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When it rains, it pains

Every time it rains, anxiety overwhelms Carleen Dyce, a resident of the hilly Kintyre community in the St Andrew East Rural constituency, an area that has suffered from landslides for years. Dyce once enjoyed a sizeable backyard that has now been...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Visitors from high-risk US states to pretest before arrival

AS of July 1, some visitors from the United States who plan to enter the island on and after July 10 will have to be pretested for COVID-19 for their applications for landing to be considered.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

More opportunities needed for unattached youth, says Holness

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says more opportunities are needed for the nation's unattached youth in order to prevent them from falling prey to criminal elements.Speaking at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Burke Barracks in St James recently, Holness said it is against this background why the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Young scholars receive VM Foundation scholarships/bursaries

Kanton Hardy, the young author who wowed Prime Minister Andrew Holness and other state officials with the book he wrote at eight, was among 57 recipients of a scholarship/bursary, courtesy of the Victoria Mutual Foundation on Saturday. Hardy was...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Johnson Smith refutes claims that SOEs/ZOSOs not working

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, assured the Senate on Friday that the Government is working towards introducing more zones of special operations (ZOSOs) shortly.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas, 'I'm down to $50 right now'

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas is begging the Government to focus on repatriating nationals stuck in smaller islands across the region as it moves to ramp up its admission of citizens back into the country by air travel next

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Flower Hill receives piped water, after 30 years without access

After 30 years without access to potable water, the community of Flower Hill in St James has received its own supply system. The water system was commissioned into service by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday. It was...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica's PM declares emergency to curb crime | New York Carib News

Jamaica’s PM declares emergency to curb crime

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Source: The New York Carib News

PM stands by his man - Scandal-plagued Wheatley may get second chance as minister

Despite adverse findings against Dr Andrew Wheatley by the director of investigation at the Integrity Commission, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hinted that he would not rule out appointing the embattled former energy minister in a future...

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Attorney Tova Hamilton takes her seat in the Senate

Attorney at law Tova Hamilton on Friday morning took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking her oath of Allegiance in the

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Gov't wants to lease Holywell land

GOVERNMENT is seeking to lease a seven-acre plot of land at Holywell in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, a protected area which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Broadgate headache - Residents weary of prolonged Junction road project, never-ending dynamite blasts

Ongoing works to rehabilitate the Broadgate section of the Junction main road in St Mary have been irritating many residents, who are yearning for the project to be wrapped up, giving them a reprieve from the dust nuisance and dynamite blasts constantly terrorising

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The crew member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was among the first batch of Jamaicans from the vessel to set foot on home soil following the closure of the country's air and sea ports to incoming passengers on March 24 due to the COVID-19

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Supporters flock Robinson’s house with passing of MP

FOR SOME time it had not rained in Claremont, St Ann, but the showers came down yesterday, forcing supporters of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ann North East, Shahine Robinson, to seek shelter inside her home or other sections of the

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Bill to hold double polls tabled

Jamaicans could for the first time exercise their franchise in two elections on a single day if a bill tabled on Tuesday in Parliament, to be piloted by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is taken and passed at the next sitting of the Lower House. At...

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It's a good look

SEVERAL residents of the troubled St Andrew South Western community of Greenwich Town yesterday welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to declare the area a zone of special operation (ZOSO), and their Member of Parliament Angela Brown Burke is sharing their joy.A flare-up of gang

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Holness under tourism pressure

DAYS AFTER tourism advocates called for the Holness administration to declare a timeline for the resumption of incoming air and sea travel, Jamaica’s most powerful private-sctor lobby has added pressure for a clear road map towards a “date for a safe and sustainable

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Jamaica general election set for September 3, 2020 - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans are to go to the polls on Thursday, September 3, 2020. The article Jamaica general election set for September 3, 2020 appeared first on Stabroek News.

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ELECTIONWATCH - PM says economic recovery the focus now, but analyst expects polls sooner rather than later

Even as political watchers zero in on August dates for the next general election, Prime Minister Andrew Holness kept his cards close to his chest as he spoke with The Sunday Gleaner a week ago, giving no hint as to when he will summon Jamaicans to...

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Political leaders welcome private sector crime talks

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says that if the country can find a basis for agreement on critical priorities, then it can make significant political progress.He was speaking on Monday at the National Consensus on Crime at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

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400 ship workers tested for COVID-19

The taking of COVID-19 samples by the Ministry of Health and Wellness from Jamaican ship workers who arrived in the island on Tuesday is to go on break on

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PM reportedly tells JLP Central Executive election coming 'soon, soon'

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reportedly told members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP's) Central Executive that an election announcement will be made very soon. This has further heightened speculation that the announcement could be made...

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Holness: Closing borders would be an economic negative

BARRETT TOWN, St James - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has underscored that the likelihood of closing Jamaica's borders as a result of any spike in the coronavirus would trigger a negative impact on the economy, akin to cutting off the proverbial nose to spite the face.

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China Harbour breaks ground for St Catherine housing scheme

THE Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) on Wednesday officially broke ground for the 1,650-unit Catherine Estate housing project, to be developed in St Catherine, as a joint venture partnership with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a company known for building roads and

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Johnson Smith refutes claims that SOEs/ZOSOs not working

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, assured the Senate on Friday that the Government is working towards introducing more zones of special operations

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Gov't accuses Opposition of mischief in Senate

LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday accused the Opposition of mischief-making regarding the condition of Jamaicans who returned home on the Royal Caribbean cruise vessel Adventure of the Seas earlier this

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Holness administration declined UK prison offer, Phillips asserts

Leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Phillip, says he strongly rejects claims from Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the United Kingdom prison offer to Jamaica was implicitly refused by the People’s National Party

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Holness to co-host high-level meeting with UN official on COVID-19

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will on Thursday co-convene a special high-level panel to look at solutions to the development emergency of

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Phillips rakes Gov’t on public-health, economy balance

OPPOSITION LEADER Dr Peter Phillips has knocked the Andrew Holness administration’s handling of the reopening of some sectors of the Jamaican economy, charging that it has not found the right balance. “We obviously can’t stay at home forever, but...

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Pay up or else! - Woman trapped in TRN nightmare for imported goods

Montego Bay resident Kimberly Curtis is desperate for answers as to how her taxpayer registration number (TRN) was used to import goods for commercial use without her knowledge. Curtis, a 29-year-old customer service representative, thought it was...

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We know people are talking about us – Holness

PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness last week admitted that he was well aware and taking note of the public discourse around events affecting the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), of which he is leader, and the Government he leads. He was delivering the...

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