Jamaica News

(Jamaica Star) Ermine, a Jamaican who has lived in Brooklyn, New York, says she is extremely worried about COVID-19.

(Jamaica Star) After 10 months of planning for the perfect day to tie the knot, Gabrielle Leslie and her groom-to-be, John Osborne, have been forced to postpone their wedding.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, says the government has stepped in to help Jamaican hospitality workers who were stranded at an airport in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States due to cancelled flights.

(Jamaica Star) A man who fell from the roof of a house last Wednesday in Norwood, St James, died in the Falmouth Hospital two days later.

Bradshaw Singh, father of Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh, is dispelling rumours that she is now in isolation after showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two Jamaican men are hungry and homeless after being stranded by Caribbean Airlines.

(Jamaica Observer) Actor Garfield “Bad Boy Trevor” Reid does not believe his arrest early Monday morning will have negative implications for his career.

(Jamaica Observer) Twenty-seven Jamaican contract workers are currently stranded at Newark International Airport in New Jersey after their flight to Montego Bay was cancelled this morning.

(Jamaica Star) Residents in the small farm community of Success in Hanover were sent into shock on Monday morning, after news surfaced that an elderly man was beaten to death with a sledgehammer by his younger brother, following a dispute.

(Jamaica Star) Shay Townsend, 35, has been living in Italy for six years.

(Jamaica Observer) The Government has issued an appeal to Jamaicans for help in securing facilities to accommodate people recovering from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in order to free up space in isolation wards at hospitals for patients in need of specialist care.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As the world mourns the death of late superstar Kenny Rogers, producer of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival Walter Elmore remembers the American singer-songwriter as a fabulous human being to work with.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has extended the time for schools to remain closed until the end of Easter, as the Government maintains measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.

(Jamaica Star) Dancehall artiste Elephant Man and actor and night club operator Garfield ‘Bad Boy Trevor’ Reid will have to answer to various charges in court stemming from separate COVID-19 related incidents.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Government has introduced additional restrictive safety measures for the country, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped by two, and with the onset of community spread.

(Jamaica Star) Dancehall artiste, Elephant Man , whose given name is Oneil Bryan, has been charged with breaches of the Immigration Act.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Actor and director Garfield Reid, more popularly known as ‘Bad Boy Trevor’, has been taken into custody after cops reportedly raided a pool party being held at a house on Plantation Drive, in Plantation Heights, St Andrew last night, law enforcement sources revealed.

(Jamaica Star) The daughter of dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta was shot and injured during a gun attack in the community of Flanker, St James, on Sunday afternoon.

(Jamaica Star) Jamaican students who are studying overseas are now facing the wrath of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Scores of Jamaicans who are on an overseas work programme were forced to leave behind the goods and appliances they were stockpiling to take back home as they were informed at very short notice that they had just hours to leave the United States if they wanted to get home for Saturday’s midnight closure of all borders to incoming passengers.