In 2019 and 2020, the number of detentions of juveniles decreased compared to previous years. In 2020 we had to deal with the introduction of COVID-19 and as a result fewer young people […]
Suriname: Fewer young people locked up in corona time
Jamaica: ‘ENDS is the best thing since COVID’
Andre Brown, the e-commerce entrepreneur service provider who onboarded Montego Bay’s pan chicken vendors by creating an e-commerce website for them to effectively operate under the E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) programme, […]
Jamaica: ‘Disrespect!’ Cops highlight poor conditions at checkpoints
Some police personnel manning checkpoints in St Catherine have complained to Loop News about the poor and unsecured state of the facilities they are forced to work from for up to 12 hours each […]
Jamaica: Debate between Church and State is nothing new
The latest measures implemented by the Government to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus has had some members of Christendom up in arms as they view it as an attack against […]
Jamaica: ‘Complete lockdown would have made sense’
The health sector is in a worse situation than anyone can imagine, and three weekends of consecutive lockdowns will only make things worse, according to shadow minister on health, Dr Morais Guy. […]
Jamaica: Cash for lockdowns
As Jamaica prepares to go under lockdown for three consecutive weekends, the Government will be doling out $126 million to help the most vulnerable. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke announced in Parliament […]
After a year of lockdowns, billionaires are $1.3 trillion richer
It’s officially been a year since many of the country’s COVID-19 lockdowns began, and for many Americans it’s been a year of struggling to work from home while caring for kids, or […]
Jamaica: Gov’t to launch E-commerce platform for businesses during curfew
Some businesses, including restaurants and delivery operators, are to be able to function after the curfew hours until midnight through the new E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS). Limited testing of the service […]
Jamaica: Weekend lockdowns
Face-to-face classes have been shut down for all students and lockdowns imposed for three weekends from March 26 until April 12 as the Holness administration seeks to rein in a runaway wave […]
Bahamas: AG maintains govt needed state of emergency to implement curfews, lockdowns
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Attorney General Carl Bethel once again defended the government’s decision to declare a state of emergency amidst the ongoing pandemic, suggesting that it was the only way policymakers could […]
