THE GLEANER MINUTE: Dr Horace Chang & Karl Samuda COVID positive | Two killed at Meadowrest | Five teachers’ sudden deaths | Vin Blaine resigns
May 17th, 2022 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:50#JamaicaGleaner #DrHoraceChang #KarlSamuda #COVID #Meadowrest #VinBlaine #Football MAY 17, 2022: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang and Labour and Social Security Minister Karl Samuda have tested positive for COVID-19 but are doing fine… A former Manchester delivery supervisor, Andre Bromfield, who said he snapped and killed his 24-year-old lover, Shantel White, after another man kissed her, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter… Gunmen shot dead Shanice Dean, the sister of Ananda Dean, and another person, who were attending a burial at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine today… The teaching profession in Jamaica has been hit by the sudden deaths of five teachers in the last seven days… IN SPORTS: Vin Blaine officially tendered his resignation as National Women's Football Coach
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