Quarantined flight returnees ‘pushed to back of the line’

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Quarantined flight returnees ‘pushed to back of the line’

THE 200 Jamaicans who arrived via air from New York and Fort Lauderdale on May 13 are accusing the Government of giving preferential treatment to the 1,044 Adventure of the Seas cruise ship workers who have already been processed a mere week after docking in Falmouth.

The second test would determine who departs for home this Thursday, May 28,” one of the persons under quarantine lamented.

All ship workers have disembarked the Adventure and hundreds who tested negative have been released to self-quarantine at home.

The Office of the Prime Minister announced that the Norwegian Cruise Line, with 174 Jamaican crew members, docked in Falmouth yesterday evening.

The Carnival Glory will also return home approximately 240 Jamaican crew members this morning.

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Shahine Robinson is dead - Labour minister loses battle to cancer; colleagues saddled with a heavy heart

A YEAR shy of her 20th anniversary as a member of parliament, Shahine Robinson, 66, has died having lost her battle with lung

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Two-in-one election? - Renewed calls for local gov’t, national polls to be held together in COVID-19 era

With both the local government and general elections on the horizon, there are mounting calls for the Government and the Opposition to give urgent consensus to holding both polls simultaneously in light of a number of prevailing conditions being faced by the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

‘Coming home is like mi reach heaven’ - Kingston airport refining protocols

SINGING THE praises of airport staff and health officials after emerging from the arrival halls of the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday, Norma Kelly returned to Jamaica with a new lease on life and a sense of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

New twist in Dovecot expansion dispute

Member of Parliament for St Catherine West Central Dr Christopher Tufton has suggested that an independent review be done of the technical study used by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to approve the permit for the 71-acre expansion of the burial

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Water disruption in rural St Andrew; Trelawny communities to brace for lock off

Residents of rural St Andrew communities served by the Castle James pumping station, will remain without water until late this evening due to electro-mechanical problems at the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Gas prices up $1.03, diesel up $0.25

Gas prices have gone up by $1.03 as of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Manchester mom and 4-year-old daughter reported missing

Thirty-two-year-old Angella Gayle and her daughter 4-year-old Brianna Walker, both of New Green district in Manchester, have been reported missing since

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Clarendon man charged in connection with fatal home invasion

The Clarendon Police have charged 36-year-old Roy Golding, otherwise called ‘Bud’, of Palm Crescent, May Pen, with murder, shooting with intent, illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition on

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Are we ready for June 1? - Several sectors still reeling from COVID-19 hit, employers await gov’t protocol

THE ANDREW Holness led-Cabinet is expected to determine tomorrow whether it will bow to pressure from tourism and other industry interests to abandon the long-term phased and full reopening of the economy despite protests from health

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Mnangagwa running scared: Chamisa

MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has said the government is running scared of the people and it is time to boot President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of

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Jewel Scott breaks legal and racial barriers in Georgia

Former Jamaican honorary consul to Atlanta, Jewel Scott, recently created history by becoming the first Caribbean national to be elected to the Superior Court of Clayton County in the southern US state of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Time for new competition in telecoms market, says Opposition

THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) believes the time may be ripe for new competition in the telecommunications market, with inefficiencies in service and the increasing demand for data over voice having been brought even more sharply into focus during this COVID-19

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

Jamaican ship workers begin disembarking in Falmouth

The first batch of the 1,044 Jamaican ship workers who returned to the island on Tuesday afternoon has departed for government quarantine centres in St Ann after being processed at the Falmouth cruise ship pier in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

GG to seek review of insignia depicting black man as Satan

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen says he will ask the Chancellor of the Order of St Michael and St George to review the controversial insignia of the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Falmouth’s new artisan village to open soon – Bartlett

The new $700-million artisan village in Falmouth, Trelawny, which is poised to serve as a marquee tourist attraction in the resort town, is all but ready and Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is hinting that it will be opened

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Pregnant woman will be among first 200 Jamaicans to disembark cruise ship

A four-months' pregnant Jamaican is expected to be among the 200 crew members who will disembark from the Royal Caribbean cruise line's Adventure of the Seas vessel today as the first set of the 1,044 people on the cruise ship finally begin to make their way

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

On Monday, the Observer first reported that it was an expectant mother who had suffered a medical emergency and was awaiting evacuation from the

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

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More health workers to be deployed as Jamaica prepares for visitors

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be increasing the deployment of health personnel across the island in preparation for the reopening of the country’s borders to international travellers on June

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica Governor General suspends use of insignia depicting black man as 'Satan'

(Jamaica Gleaner) Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has suspended personal use of the controversial insignia of the Order of St Michael and St

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Tourist pretesting back on agenda - Tufton admits island’s COVID-19 response buckling under pressure

The Jamaican Government is reconsidering the imposition of COVID-19 pretesting of arriving tourists as the coronavirus response architecture at the island’s airports has been overwhelmed by passenger traffic, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton admitted on

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Sheila Sealy Monteith, Jamaica's ambassador to Belgium and permanent representative to the European Union — who also has accreditation to France, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain — confirmed to the Jamaica Observer that plans are far advanced to have a charter flight leave

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

98 teachers in Western Cape positive for Covid-19, as 16 schools close

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Ecuador bets on a return to normal

Ecuador, one of the hardest-hit countries in the region, is starting to reopen after a 40-day country-wide lockdown and transition to social

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Source: South Florida Times

18 years waiting - Proposed new law to govern private hospitals gathering dust

DIRECTOR OF standards and regulation in the health ministry, Cynthia Lewis-Graham, disclosed yesterday that proposed legislation to govern private hospitals has been sitting untouched for 18 years gathering

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Wayne Brady describes constant fear of #DrivingWhileBlack

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

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