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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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WATCH | Gas tanker fire in Joburg closes N1 for more than 36 hours | News24
A gas tanker caught fire while travelling north on the N1 just before the Gordon Road offramp. The highway was closed for over 36 hours.
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Another COVID death, 79 new cases
Jamaica on Sunday recorded another COVID death increasing the tally to 33. The deceased is a 54-year-old man from St James.Meanwhile, five other deaths of COVID-19 patients are under investigation. There were also 79 new COVID cases pushing the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Wanted men nabbed as guns, ammo seized out west
Police-military operations spanning St James and Trelawny resulted in several detentions in the past 48 hours, including that of three men who were being sought for various crimes. Law enforcers also seized three illegal firearms and several rounds...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Norwood placed under COVID-19 community surveillance
THE NORWOOD community, on the outskirts of Montego Bay, St James, was yesterday placed under community surveillance by the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) after several positive COVID-19 cases were
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sister Angella Harris a ‘gentle giant of a woman’
Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness: Closing borders would be an economic negative
BARRETT TOWN, St James - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has underscored that the likelihood of closing Jamaica's borders as a result of any spike in the coronavirus would trigger a negative impact on the economy, akin to cutting off the proverbial nose to spite the face.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Pregnant YouTuber Nicole Thea Dead At Age 24
Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t break us any more, news shocked the internet earlier today that Nicole Thea, a London-based YouTube star, and her unborn child died on Saturday. [] The post Pregnant YouTuber Nicole Thea Dead At Age 24 appeared first on Essence.
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Trevor Reid balancing ministry and fatherhood
Pastor Trevor Reid, who leads the Orange circuit of Seventh-day Adventist Churches (SDA) in St James, has always made sure to set aside time for his three children even though he has served as a minister of religion across two parishes in western Jamaica for 18
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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
Relief and caution
MONTEGO BAY, St James — There is strong support among tourism-dependent workers for the mid-June reopening of the industry, which has been on lockdown for more than two months due to the novel coronavirus
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jefferson County Jails To Get New Health Care Provider On June 1
Beginning June 1, Jefferson County jails will get a new health care provider—Birmingham-based NaphCare Inc., which offers correctional services across 27
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Source: The Birmingham Times
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Another first for St James woman firefighter
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Divisional commander for St James Fire Department, acting Superintendent Winsome Grant boasts a few important firsts for women in her field of work.She is the first woman firefighter to be the divisional commander for St Elizabeth and in her current position, the first woman
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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M16 rifle, several rounds of ammunition seized in St James
An M16 rifle and several rounds of ammunition were seized during police operations in St James over the past 48
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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NAJ calls for focus on Cornwall Regional Hospital
HEAD of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) Carmen Johnson says the party that forms the Government after tomorrow's general election will have to immediately turn its attention to Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James, arguing that persistent challenges at the facility have left the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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PNP will bounce back — Wykeham McNeill
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Dr Wykeham McNiell, a vice-president of the People's National Party (PNP), which is now licking its wounds following a landslide defeat at the hands of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the September 3 General Election, is expressing confidence that his party will rebound
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Two 'more' French soldiers killed in northern Mali during operation | Africanews
The death of the two soldiers now bring to 50, the total number of French soldier who have died since the operation Barkane was launched in August 2014
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Farmer arrested for attempted murder after two years on the run
A St James farmer wanted for attempted murder has been arrested and charged after two years on the run. Forty-four-year-old Bradley Foster was held in the parish on Sunday. A court date has not yet been finalised. Foster, who is from Farm Heights...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Shipt Logo Now Tops Birminghams Tallest Building
By Michael Sznajderman Alabama Newscenter The whirring of helicopter blades and streets blocked by police barricades interrupted a quiet Saturday in downtown Birmingham as one of the city’s most prominent corporate residents put its new mark on the city’s tallest building. Shipt, the online
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Source: The Birmingham Times
New Fortress Energy donates tablets to 53 students
New Fortress Energy has donated tablets to 53 grade six students at Barracks Road Primary School in St James in response to an appeal from Principal Maxine Coates-Brown for assistance.Coates-Brown had made the appeal after bringing attention to students who, because they did not have a mobile
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Hawks arrest five suspects for alleged theft of R5.7m in UIF funds
Five vehicles, including an Evoque, were recovered. It’s suspected that the vehicles, among other items, were bought with UIF funds.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Ninth St James businessman held in $26m cocaine bust
Western Bureau: Days after a major operation in which eight St James men were arrested for their suspected involvement in an international drug syndicate, another man has been nabbed as cops made a $26-million cocaine seizure on the weekend....
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
State of Disaster to expire: Ramaphosa in crunch talks over lockdown
The State of Disaster ends on Saturday 15 August and South Africans have heard nothing from Ramaphosa. What lies ahead for the lockdown?
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Bloody Sunday
FIVE more murders on Sunday pushed the country's tally to 10 in the first three days of 2021, with a further two people killed in alleged confrontations with the police.Sunday's killings included a double murder in St James where two armed men opened fire at a group of people in a bar and grocery
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Kenya: Police Chopper Crash-Lands in Meru
At least six people were injured after a police chopper carrying a security team crash-landed in Kaithe, Meru on Saturday
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Greenwood residents protest after flooding allegedly caused by new development
GREENWOOD, St James -The St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) is threatening court action against the property owner of a multimillion-dollar development who has reportedly defied stop orders from the municipality and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) following reports of
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Ammunition seized in St James
The police in St James seized 17 assorted rounds of ammunition during a joint operation in Pitfour, Granville on Thursday. The police report that a team was in the area around midday when a premises was searched and ten .30 cartridges, four 5....
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
'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
Schools angry
Principals at some of the 17 schools scheduled to be reopened as part of a two-week face-to-face pilot are fuming, as they say they had not been consulted by the Ministry of Education which announced the list on the weekend.Yallahs High School Principal Mark Malabver said he and colleagues are
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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