% drop in passenger movement via MoBay airport
MONTEGO BAY, St James - MBJ Airports Limited, operators of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, is reporting that the novel coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a more than 60 per cent reduction in passenger movement through that western Jamaica port.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaica and Canada co-chair international meeting on COVID-19 financing
Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith and François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, on Tuesday co-chaired a meeting of the United Nations Group of Friends of Sustainable Development Goals
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Bridal Bliss: Alexis And Kevin Brought Fairytale Vibes To Their Florida Wedding
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Jamaica: Cops probe if abducted baby held at ransom - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Detectives attached to the Barnett Street and Freeport police stations in Montego Bay are probing whether gunmen who snatched an 18-month-old infant from her mother’s arms on Monday are holding her at ransom to bait her
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We have done our best to manage COVID-19 – Greene
While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), believes his administration is in a state of readiness to give of
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Flooding in St James causes massive damage
The Government is now facing another massive bill following heavy rainfall that resulted in severe flooding in sections of St James on Friday and yesterday, which left many businesses and motorists with extensive damage. The showers, which started...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
JTA happy with PEP placement method
MONTEGO BAY, St James Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placements.We were pretty pleased with what they did, in terms of using those scores to compute
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Bartlett again calls for Global Tourism Resilience Fund
Western Bureau: As the tourism industry struggles to return to some semblance of normality, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is reiterating an urgent call for the establishment of a Global Tourism Resilience Fund. A move he said was...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Hotelier optimistic about bounce back of tourism industry
ST James hotelier Robin Russell is expressing qualified optimism about the tourism sector's recovery in the months ahead and is anticipating a “sensible winter season” despite the onslaught on the industry by the coronavirus
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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JTA happy with PEP placement method
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Angry residents of Elgin Town, Hanover stage massive protest over police shooting
Dozens of angry residents in Elgin Town, Hanover, this morning mounted roadblocks along the main road in the community to protest the shooting of a man by the police on
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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COVID cases hit 550, recoveries up to 200
Jamaica today recorded another six COVID-19 cases increasing the tally to
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
No Carnival on the seas for Jamaica?
WESTERN BUREAU: Royal Caribbean, MSC and Norwegian (NCL) have already submitted temporary schedules for their return to Jamaica, but the world’s largest cruise ship operator, Carnival, is yet to tender its intention to the Port Authority of Jamaica...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Stakeholder defends CLA in wake of damning Forbes article
MONTEGO BAY, St James — At least one key player in the lucrative cannabis industry has come out in strong defence of the Jamaica Government and the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), which have recently been blamed for dragging their feet on export licensing, resulting in companies fleeing the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Ship worker loses baby - Uncertainty over whether distressed pregnant woman from Adventure needed help earlier
As there was celebration that 1,044 Jamaican nationals were being landed at the historic Falmouth Port in Trelawny after being stranded for two months at sea, tragedy was unfolding as a 10-week pregnant woman who was a worker on the Adventure of the Seas cruise ship lost her
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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More pressure on COVID-hit J'cans with back-to-school, says councillor
MONTEGO BAY, St James Jamaica Labour Party councillor for the Montego Bay South Division Richard Vernon is expressing fear that Jamaicans already reeling from the devastating economic impact of COVID-19 will be further pressured by back-to-school expenses.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Elephant Man bail extended to March 17
Popular dancehall artiste, Elephant Man, who is accused of lying to immigration authority about his alleged trip to Belgium, had his bail extended for him to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on March 17, when he appeared in court...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Do it now!
The suggestion by Quality Incorporations VII Ltd Director Krishna Vaswani is that the Government starts reopening the economy in parishes where there are few cases of the novel
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Pregnant woman will be among first 200 Jamaicans to disembark cruise ship
A four-months' pregnant Jamaican is expected to be among the 200 crew members who will disembark from the Royal Caribbean cruise line's Adventure of the Seas vessel today as the first set of the 1,044 people on the cruise ship finally begin to make their way
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaica records 10th COVID death, five more recoveries
The deceased is an 87-year-old woman from Kingston and St Andrew. In the meantime, there was one new coronavirus case today pushing the tally to 591. The new patient is a 27-year-old woman who recently arrived on Adventure of the Seas cruise ship.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Masked men rob businesses in broad daylight in St James
One such robbery took place at Barnett Street, Montego Bay, last Tuesday afternoon when two mask-wearing armed men robbed a Chinese-operated supermarket and got away with cash, cigarettes, and other
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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