Jamaica

Doctors, nurses who test positive for COVID-19 not included in Jamaica’s 19 confirmed cases

March 22, 2020

By Jamaica Gleaner March 22, 2020 A number of “frontline people” have been quarantined because they were exposed to the coronavirus. (Photo by Gladstone Taylor)(JAMAICA [...]

JAMAICA: 2 more COVID-19 cases confirmed

March 16, 2020

Sunday, March 15, 2020 KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed two more cases of COVID-19 in the island, bringing the number of confirmed [...]

JAMAICA: 8 MURDERS IN 4 HOURS

March 16, 2020

Eight murders, one of them a double homicide, were committed in just over four hours between Friday night and early yesterday morning, even as Jamaicans continued to be [...]

Exclusive Preview: Chronixx’s Second Album, Dela Splash

March 13, 2020

The musician discusses his upcoming work, starting with a new single and video on Friday. BY DAN ADLERMARCH 13, 2020 BY HARRY EELMAN. By the time the Jamaican [...]

CDB Lauds Economic Performance of St.Kitts-Nevis as he announces a 4.1 per cent Target growth rate for the Caribbean

February 14, 2020

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Lamenting the fact that borrowing member countries (BMCs) were only able to achieve just about an average of one per cent growth in 2019, president [...]

Jamaica records 34 murders in the first 11 days of 2020 while St.Kitts-Nevis Has Not had a Murder in over 8 months since May 2019.

January 14, 2020

Over the last 10 years Jamaica and St.Kitts-Nevis have been consistent among the top most murderous countries in the Caribbean and the world as far as murder rates per capita [...]