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PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness told the British high commissioner to Jamaica in August 2017 that his Government “would not take forward” the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison here, in the latest twist to the saga of who rejected the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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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Adventure cruise ship workers touch soil today
After weeks of voyaging on the high seas as high-level negotiations dragged on between the Government of Jamaica and their employers, the more than 1,000 Jamaican cruise ship workers who sailed into the Falmouth Pier on Tuesday will finally set foot on local soil
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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ELECTIONWATCH - PM says economic recovery the focus now, but analyst expects polls sooner rather than later
Even as political watchers zero in on August dates for the next general election, Prime Minister Andrew Holness kept his cards close to his chest as he spoke with The Sunday Gleaner a week ago, giving no hint as to when he will summon Jamaicans to the
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Two-in-one election? - Renewed calls for local gov’t, national polls to be held together in COVID-19 era
With both the local government and general elections on the horizon, there are mounting calls for the Government and the Opposition to give urgent consensus to holding both polls simultaneously in light of a number of prevailing conditions being faced by the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaican ship workers begin disembarking in Falmouth
The first batch of the 1,044 Jamaican ship workers who returned to the island on Tuesday afternoon has departed for government quarantine centres in St Ann after being processed at the Falmouth cruise ship pier in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Some JLP supporters in North East St Catherine against outside candidate
Some Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters in North East St Catherine say they will reject any outside candidate selected by the party hierarchy to replace Leslie Campbell, who is not seeking
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Full Text | Children must not be discriminated against, says Prime Minister
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has released a statement saying children must not be discriminated against or deprived of their right to an education on the basis of their hairstyle. He was responding to Friday's ruling in relation...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Holness Swearing-in | Gov't redoubling efforts to build stronger Jamaica
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his government will be redoubling its efforts to put Jamaica on a stronger footing amid all the current challenges. Speaking at his swearing-in at King’s House this afternoon, Holness thanked Jamaicans...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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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JHTA says it's ready to safely reopen tourism sector
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says the planned reopening of the island's borders to international travellers on June 15 is an opportunity for a return to normality for the more than 300,000 workers and businesses that depend on tourism for
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Adventure ship workers touch soil today
After weeks of voyaging on the high seas as high-level negotiations dragged on between the Government of Jamaica and their employers, the more than 1,000 Jamaican cruise ship workers who sailed into the Falmouth Pier on Tuesday will finally set foot on local soil
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sagicor 50th Anniversary
The event was streamed live across the company's social media pages on Sunday, June 28 and brought out the the big names in gospel, reggae, and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaica general election set for September 3, 2020 - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans are to go to the polls on Thursday, September 3, 2020. The article Jamaica general election set for September 3, 2020 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Other stranded J'can ship workers to know fate next week
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says Prime Minister Andrew Holness is to give a timetable on Monday when other Jamaican ship workers are to be brought back
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Botched gun deal triggers all-out war
The Holness administration moved on Sunday to stem the bloodletting by so-called “super gangs” by imposing a state of emergency (SOE) across the Kingston Central Police Division, home to some of the warring gangsters, and Kingston
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Shahine was like my sister and friend, says PM
The House of Representatives yesterday paid tribute to two former ministers, two ex-councillors, and a former permanent secretary, but it was Shahine Robinson who was the centre of tearful tributes by parliamentarians mourning her
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Shahine Robinson is dead - Labour minister loses battle to cancer; colleagues saddled with a heavy heart
A YEAR shy of her 20th anniversary as a member of parliament, Shahine Robinson, 66, has died having lost her battle with lung
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Opposition still unhappy with PM's response to Holywell issue
LEADER of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips said yesterday that the People's National Party (PNP) of which he is president, is not satisfied with the Government's response to the issue involving the bid to lease land close to the Holywell Park in St Andrew to Cabinet minister Daryl
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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 states. At a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday, Holness said as of July 10, people visiting Jamaica from Florida, New...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Gov’t to finance new prison itself – Chang
Nearly five years after Britain’s Cameron administration offered to part-finance a new penal facility in Jamaica, the Holness Government has announced that it will fund the construction of a state-of-the-art prison out of
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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 Cabinet. In 2018, the Auditor General cited Wheatley for questionable conduct in the Petrojam scandal. READ: Auditor General...
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Recovery time
The Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) says it fully supports the Government's decision to fully reopen the economy and put the country back on track in order to recover from the loss in earnings due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Broadgate headache - Residents weary of prolonged Junction road project, never-ending dynamite blasts
Ongoing works to rehabilitate the Broadgate section of the Junction main road in St Mary have been irritating many residents, who are yearning for the project to be wrapped up, giving them a reprieve from the dust nuisance and dynamite blasts constantly terrorising
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MADNESS! - Mentally ill man languishing without trial 16 years for smashing windscreen
An elderly man who is mentally ill and who was deemed unfit to plead has been locked away between jails and prison for 16 years for smashing
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Supporters flock Robinson’s house with passing of MP
FOR SOME time it had not rained in Claremont, St Ann, but the showers came down yesterday, forcing supporters of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ann North East, Shahine Robinson, to seek shelter inside her home or other sections of the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Johnson Smith says PM gave 'honest' response to prison rejection issue
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Prime Minister Andrew Holness was truthful when he told the nation on Friday that his administration did not reject the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison
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1.5 million Jamaicans could contract COVID-19 - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton says based on modelling, up to 1.5 million Jamaicans may contract COVID-19.  The article 1.5 million Jamaicans could contract COVID-19 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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NCU Alumni Federation happy with contribution to mediathon
THE NCU Alumni Federation — international alumni arm of Northern Caribbean University — has said that US$300,000 and $3.6 million in pledges and donations were reported immediately after the end of the six-hour-long mediathon held last
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