(From left) Hydel High s Oneika McAnnuff, Shania Myers and Alliah Baker pose for a photo during Saturday’s Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) qualification meet at the Ashenheim Stadium at JC. (PHOTOS: Marlon Reid).
Jamaica College (JC) and Hydel High girls dominated at Saturday’s Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association qualification meet at the Ashenheim Stadium at JC.
The day marked the return of track and field to Jamaica even as the authorities continue to grapple with the unrelenting surge in COID-19 cases.
All sporting activities ceased shortly after Jamaica confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 10, last year.
JAAA qualification meet at the Ashenheim Stadium
File crime scene photo
The Jamaica Constabulary Force s (JCF) information arm, the Constabulary Communication Unit (CCU), has confirmed the shooting deaths of two men in the Lionel Town area of southern Clarendon on Tuesday.
However, few confirmed details of the circumstances surrounding the double homicide were available up to the time of posting.
Reports are that a single shooter who is thought to have been a passenger in a taxi that both now deceased persons were travelling in, shot them and escaped from the scene.
The two men, one of whom was the driver of the taxi, reportedly died on the spot.
Fayval Williams
Eight of the 216 schools that were approved for face-to-face classes have been impacted by suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Minister of Education, Fayval Williams has shared.
Williams, who was making a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said four of the seven regions - 1, 2, 5 and 7 were affected.
“To date, there are no suspected cases (of COVID-19) in regions 3, 4 and 6,” Williams said.
In Region 1, which is comprised of Kingston and St Andrew, the Penwood High School and Donald Quarrie High were the institutions affected.
Williams explained that Donald Quarrie High had a suspected case of a student being infected with the coronavirus which was later confirmed by a positive test.