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Trinidad and Tobago records 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two more people have tested positive for the COVID-19 bringing the number of confirmed cases in the twin-island republic to 100. The Ministry of Health said the two new cases were the close contacts of a...
CommentsNightly closure order for gas stations
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that no gas station should remain open beyond 8:00 p.m. in keeping with the nightly islandwide curfew currently in place. “We are now going to specifically prohibit the opening of gas stations starting...
Comments- China honours virus victims with 3 minutes of reflection
- St Thomas man charged with double murder granted $800,000 bail
- CDB provides US$140 million to counter the COVID-19 and disasters
- Gov’t ramping up drive to locate passengers, COVID cases now 53
- Murder convicts Vybz Kartel and co-convicts lose appeal
Kartel stays in prison - Lawyers peeved over Appeal Court judgment, moving to Privy Council for ‘justice’
The COVID-19 outbreak resulting in mass deaths in the United Kingdom and Europe at large could present major delays in the final murder conviction appeal of controversial deejay Vybz Kartel, attorneys representing him have admitted. Kartel, who...
CommentsREJECTED! - Reid, Pinnock suffer third loss in legal battle to quash criminal charges
Hugh Wildman, the attorney-at-law representing resigned Education Minister Ruel Reid and Caribbean Maritime University President Professor Fritz Pinnock, has vowed to take his clients’ case to UK-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, after...
Comments- PM talks tough, as 4,500 disobey order to contact ministry - More than 4,000 persons who disobey reporting requirement face charges
- Investigate correctional officers overseeing Kartel – Scott Mottley
- Gleaner offers free subscriptions to COVID-19 frontline workers
- Water woes eased in a section of Portland Cottage
A New Jamaica of Peace: Changing lives, one child at a time
Committed to making a difference in the inner-city community of Arnette Gardens, Clarion Phillpotts, co-founder and managing director of A New Jamaica of Peace Foundation, aims to inject positive changes in the community, starting with the children...
CommentsChild-protection agency welcomes SVF coronavirus aid
Head of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Rosalee Gage-Gray says that the $1 million donated by the Supreme Ventures Foundation to create a special medical contingency fund for children in state care will go a long way in the...
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JFF still focused on World Cup Qualifiers
The uncertainty of the international football calendar because of the outbreak of the coronavirus has not blurred the Jamaica Football Federation’s vision of qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president...
CommentsKSAFA eyes league completion
Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) general secretary Dwayne Dillion says the body still aims to complete its competitions. This decision comes after a meeting between of KSAFA officials on Thursday. But Dillon said everything is...
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Stocks Round Up | 43 stocks advance, 28 decline and 9 trade firm
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Friday with an advance/decline ratio of 43/28. The index moved up by 4,164.83 points or 1.11 per cent to close at 380,787.88. The JSE Main Market Index advanced by 4,394.76 points or 1....
CommentsDigicel negotiating new debt plan with creditors, delays interest payments
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY Digicel Group announced a halt to interest payments to bondholders for 30 days, which led the rating agency Fitch to downgrade its bonds to ‘C’. Digicel defended its move as an allowed measure, saying the delay comes...
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Shawn Storm feels justice system ‘pressured’ - Attorney going to Privy Council
When the judgment was read out at minutes to 10 on Friday morning via electronic link, Bianca Samuels, one of the lawyers for Sean Campbell, let out a barely audible gasp, questioning what she had just heard, “Dismissed?” Samuels, her father Bert,...
CommentsJAFTA Propella on virtual schedule
In this time of crisis, all film productions have come to a halt. Nonetheless, the Jamaica Film and Television Association (JAFTA) Propella programme is still a go. The short-film programme, designed to take film-makers on a capacity-building...
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Letter of the Day | Are teachers just ‘glorified babysitters’?
THE EDITOR, Madam: I remember when I was younger and travelling in a taxi, a lady was on her phone arguing that teachers are being unreasonable about wanting more pay. She said “All dem do a siddung inna class wid the pickney dem, teach and go home...
CommentsElectronic prescribing to suppress COVID-19
THE EDITOR, Madam: An open letter to the Prime Minister Andrew Holness. We have developed an Internet-based platform called DigiScripts that allows doctors to manage their patients online. The application permits the taking of notes, the...
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Cuban docs fighting COVID-19 around world, defying US
HAVANA (AP): For two years, the Trump administration has been trying to stamp out one of Cuba’s signature programmes – state-employed medical workers treating patients around the globe in a show of soft power that also earns billions in badly...
CommentsCARICOM COVID-19 roundup
Cayman employs alphabet system to restrict citizens’ activities GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC): Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin has indicated that curfew measures across the territory will be “extended and toughened up”. He said that...
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Editorial | A ray of light
Peter C. Champagnie | Quarantine Act seriously outdated