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Judicial Branch Revises Holiday Schedule for 2023-2024
Administrator of Courts Regina Petersen advises the general public and members of the Virgin Islands Bar of an update to the Judicial Branch of the Virgin Islands 2023/2024 holiday schedule to include the grant of administrative leave for non-essential government employees in the District of
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TEF to play greater role in provision of public parks
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will be playing a greater role in the provision of public parks across Jamaica. Holness pointed out that a large part of the development of the Harmony Beach Park in Montego...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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
Growth & Jobs | Underinsurance or no insurance: A bad idea
“A common mistake that some homeowners make is not to insure their property for the full replacement value, thus creating the issue of underinsurance,” advised Joseph Holness, assistant general manager, reinsurance and underwriting, JN General...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Visitors from high-risk US states to pretest before arrival
Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement at a virtual press conference from Jamaica House yesterday evening as the Government continues to reconfigure protocols for entry and re-entry to the island in its push to fully reopen the country in spite of the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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‘Murder emergency’ as gangs spread wings - SOEs blanket Kingston as Gov’t vows to protect highway project from extortionists
The entire capital is now blanketed under SOEs as the Government moved to include Kingston Western and Central, pushing to 10 the total number of police divisions under emergency
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria: Ehime Mbano Attack - Uzodimma Gives N185 Million to Families of Slain Security Officers
[Vanguard] Owerri -- Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Monday gave N185 million to more than eleven families of security officers who were affected by the unknown gunmen attack resulting to killing, burning of officers as well as their vehicles last September 2023, at Umualumaku community in
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi (145 km) south of Cuba and 100 mi (161 km) west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. The island is made up of coastal lowlands, a limestone plateau, and the Blue Mountains, a group of volcanic hills, in the
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Holness: BPOs crucial to the digital economy
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), the umbrella organisation for the business process outsourcing sector, is expected to play a critical role in building out the country’s digital...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Struggling mother of three gets keys to own home
Relief came on Friday for 43-year-old Charmaine Lewis of Pedro district in Point Hill, St Catherine, when she was handed the keys to a new three-bedroom house under the Government’s Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme....
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
PM: PNP killed UK prison offer
In a new revelation, the Holness administration is claiming that the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) offer to help build a prison here was “rejected” by the Portia Simpson Miller-led government in 2016 and not the now-ruling Jamaica Labour Party
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Web of corruption?
Academic friendships and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliations were also flagged as the links that connected several key players to high-ranking officials, including Andrew Wheatley, the energy minister with responsibility for Petrojam and who was
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness prepared to declare state of emergency in Central Kingston
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says if advised, he is prepared to declare a state of public emergency in Central Kingston.  Holness was reacting to news that several houses on Beeston Street were set on fire by heavily armed gunmen on Tuesday...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness not ruling out Wheatley in future Cabinet
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has not ruled out appointing resigned Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley to a future
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
'I am still trying to tell myself it is not true'
A week after Omari Stephens rushed from one end of the Corporate Area to “rescue” his mother, Susan Bogle, in August Town, St Andrew, after he was told shots were being fired at her residence, he confesses he is now living in a zone between shock and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
External forces fuelling crime - Holness tells stakeholders that more money needed to build out security architecture
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has admitted to weaknesses in the country’s national security infrastructure as he bemoaned the lack of investment over time to build out Jamaica’s security
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Gov't accuses Opposition of mischief in Senate
LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday accused the Opposition of mischief-making regarding the condition of Jamaicans who returned home on the Royal Caribbean cruise vessel Adventure of the Seas earlier this
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
2,300 Jamaicans return under re-entry programme
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says, to date, 2,300 Jamaicans have entered the island under the Government’s re-entry programme at a cost of
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
New SOEs to fight potential formation of super gangs — Holness
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday declared two new states of public emergency (SOE) in the island, drawing immediate criticism from Opposition Member of Parliament and former Minister of National Security Peter Bunting that the measure is being overused and has failed to serve as a deterrent
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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
New COVID pre-testing requirement for some US visitors
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced new COVID pre-testing requirements for visitors to Jamaica from high-risk US
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Changing the World
George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the
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PM mum as watchdog demands Belnavis quit
Weeks after St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis became embroiled in controversy over his stewardship of municipal funds, climaxing last Thursday with a demolition related to building breaches, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reserved comment until he has been fully
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness calls for more aid to deal with traffic deaths and injuries
Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is calling for more financial aid to developing countries like Jamaica to help with the implementation of sustainable measures to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries....
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Election ready - PNP gearing up if poll called after SOEs lifted
THE LEADERSHIP of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has declared itself fit and ready to challenge the ruling Jamaica Labour Party if Prime Minister Andrew Holness calls a general election shortly after winding up states of emergency (SOEs) across the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
One year too long - PM laments tedious delays in procurement practices
Holness was speaking on Thursday at the commissioning of a $33-million, 110-ft-long bridge spanning the Wag Water River and which links Airy Castle, Bowden Hill, and Stony Hill in the St Andrew West Rural constituency represented by Juliet
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Millions earmarked to protect Jamaica’s coastline
WESTERN BUREAU: The Government is to spend a further $328 million this year to continue the protection of the Montego Bay coastline by building more groynes and protective structures, particularly for lands dumped up years ago. The money...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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ZOSO imposed in Greenwich Town
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO) in Greenwich Town, St
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
After long wait, J'cans stranded in C'bean to be repatriated
CARIBBEAN Airlines will, as of this weekend, be operating flights for Jamaicans stranded in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, The Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has
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