A Medical Student currently enrolled in a University in China who is currently stranded in Malaysia is pleading for assistance to return home to Jamaica. Twenty two year old, Ramone Williamson is a medical student at the Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine in China. He’s also graduate of the …
Read More »J’can studying in China stranded in Malaysia, seeks help to get home
A Jamaican student enrolled at the University of China, but stranded in Malaysia due to a travel ban to China caused by the coronavirus outbreak, is appealing for financial assistance to return home to Jamaica. Ramone Williamson, a graduate of the University of Technology (UTech) in Jamaica and a young …
Read More »Gay J’can gets asylum in Europe | News
A 26-year-old man who claimed that he was beaten, buried and left for dead in a shallow grave in downtown Kingston last October has been given asylum in Europe. “He got assistance from J-FLAG (Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays) and Rainbow Railroad, and he is really happy because …
Read More »Second J’can isolated after symptoms progress amid Coronavirus concern | News
A patient who was being quarantined after returning home from China is now showing a “progression of symptoms”. The patient has now been isolated at a medical facility. This is the second patient to be isolated. Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, chief medical officer, is reporting that the patient has been tested and that the …
Read More »14 In Every 1,000 J’can Children Have An Intellectual Disability
At least 14 in every 1,000 children in Jamaica have been diagnosed with an Intellectual Disability, ID. That’s according to a study conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank, IDB. State Minister of Labour and Social Security, Zavia Mayne, notes recent intervention by the IDB for children with intellectual disabilities locally …
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