Jamaica News

(Jamaica Star) Every August, Nicolene Downer goes in a state of depression.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the closure of all business process outsourcing (BPO) operations for 14 days starting at midnight tomorrow.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The proposal by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to use School-Based Assessment (SBA) and multiple-choice examination, possibly to be administered online, as its 2020 examination has not found favour with the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPPS).

(Jamaica Star) Mark Brown* always joked about seeking refuge in the hills should COVID-19 reach Corn Piece Settlement in Clarendon; but when it did, the 23-year-old did not have the strength to flee.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The group of 43 heartbroken Jamaican ship workers aboard the Marella Discovery 2 have now docked in Southampton in the United Kingdom, but with sunken spirits.

(Jamaica Star) Richard Cox thought he was taking three of his children to experience pure fun in Gayle, St Mary, on Wednesday morning.

(Jamaica Star) The National Environment Planning Agency (NEPA),  has condemned the actions of persons shown in recent videos circulating on social media, taunting crocodiles with dogs,  at the Greater Portmore Sewage Ponds in St.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has said that the Government’s decision to reject the use of the Cuban antiviral drug Interferon Alpha 2B to treat persons battling COVID-19 at this time was made after consultations with experts in the public-health sector.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica will be looking to tap into International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial support amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Finance Ministry yesterday said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tough restrictions are now in place for business process outsourcing (BPO) operations over heightened concern that call centres are hubs for community transmission of COVID-19 even as it has been revealed that another firm has shuttered because an employee might have been exposed.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton has confirmed an additional 18 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Egg Industry Association Roy Baker says the shutdown of hotels due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has wiped out a third of the egg market, which he said represents almost seven million eggs per month.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Clarendon community of Mitchell Town is reeling from the loss of three of their own in New York in the United States as countries across the globe continue to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Naomi Thompson-Henry boiled with anger as she condemned as malicious a video that has emerged on social media linking her late husband’s death to COVID-19 and potentially putting their lives at risk.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton a short while ago disclosed that test kit supplies for COVID-19 to Jamaica from the United States were blocked by that jurisdiction, and that the Government is now awaiting supplies from other sources.

(Jamaica Observer) Government yesterday announced a one-week lockdown of St Catherine, saying the strict measure was triggered by a big spike in the number of positive COVID-19 cases from 73 to 105.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government’s strategies for controlling the spread of the coronavirus is wreaking havoc with the operations of small businesses such as bars and restaurants, and Mark Brooks is adamant that they need to be revisited to allow for some amount of business to continue, even as he supports the efforts to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

(Jamaica Star) Some residents of Denham Town in western Kingston have taken parties to the roofs of houses and atop high-rise buildings, despite restrictions on gatherings exceeding 10 people.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Within “a week or two”, the Jamaican Government will have to accept dozens of deportees from the United States (US).

(Jamaica Gleaner) The second positive COVID-19 case at a Portmore call centre and the ordering of staff to self-quarantine have triggered more concern that business process outsourcing (BPO) companies – characterised by high-density office arrangements – may be incubators for the spread of the new coronavirus.