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EOJ Offices Closed Until End Of April

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has announced the extended closure of their offices islandwide, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and alternative means of conducting business with the entity. “We closed them from the 14th of March and we had indicated...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (third left); and Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Wentworth Charles (second left), are presented with the keys to a bus by President, Guardian Group, Eric Hosin (fourth left), during a handover ceremony at Jamaica House on Monday (March 30). The bus is a donation from Guardian Life Limited for the transportation of healthcare workers. Also pictured (from left) are Regional Director, SERHA, Maureen Golding; Executive Director, Health for Life and Wellness Foundation in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Courtney Cephas; and President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Keith Duncan.

PHOTOS: Minister Vaz At Handover Of Buses

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Tourism Minister Highlights Role Of Pandemics Coordinator

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, speaks in the Senate.

Senate Approves MOCA Regulations

(FILE) Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) Managing Director, Audley Thompson, speaking at the recent commissioning ceremony for a $7 million rainwater harvesting system installed at Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine.

Several Water Supply Projects Under Way

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Westmoreland Health Dept. Reminds Persons To Self-Quarantine

The Westmoreland Health Department is reminding persons in the parish who arrived in Jamaica between March 18 and 25 to remain in self-quarantine until 14 days have passed, as part of COVID-19 safeguarding measures, outlined by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. “We want them to stay alone in a well-ventilated room [and] have little or no contact with other...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), speaks at a press conference at Jamaica House, on Monday (March 30). With the Prime Minister is Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessNational SecurityOffice of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Announces All-Island Curfew

In an effort to prevent community spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government has imposed an all-island curfew, which will take place between April 1 and 8. The curfew will be imposed from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. each day for the duration of the curfew. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a press...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); Minority Leader in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Andrew Swaby (right), and a worker participate in the cleaning of a room at the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in St. Andrew, today (March 30).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal Government

Golden Age Home And Infirmaries Cleaned And Sanitised

A comprehensive cleaning and sanitising exercise was carried out today (March 30), at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. Similar exercises were carried out at infirmaries in St. Mary, Clarendon and Trelawny. Speaking with JIS News at the Home in Vineyard Town, where several agencies participated in the activity,...

National Librarian, National Library of Jamaica, Beverley Lashley.

6 years ago EducationInformationYouth

National Library Helping Students Prepare For Exams

The National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) is helping secondary-school students to prepare their School-Based Assessments (SBAs) via its online resources. All public schools have been closed until the end of the Easter term to protect students as Jamaica deals with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. National Librarian of the NLJ, Beverley Lashley, told JIS News that the institution has measures in...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while piloting the Appropriation Act 2020 in the Senate on March 27.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal GovernmentParliamentSenate

Retailers To Face Heavy Fines, Imprisonment For Price Gouging

As of Tuesday (March 31), retailers found to be charging customers excessive prices for goods during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis can be fined up to $2 million or sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. This is provided in the Trade (Sale of Goods During Period of Declaration of Disaster Area) Order 2020, which was approved in the Senate on March...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

Tourism Stakeholders Pleased With Stimulus Package

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says tourism stakeholders have responded positively to the Government’s stimulus package for the sector, to cushion the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “The workers of the industry are very heartened by the action of the Government. In fact, they have been indicating their delight that something is being done. We are in the process...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

36 Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 In Jamaica

There are now 36 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Jamaica. Additional results received at 9:00 p.m. from the National Influenza Centre, showed that of the five pending results from yesterday, three samples tested negative, while two were positive for COVID-19. The two new cases are: • a 45 year old female, a healthcare worker, who was a contact of a...