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I must admit — the thought of traveling internationally during a pandemic initially had me extremely anxious. With COVID cases beginning to spike back up, I often considered delaying my […]
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South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas Government says many new policies, safety measures, and precautions will be introduced to ensure the continued health and well-being of citizens and visitors as it prepares to “reinstate tourism to the country and effectively reopen our economy”.
Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D'Aguilar said since March 24, airports and seaports throughout The Bahamas have been closed to all incoming visitors, adding that given that the Bahamian economy relies heavily on the tourism sector, this decision was not made lightly.
“It is critical that health and safety protocols are being adhered to and that the health sector remains well equipped,” he said, noting that before the general opening on July 1, it is intended that a phase one opening of the tourism sector will begin to roll out on June 15.
“Phase one is expected to see the opening of the tourism sector with the return of boaters, yachters, and private aviation being allowed to enter the destination.
D'Aguilar said this phase one opening of the tourism sector is intended to test the market and serve as a transition to the phase two opening on July 1, as well as test the efficacy of the new protocols that are entailed in this plan.
Legendary Jamaican Entrepreneur Redefined ‘All-Inclusive’ And Changed The Way The World Went On Vacation - Master Marketer Made Sandals a Household Name, Brought Opportunity to the Caribbean MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, – Legendary Jamaican entrepreneur Gordon “Butch” Stewart, one of the hospitality industry’s most vibrant personalities and founder of Sandals Resorts International, the world’s leading all-inclusive resort company, has died at […]
South Africans can take advantage of heavily discounted airfares from Lufthansa for early 2021 - but you have to book now.
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Omar Robinson says there is no known case of transmission of the novel coronavirus within the tourism industry, despite an uptick in cases across the island.Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) think tank at the agency's regional office in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday, Robinson argued that the spike is as a result of Jamaicans not taking responsibility for their actions.
With the vast majority of the south coast haven’s business generated from overseas arrivals, small hotels and guest houses in that section of St Elizabeth are now reeling from the fallout in bookings.
Kory South, general manager of the 14-room Sunset Resort and Villas overlooking the Caribbean Sea, said that an inward focus is the last gasp to keep his small hotel afloat.
One of the two more popular small hotels in the area, Sunset Resort and Villa attracts only 15 per cent local occupancy, with the majority of guests from the United States, and Canada, and Europe.
“Now we are expanding the place somewhat, adding a few more rooms, and will be hoping our locals will come through some marketing to coincide with the local bird season and the Calabash International Literary Festival in September,” said South.
The local market is a big part of the diet of the popular Jakes Hotel, says owner Jason Henzell, who shuttered the property on March 23, but remained “partially” open for bookings heading into the Labour Day weekend.
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica made a giant step in the world of state-of-the-art dentistry yesterday when the Montego Bay-based International Postgraduate Medical College (IPMC) officially opened its Dental Day Operating Suite at its Bay West...
Trinidad opens wider on Thursday – No Covid cases for 21 days
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced yesterday a further ease up of the regulations related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Motor mechanics, tyre shops, and spare parts businesses will be opened up along with laundry and dry cleaning services.
As a result, more people are expected to be on the move in public and private transport.
As a result, more maxi taxi and public transport will have to continue its spacing and social distancing policy, and carry a 50 per cent load.
A fuel support grant of $2,000 will be made available to taxi and maxi operators to be able to conduct business and transport people.
[New Times] Former Tour du Rwanda winner Samuel Mugisha has said that he is excited after linking up with his new team LMP-La Roche Sur Yon over the weekend.
Black love is not canceled — and neither is quality time!If you've been thinking about heading off on a romantic, socially distanced getaway with your significant other, there are plenty […]
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Since the country went into lockdown in March, the tourism industry has suffered losses in their billions, with most international travel having been cancelled – a move which trickles down to the aviation industry
There are nearly 100 Catholic educational institutions in Jamaica, and Catholic schools are among the best in Jamaica. Campion, Immaculate Conception, Mt Alvernia, Mt St Joseph Catholic High – all produce top achievers. The same is true for many of...
The Blossom Gardens Child Care Facility (BGCCF) and the Montego Bay Animal Haven have received donations of $200,000 each from telecommunications giant, Digicel.
BGCCF is operated by the Child Development Agency (CDA) in Appleton Hall, Montego Bay, and has been in existence since 1975, to cater to children, ages 0-7 years, who are the responsibility of the State for various reasons, while the Montego Bay Animal Haven is a shelter for over 200 animals which started in a private home 11 years ago.
They were chosen, respectively, by Manika Mitchell, from Hopewell in Hanover, and Codie Kameka, a final year student at The University of the West Indies (UWI), who hails from the historical German settlement of Seaford Town in Westmoreland, the two weekly grand prize winners for the newly-revived Digicel 'Shake to Win' competition, which recently added the $200,000 grant to a charity of the winner's choice to the popular competition.
Montego Bay Animal Haven was founded in 2009 to raise awareness of the plight of stray and abandoned animals and to try to tackle the problem in north-west Jamaica.
Digicel's prepaid and postpaid customers can download the MyDigicel app and get a chance to win the weekly grand prize of $1 million.
The DA says President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement of a move to Alert Level 1 of the Covid-19 lockdown comes five months too late.
I taught online until April 17 but when China closed its doors to foreigners there was no longer a need for online teaching once schools reopened.
I started donating care packages to Oracabessa's needy two weeks ago.
So I reached out to my mother's church members who were able to provide a list of the sick and shut-ins, along with those known to be most in need.
I'm working through churches, as I believe they will provide an honest list of people most in need.
