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Dr Andre Gordon, (left) chairman and chief executive officer of Technological Solutions Limited (TSL), and Benjamin Pascal, co-founder of Invisible Sentinel, speaking with the media during a tour of TSL’s Resilient Centre Lab in St Andrew on July 23, 2020 - Rudolph Brown photo
Dr Andre Gordon, (left) chairman and chief executive officer of Technological Solutions Limited (TSL), and Benjamin Pascal, co-founder of Invisible Sentinel, speaking with the media during a tour of TSL’s Resilient Centre Lab in St Andrew on July 23, 2020 – Rudolph Brown photo

Jamaican lab introduces COVID-19 testing for surfaces, air

(Jamaica Gleaner) Entities will be able to conduct COVID-19 testing of high-touch surfaces as well as to check if the virus is present in the air.

“Dobby” Dobson

Dobby Dobson dies

(Jamaica Observer) Highland “Dobby” Dobson, whose laid-back vocal style earned him hit songs in the pre-ska, rocksteady and reggae eras, died yesterday at age 78 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Tonia McDonald ... was found with her throat slashed in a burning vehicle.

Jamaican businessman loses second wife to murder

(Jamaica Gleaner) Portland businessman Everton McDonald has lost his second wife to murder in just over a decade when the partially burnt body of 31-year-old Tonia McDonald was discovered in a car at Sherwood Forest shortly before 9 p.m.

Proposed legislation could impose a fine of $3 million for negligent owners of dogs that attack people.

Jamaica: $3m proposed for dog-bite fine

(Jamaica Gleaner) Following a spate of chilling dog attacks in recent years, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck tabled a bill that would impose both civil and criminal liability for delinquent dog owners.

Dr Christopher Tufton

‘Political week from hell’ for Jamaica’s ruling party

(Jamaica Gleaner) With another Cabinet minister in the Andrew Holness administration stripped of portfolio responsibilities over a controversial land arrangement and another thrust under the microscope over contracts awarded to a public-relations firm, one political analyst has described last week as one from hell.

Nadeen Geddes, who has been charged with the murder of her sister Tamara Geddes, at the family home the day after the killing. She has been accused of hiring a hitman to killl her sibling.

Jamaica: Woman charged with murder of younger sister

(Jamaica Obserer) FALMOUTH, Trelawny — A Trelawny woman and her two daughters have been charged for the murder of her sister, 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, who was shot dead, allegedly by a contract killer, in the presence of her 10-year-old daughter at their family home in Reserve district in the parish on Friday, June 19 The three accused are: 39-year-old farmer, Nadeen Geddes and her two daughters, 21-year-old Shanice Ruddock and a juvenile, all of Reserve district, Trelawny.

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