The Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the Reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, will be laid to rest in National Heroes Park. Minister Grange said this had become possible thanks to the generosity of the family of the late Charles Hyatt — the actor, broadcaster, director and author — whose remains were due...

The Ministry of Justice’s Victim Services Division (VSD) has received play therapy tools from the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation to be used as therapeutic aides in the recovery process for children who are victims of crime. The provisions, valued $1 million, include books, dolls, and puppets that will be used to outfit the play therapy area at a VSD service...

The process of authenticating local public documents intended for use overseas, and foreign documents to be used in Jamaica, will soon become simpler, more efficient and less time consuming. This, consequent on the passage of the Authentication (Foreign Public Documents) Bill 2020 in both Houses of Parliament. It will facilitate a more simplified process by only requiring an approved authentication...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated information and communication technology (ICT) equipment, valued approximately $2.8 million, to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The devices, which were presented on Friday (October 16), include six tablet computers, four multifunctional printers, and a WiFi router. These will serve to modernize the WRHA’s patient management system, thereby improving client service delivery. Speaking...

Following on the heels of a recently successful launch and a stakeholders’ sensitisation public forum of the JSIF-REDI II project, key partners have now joined forces to endorse the initiative as well as to encourage potential agriculture and tourism enterprises islandwide to respond to the Call For Business Proposals which is now open until Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 4:00...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 63 8,195 SEX CLASSIFICATION Males 24 3683 Females 37 4494 Under Investigation 2 18 AGE RANGE 3 months to 85 years 1 day to 104 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 5 439 Hanover 5 108 KSA 24 2,963 Manchester 2 352 Portland 0 293 St. Ann 4 347 St. Catherine 2...

The first batch of the antiviral drug Remdesivir is expected to arrive in the island next week, says Director of Health Services and Planning in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nadine Williams. The move follows Jamaica’s approval of the drug for the treatment of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in the public health system.  It will only be administered to patients...