Kimloy Chang, who is from Oracabessa in St Mary, is a 29-year-old science teacher in Jinhua City, China.
WESTERN BUREAU: Detectives attached to the Barnett Street and Freeport police stations in Montego Bay are probing whether gunmen who snatched an 18-month-old infant from her mother’s arms on Monday are holding her at ransom to bait her father. The...
Reggae Sunsplash, founded in 1978 to promote a slow summer tourist season in Jamaica, was the first Caribbean music festival to introduce reggae to a global audience. The idea of the festival originated with a group of young entrepreneurs who called themselves Synergy. They were led by Tony Johnson, an urban planning project manager, but also included Ronnie Burke, a record company owner, Don Green, a systems analyst, businesswoman Maxine Walters, and John Wakeling, a radio talk show host. Although only Burke had a background in the music industry, they were all passionate about Jamaican reggae music and believed it had an audience far beyond the island.
In early January 1978 Synergy approached the Jamaican Tourist Board to promote their idea. The Board embraced the concept mainly because it wanted to attract tourists to Jamaica in the summer. Until that point the country’s largest industry, tourism, had revolved around winter destination hotels and resorts. The hope was that a summer music festival would attract people to fill the hotels during the off season.
Soon leading Jamaican musicians such as Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff embraced the idea and promised to participate. The first concert, an eight day event beginning on June 28, 1978, had as headliners the band Third World, Bob Andy, and Toots and the Maytals. They performed at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay attracting an average daily audience of 16,000.
Word about Reggae Sunsplash began to spread among Jamaican immigrants living in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. It was also promoted by the disk jockeys and international journalists who had attended the inaugural festival. By the time of the second festival in 1979, over 100 journalists from Japan, Italy, Sweden, West Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, attended along with a mostly international crowd of about 10,000. They heard Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Third World, and Burning Spear.
In year three, 1980, the festival was reduced to six days and occurred
June 10: Kenya tops 3,000 mark
\tCase load topped 3,000 mark today with 105 new cases taking the tally to 3,094 confirmed cases, Health CAS Rashid Aman disclosed at the daily briefing on COVID-19.
Total confirmed cases = 2,600
Total recoveries = 706
Total deaths = 83
Active cases = 1,811
June 3: 2,216 cases, record recoveries
\t“This is the highest number of recoveries we have so far recorded since we announced the first discharge case on 1st April, 2020,” CAS Health Rashid Aman announced at today’s briefing.
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\t\tMay 31: Cases approach 2,000; Laikipia records case
\t\tMay 30: 1,888 cases, Kericho records infection
\t\tMay 27: Record one-day increase
\t\tMay 26: Govt intensifies voluntary testing calls
\t\tMay 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired
\t\tMay 21: record one-day increase, Wajir rolls out campaign
\t\tMay 20: cases pass 1,000 mark, foreigners deported
\t\tMay 16: 830 cases, TZ, Somali borders shut
\t\tMay 14: Cases hit 758, focus turns to Kenya-Tanzania border town
\t\tMay 12: 715 cases, border crossings becoming flash point
\t\tMay 11: Cases reach 700, mass prisoner release
\t\tMay 10: 649 cases, Raila worries about Magufuli
\t\tMay 8: May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607
\t\tMay 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City
\t\tMay 5: KQ’s UK repatriation flight returns
\t\tMay 4: Cases hit 535, govt decries abuse of relaxed measures
\t\tMay 3: KQ repatriation flight, Nairobi fumigation
\t\tMay 2: Case count at 435, mass testing starts
\t\tMay 1: Case count hits 411, Uhuru vows transparency
May 31: 1,962 cases as Laikipia records infection
\tToday, 74 people have tested positive for the virus from 1,574 samples that were tested in the last 24 hours.
Total confirmed cases = 1,471 (new cases = 123)
Total recoveries = 408
Total deaths = 55
Active cases = 1,008
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 27, 2020
May 27: govt intensifies voluntary testing campaign
\tGovernment is intensify calls for people to submit themselves for voluntary testing as the steady rise of cases continue across the country.
Total confirmed cases = 1,348 (new cases = 5)
Total recoveries = 405
Total deaths = 52
Active cases = 891
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 26, 2020
May 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired
\tThirty-one new cases were registered today taking the tally to 1,192; President Kenyatta disclosed in an address.
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire The Tulsa Health Department (THD) has launched a new assessment, testing and contact tracing solution to streamline its COVID-19 testing process. The online platform, powered by Qualtrics, focuses on three steps: assess, test and contact trace. Individuals can now access the assessment and schedule their COVID-19 test and receive results online. […]
Lokoja — The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kogi State chapter, has disclosed that testing for COVID-19 remained a challenge in the state.
The NMA chairman said the challenge of not testing enough persons had led to agitation from members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) as they are among the first to attend to suspected cases, a number which has been received at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja recently.
\"Although no confirmed case has been reported in Kogi State till date, a number of suspected cases have been attended to at the FMC Lokoja, and members of ARD are among the first to attend to these patients, and as such, they might be exposed to the highly contagious COVID-19,\" Kabir stated
He said: \"ARD is an affiliate of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), and members are among the most exposed health care workers to patients with suspected COVID-19 in the hospital settings.
Kabir said FMC Lokoja is the only functional tertiary health institution in Kogi State and as such, the institution attends to a wide range of patients, and the ever present danger of being exposed to patients with COVID-19 is major source of worry.
But in a chat with THISDAY, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, stated that contrary to the insinuation that the people are denied the opportunity to go for COVID-19 test in the state, the state government is committed to fighting coronavirus pandemic, as the state has not objected to testing at any point in time.
