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Interim Project Manager for the Integrated Management of the Yallahs and Hope River Watershed Management Areas (Yallahs-Hope) Project, André Reid, addresses a JIS Think Tank, on October 29.

Payment for Ecosystem Services Proposed Under Yallahs-Hope Project

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says the implementation of a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme, could bode well for the prolonged management of the Hope and Yallahs Watersheds. Both watersheds provide 40 percent of the water in...

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Election Day workers not required to quarantine

Manager, Physical Therapy Services at the Savanna-La-Mar Hospital, in Westmoreland, Angela Lawrence-McIntosh.

World Physiotherapy Week activities at Savanna-La-Mar Hospital

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gives an update during a digital COVID Conversations Press Briefing on Friday (September 4), in Kingston.

New COVID-19 Measures Coming

A tour guide (left) at Dunn’s River Falls in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, provides guests with last minute instructions prior to their trekking up the falls.

Dunn’s River Falls Recording Uptick in Patronage since Reopening

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica records 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 60 new cases

It is with regret that the Ministry of Health and Wellness reports the passing of two more persons due to COVID-19. The island also recorded 60 new cases in the last 24 hours. The two latest COVID-19-related deaths are of an 80-year-old female with a history of uncontrolled hypertension and a 42-year-old male who was hypertensive, diabetic and obese. Both...

5 years ago General Election

Day two of General Election final count underway

At the end of the first day of the final counting of ballots for the General Election (yesterday, September 4), the count was completed in five of the 63 constituencies, namely; Trelawny Northern, St. Ann South Western, Manchester North Western, St. Andrew North Eastern and Kingston East and Port Royal. Of the total 6,964 boxes to be counted, 3,795 were...

5 years ago Health & Wellness

One More Death, 68 New Cases Confirmed

Regrettably, the Ministry of Health and Wellness confirms one new COVID-19-related death and a co-incidental death in an individual positive for COVID-19. This most recent COVID-19-related death is that of a 72-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew who was also hypertensive. In addition, there are three deaths in COVID-19 positive patients that are under investigation at this time. In...

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Persons Warned to be More Vigilant

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says there is a more concentrated spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in parts of uptown communities, including Kingston 6, 7 and 8, and has warned residents to be more vigilant, in an effort to prevent further spread. The parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew now account for 955 of the total...

5 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

All Cabinet/Ministerial posts intact until PM’s reappointment

Jamaica’s Constitution makes special provisions for the smooth transition of authority between political administrations, following a General Election. Chief of State Protocol, Chancery and Protocol Division, Office of the Prime Minister, Ambassador Sandra Grant Griffiths, told JIS News that for the period from the proroguing of the Houses of Parliament via Proclamation by the Governor-General, through the General Election and...

President of Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Carmen Johnson (right), and NAJ Third Vice-President, Nancy Davis-Williams, are presented with personal protective equipment and other medical supplies by President of the Jamaica Chinese Friendship Association (JCFA), Irena Cousins (second left). The provisions include 200 infra-red thermometers and 200 facemasks for use by the nurses in the fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Jamaica. The presentation was made during a brief ceremony at the NAJ’s head office in Kingston, on Friday (July 24). Looking on is JCFA Vice-President, Wilson Look Kin. The masks were donated by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) in Beijing. The CPAFFC is the JCFA’s parent body. The donation was also made possible through the JCFA’s COVID-19 fund raising drive.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Nurses Association of Jamaica Receives Donation from Jamaica Chinese Friendship Association

President of Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Carmen Johnson (right), and NAJ Third Vice-President, Nancy Davis-Williams, are presented with personal protective equipment and other medical supplies by President of the Jamaica Chinese Friendship Association (JCFA), Irena Cousins (second left). The provisions include 200 infra-red thermometers and 200 facemasks for use by the nurses in the fight against the Coronavirus Disease...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Records Six New COVID-19 Cases

Jamaica recorded six new COVID- 19 cases as at Saturday (July 25), bringing the total number of confirmed positives for the island to 837. The newly confirmed cases consist of three (3) females and three (3) males, aged 23 to 56 years and with addresses in Kingston and St. Andrew (3), St. Catherine (2) and St. Ann (1). Five (5)...