June 30, 2020 0 Community focus | Past students help hundreds who attend Jose Marti By Horace Mills Past students of Jose Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine have helped hundreds of current students impacted by the…
June 19, 2020 0 POLICE UNDER FIRE – Linstead butcher charged; nearly 800 pounds of meat burned By Horace Mills The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is being threatened with legal action after its officers arrested four people, and allegedly broke…
June 6, 2020 0 Beaches and rivers to re-open By Horace Mills Prime Minister Andrew Holness said people in Jamaica will again be allowed to access beaches and rivers, starting Sunday, June…
June 6, 2020 0 50 people to be allowed at funerals, weddings By Horace Mills Funerals and weddings in Jamaica will be allowed to have a maximum 50 people, starting on Sunday, June 7. Prime…
June 3, 2020 0 Jamaica records 10th death linked to virus By Horace Mills The Ministry of Health said Jamaica has recorded a tenth death as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).…
June 1, 2020 0 Jamaica reopened for nationals – some will be required to home quarantine By Horace Mills Jamaica has reopened its borders to nationals who want to return home, starting today. The island will also start allowing…
May 25, 2020 0 COMMUNITY FOCUS: Kiwanis club shares with residents in St. Ann By Horace Mills The Kiwanis Club of Charlton-Alexandria in St. Ann has distributed care packages to a number of needy families, shut-ins and…
May 20, 2020 0 COMMUNITY FOCUS: St Ann charity group to out-live its COVID purpose By Horace Mills A charity organization is being formalized by a group of St. Ann people, who started out assisting persons who suffered…
May 18, 2020 1 COMMUNITY FOCUS: Teachers near Kellits find creative way to treat students amid national crisis By Horace Mills The COVID-19 health crisis, which has precipitated the closure of schools, did not deter a group of teachers near Kellits…
May 15, 2020 0 PHOTO: Bog Walk Police Not Left Out By Horace Mills Councillor for the Bog Walk Division in St. Catherine, Peter Abrahams, yesterday included the police among recipients of the care…
April 27, 2020 0 Jamaica now has 364 cases of COVID-19 By Horace Mills Jamaica now has 364 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Minister of Health Dr. Christopher Tufton announced during…
April 27, 2020 2 Amos deeply concerned – He wants constituents to take virus seriously By Horace Mills Caretaker for St. Catherine North West, Newton Amos, has expressed what he said is deep concern that a number of…
April 27, 2020 0 MP calls for constituents to abide by quarantine measures By Horace Mills Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North West, Robert Pickersgill, has issued an appeal for his constituents to abide by…
April 24, 2020 0 Jamaica slow on protocols; Antigua sending for citizens stranded here By Horace Mills The Jamaican government continues to drag its feet regarding the development of protocols to facilitate the re-entry of its nationals…
April 22, 2020 0 MAJOR BOOST – Jamaica Can Now Test Over 1,000 Samples Daily For COVID By Horace Mills Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton said Government yesterday commissioned into service a newly acquired machine, which can…
April 21, 2020 0 5 Health Ministry Workers Test Positive For COVID By Horace Mills Minister of Health Dr. Christopher Tufton said five more personnel from the Ministry of Health and Wellness have tested positive…
April 19, 2020 0 LINSTEAD: Plot Against COVID Goes Awry By Horace Mills A huge crowd that yesterday descended on the town of Linstead, St. Catherine, crushed the government’s shopping policy, which was…
April 19, 2020 0 More Than Half Of Jamaica’s Cases Now Linked To One Company By Horace Mills A single company – Alorica call centre – is now linked to more than half of Jamaica’s confirmed cases of…
April 17, 2020 0 St. Catherine | Bog Walk Woman With Virus Tired Of Waiting For Pick-up By Horace Mills A female from the Bog Walk area of St Catherine who tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has…
April 17, 2020 0 Virus Closes Health Ministry’s Head Office In Jamaica By Horace Mills The Ministry of Health and Wellness said operations at its Head Office Building in New Kingston will be suspended today,…
April 16, 2020 0 Saved By A Headache | St Catherine Family Hopes To Be Good COVID Example By Horace Mills A St. Catherine family, whose quick action may have saved it from contracting the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), is hoping…
April 15, 2020 0 St. Catherine Locked Down – Important Points For Residents and Motorists By Horace Mills Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a lock-down of the entire parish of St. Catherine initially for seven days in…
April 15, 2020 0 BIG JUMP – Jamaica Records 32 New COVID Cases Amid Another Death By Horace Mills The Ministry of Health said Jamaica has recorded a fifth death and 32 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019…
April 13, 2020 0 St. Catherine | Hundreds At Call Centre Tested Amid Second COVID Case By Horace Mills The Alorica call centre located in Portmore, St. Catherine, said it will close for 14 days and will transition to…
April 9, 2020 0 EASTER CLAMPDOWN – not even river trips allowed By Horace Mills Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced an increase in curfew hours for the Easter holidays, thereby giving people much less…
April 8, 2020 0 NEW JUICE – Farmers’ crop not sold due to COVID put to good use in Bog Walk By Horace Mills The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has collaborated with Trade Winds Limited, which manufactures the Tru-Juice brand of…
April 6, 2020 0 Coronavirus – St. Catherine pastor charged for crowd By Horace Mills The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said its officers arrested and charged a pastor yesterday, April 5, for allegedly breaching the…
April 5, 2020 0 EWARTON: Police swoop down on church, which says it was not in breach By Horace Mills The Ewarton Police in St. Catherine have denied claims that they prompted the premature end to a church service in…
April 5, 2020 0 Eighth person recovers in Jamaica; confirmed cases rise to 58 By Horace Mills The Ministry of Health and Wellness said the island has confirmed three new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),…
April 4, 2020 0 MITCHELL GETS $50K BAIL By Horace Mills Dayne Mitchell, who appeared in a viral video allegedly breaking a curfew aimed at minimizing the spread of the Coronavirus…