Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the entity is working with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to explore ways to expand member countries’ access to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. These, she said, include encouraging countries from the region and beyond to share doses they are not or will not be using, noting...

The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that all courts will be closed at 11:00am tomorrow (Thursday, April 01, 2021). All courts will reopen on Tuesday, April 06, 2021. The Judiciary apologises for the inconvenience caused by the early closure. For further information, members of the public are encouraged to contact the Court Administration Division (CAD) at 876-754-8337...

The Harmonisation Group Limited (HGL) is slated to continue work on the Harmony Cove tourism project in Trelawny during the 2021/22 fiscal year. The development is among several engagements programmed in HGL’s corporate/operational plan for the period, details of which are outlined in the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ending March 2022. Harmony Cove...

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) is encouraging persons who may have complaints arising from the construction of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 to make contact with its offices. This is to ensure that the concerns of critical stakeholders are attended to, through the company’s community stakeholder programme. In an interview with JIS News,...

Community Relations Officer for the western office of the National Works Agency (NWA), Janel Ricketts, says the St. James leg of the ongoing patching programme is complete. The patching initiative in the parish was done at a cost of $30 million and forms part of a larger programme in the region, which targets critical sections of several roadways in St....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government takes the matter of violence seriously, is working to develop further strategies and put in place impactful policies to deal decisively with the scourge. “I want to reassure the nation that the outrage is there; the Parliament, myself as Prime Minister, our role is to respond to the outrage of...

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) will advance work on a number of major projects in the new fiscal year. As contained in the 2021/22 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the entity will continue to work with architects, consultants and other stakeholders to complete schematic designs of the new Parliament Building structure. “Consultancy and design works will also continue...