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Hanover can be the parish of example, says artistes – Ginjah, Joan Myers and Benjy Myaz urge residents to heed COVID-19 warnings Stephanie Lyew Hanover, up to press time yesterday, remains the only parish without any confirmed cases of COVID-19, but residents shouldn’t take it lightly, said reggae recording artiste Ginjah. The entertainer, given name […]

Overwhelming response to Digicel Unplugged Digicel closed the curtains on its month-long online musical concert series, Digicel Unplugged, on Sunday evening. The series featured some of Jamaica’s most talented artistes across all genres. From veteran entertainers like Beenie Man and…

Touch of Blue hosts ‘authentic’ online edition Event promoter Tristan ‘Touch of Blue’ Tulloch was in the final planning phase for his annual event, Touch of Blue, when the COVID-19 virus began its onslaught on Jamaica. The event, which is in its 14th year, was set to take place last Saturday…

Vypa Don has ‘All Eyes’ on musical success The year 2020 has been a roller-coaster period for the local entertainment industry due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, leaving many artistes, selectors, and sound system operators on a long, unplanned break. One artiste Vypa Don, given…

Ravaged by fallout from the coronavirus disease, the Holness administration has established a high-powered task force to kick-start Jamaica’s battered economy and chart the road to recovery in the medium term. Chaired by Finance and the Public…

It’s been raw agony for immigration officer Kenton Senior, the boyfriend of the first-time mom who died under controversial circumstances on the weekend hours after delivering their daughter. “It kills me,” Senior told The Gleaner…

Two minutes after Ian Falconer dumped water from two drums on to a raging fire on Sunday, he peered through the smokey haze to see a little hand gripping an old bed. That hand was his three-year-old son’s. Falconer, an 18-year veteran assigned to…

Jamaicans stranded overseas amid the COVID-19 pandemic can now qualify to return home by applying through an online portal under the Government’s programme of controlled re-entry. Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith said that those who…

Roger Davis, the drug boss who was convicted in the United States (US) along with his brother, dancehall artiste Flippa Mafia, for leading an international narcotics syndicate, was among the 46 Jamaicans who were deported last week, law enforcement…

WESTERN BUREAU: Buoyed by the fact that Hanover remains the only parish without a case of COVID-19, the newly formed Hanover Strong kicked off a major sanitisation project on Sunday at the Lucea Transport Centre, targeting both private and public-…