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  The Ministry of Health wishes to advise the public that all hospitals have resumed full operations with the exception of the Annotto Bay Hospital in St. Mary and the Port Antonio Hospital in Portland. The Annotto Bay Hospital is currently offering emergency services only, while the Port Antonio Hospital is now offering out-patient and emergency services. No elective surgeries...

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TORONTO - Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has assured Canadian business persons that the Government of Jamaica is committed to creating an environment for businesses to flourish. "Our position is resolute.  We will cut bureaucracy.  We will remove impediments to immure investments and we will construct new platforms for partnership, growth and profitability," she said. The Prime...

MONTEGO BAY - The number of persons in shelters across western Jamaica is diminishing, as most of them are returning home, following the passing of Hurricane Sandy. Checks with Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinators in the parishes of St. Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James and Trelawny have revealed that at mid-day today (October 25), the number of persons in shelters has dropped...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging principals across the island to "get their schools in shape" so that they can reopen in the shortest possible time. The Minister was speaking to JIS News today (Oct. 25) while on a tour of the Donald Quarrie High School in Harbour View, Kingston. He informed that 80 per cent of shelters...

Senior Director, Commercial Development and Planning, at the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Alfred McDonald, is reporting that both international airports are now open for regular operations.   The Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, which has been opened since 10 o.clock this morning as well as the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, opened since 7:00 a.m., were closed...

Up to late this afternoon (October 25), workmen from the National Works Agency (NWA) had managed to re-open just over 40 roadways, which had been blocked by debris, consequent on the passage of Hurricane Sandy. This is out of a total of 150 which had been blocked by debris, inclusive of fallen trees and silt, the NWA.s Communications and Customer...

The Meteorological Service has discontinued the Hurricane Warning for Jamaica as significant improvement in weather conditions is now being experienced after the passage of Hurricane Sandy. The island is no longer at threat of hurricane or tropical storm force winds as Sandy continues to move away. At 4:00 a.m. the centre of Hurricane Sandy was located near Latitude 20.9 degrees...

As the October 26 deadline for the Jamaica Information Service  (JIS) Essay competition nears, the agency is receiving overwhelming  support from students and sponsors who want to be a part of the debate on Jamaica's heritage in this its 50th year. The competition is asking students, ages 9-12, at primary and preparatory schools, to write an essay between 400-500 words...

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), today (Oct 23), launched its upgraded Document Processing Management Information System (DPMIS), which allows for the automated registration of all company documents. DPMIS II, which takes effect on October 29, is being introduced some five years after the facility was originally implemented. Speaking at the launching ceremony, at JAMPRO's Trafalgar Road offices in New...

TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, has hailed the contribution which he says Jamaican immigrants have made to his country's development. Speaking at a commemorative reception to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Jamaica and Canada, at the Jamaican-Canadian Centre in Toronto, Canada, on Monday (Oct. 22), Mr. Harper said notable among these persons was...

  Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse is urging individuals who may be experiencing severe symptoms of dengue fever or dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) to visit the nearest health facility immediately.  Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a severe form of dengue fever which often causes death. In such cases persons may experience symptoms of dengue...