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#BudgetDebate2021 | Opposition Leader urges Holness to resume Vale Royal talks
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has urged Prime Minister Andrew Holness to take steps to restart the Vale Royal talks. In his contribution to the Budget Debate Tuesday afternoon, Golding said the Government and the Opposition have not had a single...
CommentsVaccine staff reassigned amid probe into missing doses in St James
The Health Ministry has reassigned several employees of the Western Regional Health Authority who worked at the COVID vaccination site from which ten doses have gone missing. In a release late Tuesday evening, the ministry said a vial with ten...
Comments- #BudgetDebate2021 | Golding hopes Jamaica's dance with Trump will not hurt
- Two security guards shot, one fatally in Portmore credit union robbery
- INDECOM calls for inclusion in vaccination priority
- Digital vaccination management system to become operational in April
- Ten doses of COVID vaccine missing from Cornwall Regional Hospital
BOJ TAX RAP
Picking apart one of the central highlights of Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke’s Budget presentation, Opposition Leader Mark Golding cast a Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) dividend of $33 billion as the fruit of an effective tax that has oppressed the poor...
CommentsGuard slain in credit union robbery
A HawkEye security guard died valiantly while responding to a robbery in progress at the Public Sector Employees Co-operative Credit Union at the Caribbean Estate housing development in Portmore on Tuesday. An eyewitness said that four gunmen were...
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Jamaican expats hail Biden rescue stimulus Premium
Sherry M is a Jamaican single mother of four residing in Brooklyn who has been scrambling to make ends meet since the coronavirus pandemic hit a year ago and she lost her job. Today, she is more hopeful because of the newly passed Biden...
CommentsAnxiety, confusion, terror, relief: Giving birth in a pandemic
NEW YORK (AP): Pregnancy, birth and life with a newborn in the middle of a pandemic, has brought on high anxiety, ever-shifting hospital protocols and intense isolation for many of the millions of women who have done it around the world. As the...
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‘Comfortable and confident’ Premium
Despite no international competition for over a year, Jamaica’s premier diver, Yona Knight-Wisdom, said he is fully prepared for the FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan, an Olympic-qualifying event, from April 18 to 23. Though the 25-year-old...
CommentsLet’s get the job done Premium
There is a saying throughout the Caribbean that when the West Indies win, all is well in the world, and that statement couldn’t be more accurate now, as the regional side is riding on a high, following back-to-back T20 and ODI series wins against...
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Profit setback for sturdy Sagicor Premium
It’s been a decade since the Jamaica operation for Sagicor last saw net earnings this low, within the $4-billion range, but the rout is unlikely to be repeated this year; the group having already stripped itself of the hotel holdings that have been...
CommentsAgriculture ministry puts out feeler on cocoa assets sale
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, MOAF, has put out feelers on the divestment of commercial assets owned by the Cocoa Industry Board, CIB, seven years after an initial attempt by the Jamaican Government to offload the assets. In a public...
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Ras Emmanuel tops NJ charts with tribute single and ‘Rastamantic’ reality video
New York Tri-state area deejay, Ras Emmanuel, is sitting at the number one spot for the second consecutive week on the New Jersey Reggae Chart Fresh 92 Top Ten, with his engaging single, Mad Love for You. The song is a tribute to wives, mothers,...
Comments‘Rough year’ for Wee Pow
After what he says was a “very rough year”, veteran sound system owner Winston ‘Wee Pow’ Powell, who celebrates his birthday today, is understandably not in a celebratory mood. Nonetheless, he will ring in the milestone at his Burlington Avenue...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Take COVID-19 seriously
THE EDITOR, Madam: Persons in this country do not take COVID-19 seriously, apparently because they are under the grave delusion that the virus is little more than just a very bad flu for whomever is unlucky to contract it. Well, from the...
CommentsUnethical vaccine bribe
THE EDITOR, Madam: On Tuesday, March 9, Dr Nigel Clarke, in the Budget Debate, highlighted the Government’s $60-billion fund geared towards the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines as well as to help stimulate economic recovery during the post-...
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EU regulator ‘convinced’ AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risk
BRUSSELS (AP): The European Union’s drug regulator insisted Tuesday that there is “no indication” the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots as governments around the world faced the grimmest of dilemmas: push on with a vaccine known to save lives...
CommentsEthiopia rejects outside mediation in Nile River dam dispute
KAMPALA (AP): An Ethiopian official said on Tuesday that his government opposes calls by Sudan for outside mediators, including the United States, in the ongoing dispute over Ethiopia’s construction of a massive hydroelectric dam on the Nile River...
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Protecting your colon
Your colon is a key player in your digestive system, which processes and delivers nutrients throughout your body to keep you strong and healthy. As such, eating well and maintaining a nutritious diet is one of the best ways you can prepare for and...
CommentsThe Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know
The first 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived on the island on Monday. Below are frequently asked questions about the vaccine. WHO SHOULD BE VACCINATED FIRST? While vaccine supplies are limited, it is recommended that priority be given to...
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Something Extra | Wednesday
For generations, the African proverb ‘Each one teach one’ has helped us pass on knowledge. Today it fulfils much of the same purpose, and though the lessons may differ, the intent is the same: people taking the time to teach their skills to others...
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Editorial | Get vaccine project right
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