THE GLEANER MINUTE: U-Roy dies| $830.8B budget tabled| JAMCOVID data breach
Feb 18th, 2021 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:53FEBRUARY 18, 2021: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton Thursday redirected to the office of the Prime Minister questions surrounding media reports that the Jamaican government may have known about the exposure of personal data on the JAMCOVID web portal earlier than it reported…The government is proposing to spend 831 billion dollars for the 2021/2021 financial year starting April 1…Twenty-three-year-old Leon Hines, the man who drove the getaway car in the shooting death of 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood while she prayed in Trelawny church in January has pleaded guilty to two counts as part of a plea agreement with the prosecution…Jamaican reggae icon Ewart Beckford, more popularly known as U-Roy, has died. He was 79…
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