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Marked Improvement In Court Case Clearance Rate

The island’s courts are making steady progress in improving the clearance rate for cases. Notable among these are two Divisions of the Supreme Court. The High Court Division of the Gun Court has reduced the number of active backlogged cases...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing the Upper House on Friday (Oct. 8)

Senate Passes Bills To Allow Appeal Against A Verdict of Acquittal

Minister of Transport and Mining Hon. Robert Montague (right) is taken on an ultralight flying experience by Chief Pilot of Amber Aviation David Daniel (l) following the entity's soft launch at the Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel, St. Mary

Transport Minister Welcomes Amber Aviation

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), listens to a point being raised by Medical Chief of Staff, University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr. Carl Bruce (second left), who led him on a tour of the UHWI coronavirus (COVID-19) Field Hospital in St. Andrew on Friday (October 8). Also participating (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of the Joan Duncan Foundation, Kim Mair; and General Manager, Petrojam Limited, Winston Watson. Petrojam Limited donated two modular tents at a cost of approximately US$24,000 to aid in the establishment of the field hospital. The donation is in alignment with the core elements of Petrojam’s Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, which emphasises the company’s commitment to health and safety.

PHOTOS: Minister Vaz tours UHWI Field Hospital

PHOTOS: Hon Kamina Johnson Smith speaks at Sitting of the Senate

Visitors arriving on a TUI flight, earlier in the year, from the United Kingdom

5 years ago Tourism

UK Lifts Travel Advisory Against Jamaica

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says news that the United Kingdom Government has lifted its travel advisory against all non-essential travel to Jamaica is a major boost for Jamaica’s economic recovery. Speaking to JIS News by phone on Friday, (October 8), Mr. Bartlett also noted that “this great news” comes on the heels of a successful trip to the...

Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the opening day of the three-day virtual Caribbean AGTECH Investment Summit 2021 (CATIS 2021), on Tuesday (October 5).

5 years ago AgricultureInvestment

Minister Shaw Announces Millions of Dollars in Agriculture Investments

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw has announced millions of dollars in investments in the agricultural sector. Among them is a US$95-million investment to create a certified organic high-tech greenhouse farm in Goshen, St. Elizabeth, “which will be the largest, by far, in the region”, he said. He informed that the joint-venture project “will be undertaken on a...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Six New Domestic Violence Intervention Centres by Month-End

Six new Domestic Violence Intervention Centres (DVICs) will be operationalised through the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) across six parishes by the end of October 2021. The parishes are St. Catherine, St. Mary, St. Ann, St. Elizabeth, Clarendon, and Westmoreland. One of the centres, located at the Greater Portmore Police Station in St. Catherine, is already in operation. The new facilities...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

CMO Appeals to Persons to Take Second Dose of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Persons are again being advised to take their second dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, 76,006 persons are due their second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine this month (from October 1 to 30), and just over 100,000 persons have passed their due date before October 1 for their second dose. Making...

5 years ago Tourism

Pre-booked Carnival Cruise Ship to Arrive on Monday, September 13

The Carnival Sunrise cruise ship is scheduled to arrive in Ocho Rios on Monday, September 13, 2021 with approximately 1,700 cruise passengers onboard. Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, outlined that “this will be the third cruise ship arrival following the reopening of cruise tourism in August 2021. The schedule for the cruise season had been agreed on with Carnival...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd right), in discussion with Jamaica Confederation of Trade Union (JCTU) officers (from left): Executive Member, and Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) President General, Kavan Gayle; Assistant General Secretary, and University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU) Vice President, Clifton Grant; Vice President, and Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (UTASP) General Secretary, St. Patrice Ennis; and President, and Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) General Secretary, Helene Davis Whyte. The occasion was a COVID-19 Vaccination Implementation Programme press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (September 10).

5 years ago Health & Wellness

JCTU Endorses COVID-19 Vaccination Implementation Programme

The Government’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Implementation Programme has been endorsed by the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) and its affiliates. JCTU executive members, led by President, Helene Davis Whyte, publicly pledged their support for the initiative during a press conference hosted by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New...

5 years ago Health & Wellness

PM Urges Vaccine ‘Heroes’ to Inspire Others to Take the Jab

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness is hailing Jamaicans, who have taken the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinate as heroes and is urging them to go back into their communities and encourage others to get the jab. “You, who are here, are the heroes. You have looked past all the naysayers, all the negative, all the mischief information that is out...