Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, is welcoming the infrastructural improvements to be undertaken in Lawrence Tavern under the Government’s rural development programme. She noted that the town centre has outgrown its space. “The square is congested and is badly in need of reconfiguring, so I look forward to what’s to come for the people...

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) which administrates public healthcare in Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and Manchester has received $9 million from J. Wray & Nephew Ltd. to support the fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The donation is a part of the company’s intervention called JWN Cares and will disperse $45 million to 12 public hospitals across the island,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the 14 per cent growth in the services industry for the April to June quarter heightens the prospect of sooner-than-anticipated recovery from the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Planning Institute of Jamica (PIOJ) reported that the industry’s turnout largely spurred a turnaround in...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says that Parliament has approved increases in fees for attorneys-at-law empanelled by the Legal Aid Council (LAC). “Now it will go through the regulations committee, which will examine it around next week. It will be gazetted, hopefully before the end of the month, and by then these fees will come into operation,” said Justice Minister,...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has put a number of measures in place to ensure the safety of electors and the observance of COVID-19 protocols as the Office embarks on the distribution of the new voter identification (ID) cards. The distribution of new voter ID cards will be done alphabetically by surnames. Persons with surnames from A to E...

Drafting instructions are to be issued to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel for amendments to the Bank of Jamaica Act, to facilitate the issuance of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ). The move follows approval by Cabinet. Addressing a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (October 6), Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval...

Member countries of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are being encouraged to leverage PAHO’s new ‘One Health’ Policy to reduce the risk of a new pandemic. The policy, approved by regional ministers of health at PAHO’s recent Directing Council meeting, outlines a blueprint for countries to bring together experts and officials from varying sectors to address some of the...