Despite the financial investment of $387 billion in a plethora of social interventions for at-risk youth over the last decade in Jamaica, the extent to which those interventions are effective is questionable as there has been neither a widespread change in the most obvious violence indicators (shootings and murders) nor have the interventions produced evidence...
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PM Salutes Health Workers and Citizens in Vax Blitz
Prime Minister Andrew Holness Salutes Health Workers and Citizens in Vaccination Programme. The island is set to receive two separate shipments of COVID-19 vaccines this month. That’s according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness. One of them the United States made the Moderna vaccine and another batch of AstraZeneca vaccine under the Covax facility. The country’s also set to receive the...
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Drewsland Residents Breach Lock Down And Curfew Order
Drewsland residents breached lockdown and curfew orders over the weekend. While thousands of Jamaicans lined up at vaccination sites across the country to stand a fighting chance against the coronavirus, scores of residents in one St Andrew community queued to flout the law. This after several videos circulated Sunday depicting scenes of what appeared to...
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Jamaican Man Electrocuted Picking Mangoes
Residents of Hampton Green, Spanish Town in St Catherine are mourning the loss of a teenager who was electrocuted while picking mangoes on Monday, April 12. The death sent chills and rehashed memories of a similar tragedy the family faced nearly a decade ago
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Western Jamaica Complies to Easter Lockdown
Western Jamaica has been in compliance with the easter lockdown. That’s according to police in the generally festive region during the Easter period. Police say they have had little trouble with the public in enforcing the law. Western Jamaica was a silent zone during the Easter lockdown, the complete opposite of a place that is not only a popular...
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Jamaicans Split on Lockdown Effectiveness
With two of the three consecutive weekend lockdowns now behind the country, citizens are split whether the measure is working. CVM LIVE spoke to vendors and shoppers in two major towns about the curfew. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the country will know in another three to four weeks whether the weekend lockdowns were effective...
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‘Shukkle Bus’ Resurrects Entertainment Industry In Easter Lockdown
A whopping 18 thousand people partied online Easter Sunday resurrecting the pulse of the entertainment industry. CVM Live’s Jamaila Maitland visited Tivoli Gardens, the heartbeat of the virtual party to talk to the deejay who has made his way into thousands of homes across the island. All over the world, people have been finding creative ways to...
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Government Announces Stronger COVID-19 Measures
The Government of Jamaica has implemented stronger measures aimed at reducing the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases on the island.
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Kari Douglas Denies Assault and Obstruction Allegations
Councillor Kari Douglas in a recent press release denies the allegations leveled against her after being arrested once again and charged with assaulting and obstructing the police during an operation in Swallowfield, St Andrew on Friday, February 26, for allegedly breaching the curfew act. In the release, Douglas has requested that future questions be directed...
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Jamaica: Domestic Violence- Deadly Twist
Relatives of a Westmoreland man who was shot and killed Thursday morning by members of the police force are demanding justice. They are also insisting that the deceased was not in any wrangling with the law and didn’t deserve to die in the way he did. But according to the Westmoreland police, the deceased was a person of interest in...