The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting that there are no positive cases of COVID-19 in the island’s prisons at this time.
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No COVID-19 cases in prisons now, says DCS
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting that there are no positive cases of COVID-19 in the island’s prisons at this time.
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No COVID-19 cases in prisons now, says DCS
Some hotels in Jamaica are reporting between 60 and 90 per cent occupancy through a combination of local and international guests, fuelling optimism for a healthy 2020 winter tourism season, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.He was giving a Destination Jamaica update at the first day of the virtual Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) yesterday.
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Hoteliers optimistic for a good winter
FLANKER, St James — A five-year-old boy, who had been left in the care of his grandmother, perished in a blaze which razed a nine-bedroom board house at New Road in this inner city community yesterday afternoon.The dead child has been identified as Jadan Peterkin.According to Pauline Anderson, the boy’s grandmother, the tragedy occurred shortly after his mother left him in her care to run an errand.
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5-year-old boy dies in house fire
PARIS, France (AFP) — Coronavirus transmission from minks to humans does not necessarily mean the disease will become more dangerous, but scientists are on their guard in the wake of an astounding announcement from Denmark.
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Scientists on guard over ‘mutant’ mink coronavirus
Today is the 314th day of 2020. There are 52 days left in the year.TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT1976: The UN General Assembly approved resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa, including one characterising the white-ruled Government as “illegitimate”.OTHER EVENTS:1620: The passengers and crew of the Mayflower sight Cape Cod.
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HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba yesterday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where officials braced for a storm that could hit at hurricane force after leaving scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America.
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Eta expected to be hurricane and strike Florida Keys
PARIS, France (AFP) — World leaders rushed to congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden, with many expressing hopes of cooperation in facing future challenges following four volatile years of diplomacy with Donald Trump.While Trump refused to accept the results of the election, many world leaders clearly backed the announcement that Biden had won with running mate Kamala Harris:Germany
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World leaders congratulate Biden, see challenges ahead
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps yesterday towards moving into the White House 72 days from now, as Donald Trump again refused to admit defeat and tried to sow doubt about the election results.
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Biden begins transition as Trump refuses to concede
HEAD of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Infant and Primary Schools Violet Thomas-Thompson has commended the education ministry for the distribution of tablets to students, but says she is concerned that the devices are not outfitted with SIM cards.She says students and parents will still face a challenge, in instances where there is no access to broadband connection at home.
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Provide SIM cards with tablets, principal urges Gov’t
JAMAICA is moving to improve administration of tax revenues and strengthen the governance structure of the country’s central bank, through the passage of two Bills tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke.
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House expected to pass major money Bills tomorrow
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 device, were unable to effectively participate in classes being taught online as schools were shut to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus.
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New Fortress Energy donates tablets to 53 students
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Caribbean American legislators in the United States on Saturday celebrated the election of US Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden and his Caribbean American vice-presidential running mate Senator Kamala Harris.
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American legislators with C’bean roots jubilant over Biden-Harris victory
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The contrast was stark as People’s National Party (PNP) delegates gathered in friendly but rival camps close to the entrance of the voting centre at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) on Saturday.At close to midday, many had already voted for either Mark Golding or Lisa Hanna to replace Dr Peter Phillips as president of the People’s National Party (PNP).
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Two St Elizabeth Comrades on Golding, Hanna
DISTRAUGHT residents of Nine Miles, Bull Bay, in St Andrew, are blaming yesterday’s widespread flooding of several houses in the community on substandard desilting work being done by men in the channels of the Chalky River.Tropical Storm Eta, which formed in the central Caribbean last week, unleashed heavy showers on the island, triggering landslides in several communities and bringing severe flooding to others.
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‘Flood out!’
Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), the island’s premier tourism trade show, is scheduled to open today and the organisers are reporting that it will be the “the largest ever based on a record number of registrations”.
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Virtual JAPEX 2020 starts today with record participation