Senator Wetangu’la: No COVID-19 Test In Africa. We Aren’t Guinea Pigs

By Jamaica Live Medias / April 4, 2020

According to TUKO, In a strongly-worded statement shared on his Twitter handle, the FORD Kenya party leader called on African leaders to reject any attempt to use African people as “Guinea pigs”. The proposal has irked many people on the continent with majority of Kenyans trooping to social media sites to slam European nations and scientists for…

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French Doctors Said COVID-19 Treatment To Be First Tested In Africa

By Jamaica Live Medias / April 3, 2020

According to Business Insider, on April 2, 2020 Two highly respected French doctors discussed on live television how a new COVID-19 vaccine under development should be first tested in Africa, “where there are no masks, no treatment, nor intensive care.” The two French doctors Jean Paul Mira and Camille Locht, in a segment broadcast on the French TV…

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Testing Kits Found To Be Contaminated With The COVID-19 Coronavirus

By Jamaica Live Medias / April 1, 2020

The Unanimous argument amongst world leaders are the massive testing is the answer to our prayers. Professor Anthony Costello, who now works at University College London, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, partly, “We must go to mass testing and when we remove the lockdown… then we will have a control mechanism which will enable us…

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One Billion Coronavirus Vaccine Coming. Human Testing Begins September 2020

By Jamaica Live Medias / March 30, 2020

American multinational corporation Johnson & Johnson reported that it has 1 billion #Coronavirus vaccine on the way. The vaccine has been in development since January and testing will begins in September. According to BGR, Johnson & Johnson, after partnering with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), has committed more than $1 billion of investment to…

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Moneygram Fees Hike Amid COVID-19

By Jamaica Live Medias / March 29, 2020

The popular Worldwide money transfer company Moneygram, have decided to increase it’s transfer fees amid the COVID-19 crisis. Up until March 16th all moneygram fees were $4.99 cents. This is inline with Western Union transfer cost. Moneygram have been our choice of transferring money to Jamaica since it has a better exchange rate than it’s…

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Rumours Miss World CEO Julia Morley Tested Positive For COVID-19 Are False

By Jamaica Live Medias / March 24, 2020

The Social Media Sphere are buzzing with rumours, Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh from Jamaica is in isolation for the #Coronavirus. The rumour states she is in isolation days after the Miss World Organisation President, Julia Morley was tested positive with the virus. There are no official statement from the Miss. World Organisation, or the…

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Italy Getting Reinforcement From Cuba & Russia To Fight Coronavirus

By Jamaica Live Medias / March 22, 2020

HAVANA (Reuters) – The Cuban government said it dispatched a team of doctors and nurses to Italy to help in the fight against the novel #coronavirus at the request of the authorities in the worst-affected region Lombardy. Cuba doctors and nurses dubbed “armies of white robes” were normally sent to disaster sites around the world…

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Jamaica National Building Society Hacked

By Jamaica Live Medias / March 20, 2020

Amidst the current national caronavirus crisis, the Jamaica National Building Society Bank became victims of a cyber attack. A senior management here at Jamaica Live have an account with Jamaica National. On March 19th we made an attempt to report money to the bank from the United States and we were told the system was…

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$25 Billion Coronavirus Stimulus Package For Jamaica

By Jamaica Live Medias / March 18, 2020

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, announced what he described as the  “largest fiscal stimulus in Jamaica’s history”. He made the announcement on Tuesday March 17 in a statement in the House of Representatives. The stimulus package is meant to mitigate against the expected negative impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on…

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Cuban Nurses Coming To Jamaica To Assist With The Coronavirus Crisis

By Jamaica Live Medias / March 18, 2020

13 March 2020 The Jamaican government announced in a #COVID-19 Press Conference on March 13 that Cuban nurses will come to Jamaica to assist with the #Caronavirus Crisis. The nation citizens will see the first 21 Cuban nurses arrive on the Island on the 24th of March.These are specialist nurses who will focus on primarily high intensity units. Minister…

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Woman Gives Birth Mid-Flight from Jamaica to US, Ignites Birthright Citizenship Debate

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 A routine flight from Kingston to New York turned into a global talking point after a baby was born mid-air aboard Caribbean Airlines Flight BW005 on April 4, 2026 — raising a complicated and controversial question: Where does this child legally belong? Passengers onboard the flight, which…
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JUTC Drivers Busted in an alleged Expanding Ticket Fraud Scandal

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 The scandal rocking the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is widening, as detectives from the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division (NSAD) have slapped charges on four more employees in a growing crackdown on alleged fare fraud. The accused—31-year-old Kimanie Brown of Sandy Bay, Clarendon; 41-year-old Nikesha Bell of…
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Ask for Justice, Get Locked Out: UK Party Targets Countries Over Reparations

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 10, 2026 Reform UK’s proposal to block visas over slavery reparations ignites outrage across the Caribbean, raising deeper questions about Britain’s historical accountability. A political firestorm is brewing across the Atlantic after Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party declared that it would deny visas to nationals from countries pursuing slavery…
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Crime Against Humanity—But No Accountability? U.S., Israel and Argentina Vote ‘No’ as World Confronts Slavery’s Legacy”

On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly passed a historic resolution—A/80/L.48—formally declaring the transatlantic trafficking and racialized enslavement of Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Backed by 123 nations and championed by Ghana under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama, the resolution pushes the world closer to an uncomfortable but long-overdue conversation:…
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Golding at the Crossroads: Age, Ancestry, and the Battle for Jamaica’s Future

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Mar 20, 2026 Golding’s Early Power Play Raises Questions of Timing, Identity and Readiness Opposition Leader Mark Golding has made a bold declaration—he intends to lead the People’s National Party (PNP) into the next general election and is confident of defeating Prime Minister Andrew Holness. But with Jamaica not constitutionally…
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U.S. Tightens Grip: Blocked Cuba from taking Russian Oil

Jamaica Live Regional News – | Mar 20, 2026 Cuba’s worsening energy crisis has taken a dramatic turn after the United States moved to explicitly block the island from accessing Russian oil, intensifying geopolitical tensions and raising serious concerns across the Caribbean. On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued…
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