Hundreds of Jamaican students who pursue tertiary studies in the United States could find themselves at risk of being deported if their universities switch to online-only courses, according to a statement from […]
Jamaica: Student Deportation Fears
Jamaica: PRETESTING U-TURN – New Hurdle For Visitors From High-Risk COVID US States
Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Combined, […]
Jamaica: Tourist Pretesting Back On Agenda – Tufton Admits Island’s COVID-19 Response Buckling Under Pressure
The Jamaican Government is reconsidering the imposition of COVID-19 pretesting of arriving tourists as the coronavirus response architecture at the island’s airports has been overwhelmed by passenger traffic, Minister of Health and […]
‘Don’t Touch Our Heritage’ – Maroons United To Protect Their Legacy
Ian AllenAnthony King, a park ranger at Holywell Park in the Blue Mountains, points to one of the more popular trails that would encompass the 7.7 acres of the property that former […]
Jamaica: Hundreds Not On PATH List Get Payouts
A MAJOR discrepancy was unearthed by the Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) in one component of the Government’s COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) programme with more than 700 people appearing on […]
GOD SQUAD – Party Full Of Pastors To Challenge JLP, PNP
ALMOST 80 per cent of the candidates who have formed Jamaica’s newest political party are pastors, and the man behind the movement is confident that they will win the next general election. […]
Jamaica: Russian Agent In JCF – Well, Kinda – Explosives Sniffer Worked Obama’s Visit
After having been on the tail of criminals for years, one of the top dogs of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is about to press ‘paws’ on his career. Patreek is an […]
Jamaica: PM Cautioned Against Work-From-Home BPOs
The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has advised Prime Minister Andrew Holness against allowing the creation of virtual SEZs to facilitate the outsourcing sector’s plan to have 25 per cent of […]
Jamaica: Parents Concerned About Resuming School Sports In September
AS LOCAL sports administrators work towards a return of competitive sports, National Parent Teachers Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) vice president, Stewart Jacobs, warned that there are still major concerns regarding the resumption […]
Jamaica: Buju, Freddie McGregor Enter Jamaica Festival Song Competition
Buju Banton, Freddie McGregor, Toots & The Maytals, Papa Michigan and LUST are among the finalists in this year’s Jamaica Festival Song Competition. The big reveal was made on Wednesday morning at […]
