With many Jamaican students still struggling to access online classes, the partners of PwC Jamaica, a local financial company, are helping students of one school in Kingston with computer devices. The company gifted 40 tablets to Holy Trinity High School during a presentation ceremony held at the institution on Monday, 7 December 2020. The donation…
With a lead of just over $2.4 million and six race days left in the year, trainer Anthony Nunes says the Trainer’s Championship is still a wide-open affair. Nunes, who is aiming for his second straight title, has amassed stakes earnings of $47,560,… Source
IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, will provide a loan to Atlantic Bank Limited for US$20 million with a three-year tenor. Source
There’s a wellness kit with sanitizer, a face mask, gloves, and a sachet of Emergen-C. Amenities in the time of a pandemic. Housekeeping comes twice daily but will visit less if I prefer. I keep the regular schedule (I’m a sucker for turndown), but head onto the balcony whenever they’re cleaning. I happily note that…
Fitzroy Wickham, a 22-year-old from St. Ann, was recently chosen to be the Rhodes Scholar for Jamaica for 2021. He was one of the 10 candidates vying for the scholarship. The selection committee was chaired this year by Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, and with other members being Rhodes Scholars from previous years in addition to…
Jamaica’s top professional and amateur golfers Wesley Brown and Justin Burrowes are putting in their final preparations ahead of the start of the Jamaica Open at the Tryall Club in Montego Bay this weekend. Brown is keen on improving on his ninth-… Source
Be the star in you OR! The Suture Buddy does not disappoint with its newest pad that included port holes. Master all port hole closures on our latest pad. Source
WESTERN BUREAU: With a steep 75 per cent drop in tourist arrivals for the last three quarters of 2020, the Caribbean is expected to contract by 20-30 per cent this year, says Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. He has cautioned that it will require some out-of-the-box thinking and a stick-to-it-iveness approach by regional and international…
The Barbados government has averted strike action by workers of the security firm, G4S Secure Solutions (Barbados) Limited, at least for the next 36 hours, as it contemplates the next course of action against the alleged discriminatory practices of the London-based security firm. Prime Minister Mia Mottley, speaking to reporters on Monday night following the…
Andre Russell played for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2020 but had a forgettable season. Source
