Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic
Death came to claim Tyrone Davis the week of 20 September 2021. He ran a high fever, he fought hard to breathe and his heart,…
Mothers uneasy amid vaccine shortage for their newborns
Mothers are concerned about their newborn’s health after leaving hospitals without them receiving the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. The Jamaica Monitor understands that babies birthed…
UWI students outraged at the possibility of face-to-face exams
The looming possibility of the reinstitution of face-to-face examinations for semester one of the 2021/2022 academic year has left many students of the University of…
Mandatory vaccination
Prime Minister Andrew Holness expects that by November Jamaica will reach its target of one million vaccinated Jamaicans. During recent tours of the island, Holness…
Pandemic causing mentally ill patients to relapse
Since the arrival of COVID-19 in Jamaica, mentally ill patients have been experiencing episodes of relapse. Dr Jordon Eaton, psychiatrist and senior medical resident at…
The inconvenience of the recent inaccessibility of social media
On Monday 4 October 2021, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp stopped working all over the world due an outage. Young people were among the many…
Parents dissatisfied with PEP preparation
Parents and guardians fear that the close of face-to-face learning will impact their child’s/ward’s performance in the upcoming Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams. A Ministry…
No movement days negatively impact vendors
On 15 September, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced new curfew measures. On weekdays, curfew begins at 8:00 pm to 5:00 a.m. On Saturdays, the curfew…
Bull Bay Clinic’s relocation negatively impacting staff and patients
The Bull Bay Health Centre has been relocated to the grounds of the Harbour View Health Centre due to hazardous conditions posed by the South…
University students struggling with online learning
Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, struggle to maintain general well-being since the shift to remote learning in April 2020 after…