THE GLEANER MINUTE: COVID-19 vaccine coming…Manchester bus operator fined… JPS $26b theft bill
Dec 8th, 2020 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:51#Gleaner #COVIDVaccine #JPS DECEMBER 8, 2020: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says by the end of 2021, 16 per cent of the Jamaican population will be vaccinated against COVID-19… Meanwhile, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie warns that as part of the COVID-19 containment, the authorities will not allow any of the illegal parties now being promoted… The Manchester bus operator, captured in a 2019 viral video in an altercation with a policeman, has been fined a total of $37,000 or 51 days in prison for offences committed two years earlier… The Jamaica Public Service Company reports that electricity theft for 2019 was billed at US$178 million, that’s J$26 billion… IN SPORTS: Jamaican swimming sensation Alia Atkinson says she is now looking
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