The Westmoreland Health Department has intensified its public sensitisation efforts in order to arm residents with the necessary information to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In an interview with JIS News, Health Promotion and Education Officer, Gerald Miller, said that a “more integrated approached” is being undertaken involving various personnel. He said that persons employed as temporary...

The Court Administration Division (CAD) is assessing its operations to determine how best staff should be deployed amid the local transmissions of COVID-19. Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes said the functioning of the courts is vital to society, making it crucial for the judiciary “to arrange itself to uphold its fundamental constitutional obligation, in a manner that protects the health and...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has partnered with the RJRGLEANER Communications Group to deliver live interactive teaching sessions across all its media platforms for high school students in Jamaica. The agreement will see the RJRGLEANER brands - Television Jamaica (TVJ), The Gleaner’s Youth Link, Music 99FM, jamaicagleaner.com, televisionjamaica.com, Television Jamaica You Tube, Jamaica News Network (JNN) and 1spotmedia...

Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) funding support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has totalled approximately $4 billion of investments since the entity embarked on a programme of interventions in 2014 to strengthen MSMEs. Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds, says the wide-ranging provisions have been initiated with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank support. He was speaking at the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security completed its third day of distributing welfare package to the families in the quarantined communities of 7 Miles Bull Bay. The Ministry began its relief effort on Saturday, March 14, 2020. To date, a total of 900 welfare packages containing basic food supplies, toiletries and personal care items have been distributed to residents...

The Coconut Industry Board (CIB) will be seeking to complete the acquisition of a 1,000-acre property during the new fiscal year. The property will be used to establish a new seed garden, nursery and farm, which will provide raw material for the establishment of coconut water and coconut oil factories. As contained in the 2020/21 Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of...

The Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay will be cleaned and sanitised this weekend. Commercial Services Manager at the St. James Municipal Corporation, Pamela March, said that the exercise will commence after the market’s closure on Saturday, (March 21), and will be carried out with assistance from the St. James Fire Department. “On Saturday, after 2:00 p.m., when we close,...