Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia “Babsy” Grange yesterday announced Jamaica’s participation in this year’s United Nation-led annual two-week-long campaign to draw attention to violence against women and children.
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Grange leads violence against women, children fight
The Patterson Family Foundation has stepped in to assist young learners of a small Hanover community by donating 30 tablets to students at Church Hill Primary School.The foundation is headed by former Prime Minister PJ Patterson and includes generations of the family which is deeply rooted in western Jamaica.
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Patterson Foundation donates tablets to Hanover school
MONTEGO BAY, St James — As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to inflict severe damage to economies across the globe and significantly curb travel, Jamaica received a well-needed boost with JetBlue’s inaugurating new flights into this western city, between the cities of Newark, New Jersey; and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina on Saturday.
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New JetBlue flights leave Bartlett, Seiveright excited
With 1,161 murders reported by the police in Jamaica up to last Saturday, and at least eight more on Sunday, the Government and the Opposition appear headed for another clash over measures to address the country’s crime rate.
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Gov’t, Oppposition headed for new crime joust
Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica Juan José González Mijares says that although a number of cooperation and investment programmes have been hamstrung by the novel coronavirus pandemic this year, the situation is gradually improving, giving hope for the execution of those initiatives.
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Projects stalled by COVID, but Mexican ambassador optimistic
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The local tourism sector says its expectations for an uptick in visitor arrivals this winter season have been tempered by the Level 4 classification imposed on Jamaica by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Hotels seeing cancellations after CDC travel advice
LOCAL contractors are increasingly being blamed for the breaking up of some major and parochial roads during recent heavy rains, and Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) President Lenworth Kelly sees this as unfair.
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Contractors reject blame for bad roads
THE island’s public health system has been highlighted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for best practices in COVID-19 contact tracing.Speaking at PAHO’s weekly press briefing yesterday, Assistant Director Dr Jarbas Barbosa named Jamaica, along with Costa Rica and Argentina, for doing “particularly well” with this aspect of the prevention and control machinery, against the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Jamaica highlighted for best practices in contact tracing
Calls for the decriminalisation of consensual same-sex relations and the abolition of the death penalty were high on the list of recommendations put to Jamaica on Wednesday during the third review of the country’s human rights record by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group.
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Yesterday’s announcement by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer that a coronavirus vaccine it had developed had shown 90 per cent effectiveness was greeted with cautious optimism by Jamaica’s Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton.
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COVID vaccine caution
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
MONTEGO BAY, St James — There was general acceptance among members of the People’s National Party (PNP) in western Jamaica of the outcome of yesterday’s hotly contested presidential race which saw Mark Golding defeating Lisa Hanna.The position became open after the retirement of Dr Peter Phillips, following the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) landslide victory in the September 3, 2020 General Election.
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Western Jamaica accepts Golding win
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
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A chain-reaction crash involving as many as 11 vehicles snarled the morning commute in Queens. The crash happened around 6 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the Belt Parkway approaching the Van Wyck Expressway. Chopper 2 was overhead and reported heavy delays in the area of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Seven of the vehicles appeared to be stopped in one location, and four others were farther down the road. Officials said three people were taken to Jamaica Hospital, and three others were treated on the scene. MORE FROM CBS NEW YORK Already Struggling Queens Business Owners Say Summonses, Fines Over COVID Guidelines Are ‘Unfair’ Cheering, Celebrations Erupt In Streets Of New York After Joe Biden Projected To Win Presidency 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Massachusetts, Felt In CT, Long Island, USGS Says Check back with CBS2, CBS New York and CBSNewYork.com for more on this developing story. You can get the latest news, sports and weather on our brand new CBS New York app. Download here .
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Commuter Alert: Chain-Reaction Crash Involving Nearly A Dozen Vehicles On Belt Parkway
An excited Yanique Brown (centre) opens the door to her new home in McCook’s Pen, StCatherine, which was donated by Sagicor Foundation, and completed in collaboration with FoodFor the Poor Jamaica, after the foundation donated US$3,600 to assist in funding the building ofa home for a less fortunate family. Sharing in the moment are Jediael Carter Stewart (left), publicrelations and corporate social responsibility officer, Sagicor Group Jamaica; Lorenzo Stanton
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Photo: A new home
