CVM Sunrise spotlights Ebola travel warning, women’s football final and youth education issues

CVM Sunrise on May 27, 2026, featured a wide-ranging morning programme from Kingston, with news, sport, education and health discussions, including Jamaica’s advisory against travel to Ebola-affected countries.

The Ministry of Health and Wellness cautioned Jamaicans to review travel plans and avoid going to, or transiting through, countries affected by Ebola following the World Health Organization’s declaration involving the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Travellers without symptoms who have been in affected countries within 21 days are to self-quarantine under health department supervision, while symptomatic persons will be treated as suspected cases and isolated.

The programme also highlighted State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Rotoy Crawford, urging early childhood practitioners to help protect children’s rights. The discussion linked the issue to children’s exposure to trauma, profanity, sexual content and other adult material.

In sport, the Popeye’s Challenge Cup was described as a 25-team knockout football competition involving seven Jamaica Premier League clubs and 18 Jamaica Football Championship teams, with $4.75 million in prize money and $1 million for the winner. Viewers were also told that Med Forest FC would face Montego Bay United and Mount Pleasant would meet Lime Hall FC on May 27.

Janoi J. Davis, formerly known as a gospel recording artiste, spoke about graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA from Edward Waters University and preparing to pursue journalism at Columbia University. Dr. Euphemia Burke Robinson, JP, also discussed her book, Most Improved Student in the Classroom of Life, tracing her path from struggling with literacy to becoming an education officer.

Health discussion focused on the renaming of PCOS as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, with Dr. Ashley Ray Kelly explaining that the condition involves endocrine, metabolic and ovarian factors. Another panel considered whether Jamaica should ban mobile phones in primary and secondary schools.

The show also promoted Saturday’s Jamaica Women’s Premier League final between Arnett Gardens FC and Frasier’s Whip FC at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, and Mona Prep’s 20th staging of its invitational track and field meet at Jamaica College’s Ashenheim Stadium.