Coronavirus and Jamaica

No work for doctors amid public health crisis - Hospitals reportedly not employing medical professionals due to budgetary constraints caused by COVID-19
Ironically, the very health crisis that Jamaica is battling has reportedly pressured the country’s resources so severely that it has caused a number of doctors to be out of work. In spite of the country’s need of healthcare workers to fight the... - 2020-07-12 00:34:31

UWI guild promotes innovative solutions in a post-COVID-19 era
July 4, 2020 ushered in a new era for The University of the West Indies (UWI), as the Guild of Students officially assumed their mandate as student leaders of the premier regional institution. After an extraordinarily long campaign season due to... - 2020-07-12 00:25:41

Using digital marketing to survive COVID-19
For many Jamaican small businesses, the implementation of social distance to avoid the spread of COVID-19 has put their businesses on life support. Entrepreneurship already has its many obstacles, and coupled with this pandemic, businesses will... - 2020-07-12 00:20:59

Future of teaching, learning in a post-COVID-19 era
Earlier this year, the School of Education, in collaboration with the Humanities Department at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, convened a breakfast roundtable meeting with school leaders; a representative from the Ministry of... - 2020-07-12 00:19:11

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Jamaica Star

Triple murder rocks Spanish Town
The Spanish Town police are probing the circumstances behind the killing of three men on St Johns Road, Spanish Town, early yesterday morning. Dead are Rusheed Vassell, otherwise called 'Bully', a customer-service representative of Cayton,...

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RJR NEws

Five more COVID-19 cases; Jamaica's tally now 758
Jamaica on Saturday recorded five more imported cases of COVID-19, originating in the United States...

• Surge in US coronavirus cases negatively impacting Jamaica's tourism
• WHO team travels to China to probe origins of COVID-19
• St. Thomas Parish Court proceedings briefly stalled due to breach in health protocols
• Police destroy 10 acres of ganja in Clarendon

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Know your labels!
Always read the fine print! Reading might not be your favourite activity but it is important that you read the labels on the food that you buy. Why is it so important that consumers read the labels on the products that they buy? Do we really need labels? Labels – a major part of packaging [...]

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