Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica is to receive its first shipment of 200,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday (August 17), with children and adolescents to be given priority access. This represents the first tranche of approximately 600,000 doses and will further bolster the Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme. Making the announcement during...

Five additional National Health Fund (NHF) Drug Serv pharmacies across the island have been certified to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Standard by the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ). These locations are the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston; Spanish Town Hospital, St. Catherine; May Pen Hospital, Clarendon; St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, St. Ann and the St. James...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has revealed that since its reopening in June 2020, the tourism sector has been driving the economic recovery of Jamaica’s economy, through a steady increase in arrivals and tourism earnings. Minister Bartlett expressed that “preliminary figures indicate that since the reopening of the tourism sector on June 15, 2020, Jamaica has recorded a total of...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government is prepared to take action where persons continue to build in unsafe zones or without the required approvals from the municipal authorities. He noted that the State has a duty to act within the ambit of the law to ensure safety in the built environment. “Once a...

Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay, says that the newly implemented Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in Norwood, St. James, is already reaping success. The ZOSO was declared on Sunday (June 20) by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness to tackle the increase in crime and violence...

Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili and Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, are among the global tourism officials who will visit Jamaica this week to attend the blended staging of the UNWTO’s 66th Regional Commission of the Americas (CAM) on June 24th. The trip will mark Mr. Pololikashvili’s...

New perimeter fencing, digital courtrooms and increased water storage are just a few of the most recent investments made in the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) by the Government of Jamaica under Project Rebuild, Overhaul and Construct (P-ROC). This according to Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, who visited the Horizon Adult...