THE GLEANER MINUTE: COVID weekend lockdown | Hospital bed space low | 'Beachy Stout' bail hearing
Mar 22nd, 2021 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:38March 22, 2021: Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced three weekends of lockdowns starting this week as the government moves to contain the rapid spread of COVID cases…For the first time, hospitalizations have now topped 400 with some people being accommodated on the floor in one facility as there are no beds…Complaints of misconduct by soldiers and police skyrocketed last year amid states of emergency and joint patrols…The bail hearing for Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald has been put off until April 13…IN SPORTS: Tributes are continuing for veteran race car driver Peter Moodie senior who died on the weekend.
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