The St. James Health Department is intensifying its vector-control activities to address an increase in the parish’s Aedes index to 25.6 per cent in October up from 13.2 per cent in September. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on November 12, Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for St....

The National Works Agency (NWA) is ramping up plans for the creation of a shorter route into the central business district of Kingston and St. Andrew by residents of Gordon Town and its environs. The main road leading from Gordon Town to Papine and other sections of the capital city was closed last week, after a significant part of its...

Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Marketing Service Manager, Janine Taylor, is encouraging gift and craft entrepreneurs to forge collaborations in order to maximise their operations and out-turns. Speaking at a recent ‘JBDC Virtual Gift & Craft Biz Zone’ session, under the theme ‘Global Case Studies in Successful Craft Development’, Ms. Taylor advocated the collaboration of entrepreneurs to produce quantities, share...

Scores of residents in Westmoreland benefited from a virtual parenting seminar hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Westmoreland Capital on November 12. The event, which was held under the theme ‘Coping Skills for Children and Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic’, formed part of activities marking November as Parent Month. The forum facilitated stakeholder discussions and sharing of parenting best practices,...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says he has asked Ministries to take steps to recruit Legislation Liaison Officers in order to improve the legislative drafting process. Currently, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) handles an average of more than 100 pieces of legislation with a staff complement of nine. While commending the OPC’s staff on their work in the...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 45 9,929 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Males 22 4,499 Females 22 5,426 Under Investigation 1 4 AGE RANGE 3 years to 90 years 1 day to 104  years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 1 472 Hanover 2 181 Kingston & St. Andrew 13 3,408 Manchester 0 397...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is embarking on an initiative to facilitate the digitization of over 25,000 business enterprises’ operations within the next three years. “With the demand to go digital, especially given the current [coronavirus (COVID-19)] pandemic, information technology-enabled services, logistics and digital transfers of goods and services are now commonplace,” Mr....