The Gleaner steps up COVID-19 response

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The Gleaner steps up COVID-19 response

The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited has stepped up its deep-cleaning and other internal sanitisation measures after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, September 4. The company continues its strict observation of all Ministry of...

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Jamaican helping to feed thousands in New York

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Officer (CEO) of 963Img Radio and member of the Evangel Church in New York, Patrick Thorpe, has been very busy in recent times as he organises thousands of food packages for those hit hard by the COVID-19

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Protest in Spain over government's handling of COVID crisis

Thousands of supporters of Spain’s far-right Vox party gathered today in their cars and on motorbikes in the centre of Madrid and other Spanish cities to protest the Spanish government’s handling of the nation’s COVID-19 crisis, international news agencies

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Campbell, Buchanan deny Phillips ouster plot

With loyalists of People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips now on edge and preparing for another round of internal schism, two signatories of a controversial letter are insisting that the correspondence is not a launching pad for

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Former correctional officer killed in road crash

A former correctional officer died in a motor vehicle crash in Portland

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Earth Today | New water project adopts lessons learnt

THE NEW CReW project is to take lessons learnt from the last effort, while building on its gains, in pursuit of better wastewater management in the

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Tivoli incursion - ten years on | Woman: I witnessed point-blank murders

The bloody firefights of May 24-26, 2010, triggered the collapse of the Coke dynasty that held Tivoli Gardens in its grip for more than two

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State agents, political operatives inseparable in St Mary COVID-19 relief - Mayne says Bull Bay, Corn Piece quarantine lessons learnt; Alexis says first six days of lockdown illegal

Government agencies, non-profit organisations and political operatives were inseparable in communities under COVID-19 lockdown last Thursday as The Sunday Gleaner toured the area, but South East St Mary Member of Parliament Dr Norman Dunn has insisted that his bee-like presence was purely

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Jamaica: JDF under fire disabled woman killed in August Town

(Jamaica Gleaner) With fresh allegations of a soldier killing a 44-year-old disabled woman in August Town, St Andrew, on Wednesday, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is coming under the radar after a rise in reports of assault and other criminal

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‘A lot of people have grown up here’ - Staff, donors rally around Hope Zoo

No guests means no revenue for the non-profit, but staff and donors are helping to keep hope alive and care for the more than 1,000 animals at the

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Trinidad records first new case of COVID in a month, as it moves to relax restrictions

(CMC)- Trinidad and Tobago's health authorities, yesterday evening, confirmed its first new case of COVID-19 in almost a month as the country moves to further relax restrictions imposed in March to reduce spread of the

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$300m Tivoli bill - Figure set to increase with suits pending; public defender laments continued abuse of young men by cops, soldiers

Compensation payouts for the death and destruction that occurred during the internal security operation to arrest drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke have already cost taxpayers a little over $300 million, a figure that will increase when over two dozen lawsuits filed on behalf of detainees are

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12 charged in St Thomas for breaching public gathering ban

Those arrested and charged

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Jamaica top of the Heap - Writer wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Caribbean

Emerging as the Caribbean winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has stunned celebrated Jamaican author and theatre director Brian Heap, who initially planned to use the competition as a spark to complete a work he had been fiddling with for five

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#JamaicaTogether | Former principal launches storytelling YouTube channel for children

A retired educator has launched a YouTube channel dedicated to storytelling, aiming to ignite a passion for reading in young

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Six additional COVID-19 cases in Jamaica

Jamaica recorded six new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing to 517 the number of confirmed

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Mixed views on BPO work-from-home orders

Shelly-Ann Roberts*, who is eight months pregnant and works at a St Andrew company, and Nikeisha Hemmings*, a senior employee at the Alorica call centre which has accounted for Jamaica’s largest cluster of COVID-19 cases thus far, spoke with The Sunday Gleaner last

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Jamaica: Quarantined returnees by air ‘pushed to back of the line’ behind 1,000 cruise ship workers

Jamaica: Quarantined returnees by air ‘pushed to back of the line’ behind 1,000 cruise ship workers

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Amid pain, Coke loyalty lingers

The ear-splitting sounds of mortars and the haunting memories of blood-soaked bodies are fresh in the mind of long-time Tivoli Gardens resident Jacqueline

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Glenmuir High doubles efforts to help COVID-19 affected families

“The COVID-19 crisis has created the need for Glenmuir to contribute to the well-being of the most vulnerable students and staff members in the form of food, toiletries, masks, and data

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Man in police custody following brother's death

A man who was allegedly involved in a dispute with his brother on Friday, is now in police custody, after his brother died following the

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Williams new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal at UWI Five Islands

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has announced the appointment of Professor Densil A. Williams as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of its Five Islands Campus, located in Antigua and

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UK community lauds Clarke

JAMAICA’S HIGH commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), George Ramocan, led an outpouring of tributes for the late Oliver Clarke, former chairman of the RJRGLEANER Communications and Jamaica National

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Tourism workers on edge - Virus fears still strong but empty pockets spark dilemma

There are jitters among workers in the tourism sector that a premature reopening of the industry which has been in hibernation since the coronavirus pandemic reached local shores could be catastrophic, but they admit that they don’t know how they would survive another month without an

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As Gov’t fumbles with body cams, a security company invests in hundreds

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Earth Today | Gov’ts urged to prioritise environmental considerations amid COVID-19 storm

THE GOVERNMENTS and people of the Caribbean are reminded to keep environmental considerations as key to sustainable economies and overall development front of mind, even as they negotiate the challenges of the COVID-19

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HELP OR HURT? - Unregulated ambulance services, uncertified emergency technicians could be putting public in danger

Three weeks after a probe revealed that most local private hospitals were unregistered, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that the island’s private ambulance service is operating without oversight, putting members of the public at

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COPS IN THE COLD - Officers bemoan years of hearings, leaving them broke, depressed even after cleared of wrongdoing by courts

Wilkins is one of just over 60 cops currently on suspension or interdiction for periods ranging from two to 10 years, according to statistics compiled by the Jamaica Police

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Teen suicide shocks family - 17-y-o emotionally scarred after tragic fall left her limping in pain

MATERNAL INSTINCT jolted Joan Watson into realising that something was wrong when her 17-year-old daughter Chrisey-Ann Davis had not returned from her room some time after eating a meal on Monday

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‘Who will mind my kids?’ - Parents mulling back-to-work order ponder daycare dilemma

Parents and guardians preparing to return to worksites as COVID-19 restrictions ease next month are now mulling over another quandary: whether to risk sending their children to

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McKenzie saddened by passing of former May Pen mayor

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has expressed sadness at the passing of former Mayor of May Pen and Councillor for the Mineral Heights Division Milton

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