Courtney Campbell, President and CEO of Victoria Mutual, sends holiday greetings to loved ones.
It s just days before Christmas and, despite the challenges of 2020, many Jamaicans remain inna good mood this holiday season.
And, via Loop News Greetings from Yard, they are sharing the positive vibes to family and friends across the island and the Diaspora.
Watch the latest edition from Greetings which was once again shot in sunny Half Way Tree.
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie (left) and Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams distribute meals to homeless people at the launch of the upgraded Church Street temporary shelter on Sunday. (Photos: Marlon Reid)
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) on Sunday officially launched the latest improvement to the soup kitchen and temporary dwelling for homeless people in the Corporate Area.
The facility on Church Street has been upgraded at a cost of $14 million and, during the Christmas holiday period, will provide two meals on four days each week to the homeless in the municipality.
The meals will be cooked at the Church Street facility as well as the Marie Atkins Night Shelter on Hanover Street in downtown Kingston and then transported to another section of the district to be distributed to the homeless.
It has been a year like no other for many Jamaicans at home and abroad as a deadly pandemic swept the globe, disrupting travel and keeping families apart as it crippled economies and racked up a staggering death toll.
Though the pandemic has put a damper on the usual Christmas celebrations and reduced income streams have scuttled plans to travel home for the holidays, the land of their birth remains close at heart to Jamaicans in the diaspora.
Chief on their wish list for the island this year are improved access to quality healthcare and a reduction in crime and violence.
A woman has issued a warning to other parents to be more protective of their children after an unknown man attempted to harm her child on a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus recently.
The mother said the alleged stalker trailed her child on three separate buses as the child attempted to elude the accused man.
The mother said on each occasion, the man got on each bus and seated himself behind her daughter.
The mother in a video posted on social media said the man was cornered on the third bus in the Corporate Area.
The man was eventually apprehended by the police, according to the woman. However, it is not clear whether he remains in police custody or if he was charged.
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