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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica has now increased to 72 after three more confirmed cases today. Newest cases: 1. St Elizabeth male, 65, who had contact with tourists 2. Kingston and St Andrew female, 53, a contact of a…

WESTERN BUREAU: Already faced with billions of dollars in losses as a result of closures of hotels and entertainment attractions and massive lay-offs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica’s tourism sector could further lose out on some US$3 billion…

Full-blown political panic has hit the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) following last week’s public disclosure of the advanced-cancer diagnosis for its leader Dr Peter Phillips, resulting in its quest to find an acceptable interim leader…

Call-centre workers employed to a business process outsourcing (BPO) outfit are now concerned following the announcement that one member of staff has tested positive for COVID-19, triggering fear across its Portmore and Kingston locations….

Government is stressing social distancing as one of the main practices to counter the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 in Jamaica. But for residents of several of the Corporate Area’s toughest inner-communities, such a practice falls short of wishful…

WESTERN BUREAU: Some centenarians born in or before 1918 – the year of the deadly influenza virus known as the Spanish flu or the 1918 flu pandemic – said they are not threatened by COVID-19. However, they are exercising caution. In 1918, the…

Jamaica’s largest residential facility for victims of domestic violence has revealed that calls to its hotlines have slowed to a trickle since a range of COVID-19 containment measures forced a large chunk of the population to remain indoors….

The female Jamaican complainant who has made rape allegations against two Barbadian police officers is cursing her bad luck. After waiting 10 years to finally get a trial date, everything has now been scuppered due to the outbreak of coronavirus…

Wit, humour, and a generous spirit are the constant descriptives for the late Jamaican actress Lois Kelly-Miller. Taking her final breath at age 102 last Wednesday morning, she leaves behind her family, some friends, and a troupe of actresses,…

The following was published in The Daily Gleaner of Saturday, June 8, 1940. Miss Lois Kelly, daughter of Mr Lewis Kelly, city businessman, and Mrs Kelly, was a passenger on a ship bound for Jamaica from England a little over a week ago and which…