Tag: Jamaica
Body calls on Jamaica to repeal buggery laws
KINGSTON – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the Government of Jamaica should immediately repeal the country’s buggery laws.
The ruling,...
Jamaica sets economic growth target
KINGSTON – Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, says the prospects of Jamaica rebounding from the economic fallout of the...
Jamaica extends curfew
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Andrew Holness led administration extended the islandwide curfew and all other previously announced measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act...
COVID-positive UK visitor dies in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica – One of the 20 passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving on a recent flight from the United Kingdom (UK),...
Four cases of COVID variant in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Four passenger samples from the recent United Kingdom (UK) flight to Jamaica were confirmed positive for the new strain of COVID-19,...
Jamaica opens shelter for abused women
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first of three national shelters being established by the Government for women who are victims of abuse and their children...