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Feb 15th, 2021 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:58FEBRUARY 15, 2021: JetBlue Airways says it’s doing an urgent investigation of its American stewardess Kalina Collier who local police say made fake claims that she was kidnapped while vacationing here…The World Health Organization has approved the Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, clearing the way for the first shipments of free vaccines under the COVAX programme that targets poor countries…Two bodies found in an open lot adjacent to the National Commercial Bank in Portmore, St Catherine this morning, have been identified as belonging to 19-year-old Raheima Edwards and Nicholas Newville…Residents have accused the SCJ Holdings Limited, a government entity, of committing a “wicked act” in demolishing homes of 15 families at Innswood Estates in St Catherine on the weekend…IN
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