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The second positive COVID-19 case at a Portmore call centre and the ordering of staff to self-quarantine have triggered more concern that business process outsourcing (BPO) companies – characterised by high-density office arrangements – may be…

Damion Mitchell/Integration Editor It’s the last thing they had hoped for: two rejections in as many weeks. But that’s the reality for a group of 45 heartbroken Jamaican ship workers who are among hundreds aboard the Marella Discovery 2, which has…

While residents of Majesty Gardens waited anxiously at a standpipe – half-naked and hurrying to take showers before the evening curfew last Tuesday – a multimillion-dollar block of bathrooms built years ago by the Government sat in the distance…

The Government has been urged to open talks with multilateral financial institutions as the parliamentary Opposition weighs the ultimate impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the Jamaican economy. Ratings agency Fitch last Friday estimated…

Countries that refuse to accept the deportation of their citizens from the United States (US), even during the global COVID-19 crisis, are to face visa sanctions. The order was given on Friday, April 10, by US President Donald Trump in a memorandum…

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Health authorities in Portland are concerned about the danger of asymptomatic coronavirus carriers as the Government tracks 1,000 residents of the parish who may have come directly or indirectly in contact with COVID-19-…

Equipment belonging to telecommunications provider Xtrinet will remain in police custody as the Court of Appeal has questioned whether the company has a bona fide licence to use specified areas of spectrum to operate its business. The appeal court…

SEVERAL ENTERTAINERS in St Ann have taken to Facebook to entertain their fans as the lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact social life. And, like in so many other areas of life, the live-via-Facebook experience has brought…

Social distancing didn’t get in the way of Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica standing together on Sunday. For some persons across the world encased in lockdown, ‘Telethon Jamaica, Together We Stand’, the six-hour live event staged on Easter Sunday,…

IT WAS a moment for Jamaica’s theatre community to rejoice. Saturday, in a live broadcast on the Actor Boy Awards (ABA) Facebook page, administrator Maurice Bryan announced the list of nominees for the 2019 theatre season. But while the top…