THE GLEANER MINUTE: Inmate dies from COVID | New $10B prison to be built | 11 year old coder
Feb 24th, 2021 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:49FEBRUARY 24, 2021: A female inmate at the South Camp Adult Correctional Centre has died in hospital from COVID-19. ..A new prison expected to replace the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre is to be constructed in St Catherine at an estimated cost of $10 billion…Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases, the government has decided that only students sitting major examinations will be allowed to participate in face-to-face teaching…Standing tall above young coders from 70 other countries, 11-year-old Jamaican innovator Dominic Darby has copped the top prize in the international XPRIZE Code Games Challenge…In Sports: Local athletics stakeholders are breathing a collective sigh of relief while issuing a word of warning ahead of this weekend's return of competitive track and field.
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