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(FILE) Parish Manager of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in St. James , Randy Hayle

SDC Continues To Assist The Elderly

The Social Development Commission (SDC) remains a tower of strength for the vulnerable and underprivileged amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Jamaica. In March, the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, as well as SDC offices across the country,...

Chief Commissioner of the Scout Association of Jamaica, Garth Russell.

Scout Association Supports COVID-19 Response

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, sprays sanitising solution on the hands of Executive Director of Mustard Seed Communities (MSC) Jamaica, Darcy Tulloch Williams, during his visit to the entity on Mahoe Drive in Kingston, on Thursday (April 9), to present a cheque for $1.5 million, as well as food and personal care items. The donations were made through Mr. Holness' Positive Jamaica Foundation. At right is Founder of Mustard Seed Communities (MSC), Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon.

Prime Minister Donates $1.5 Million To Mustard Seed Communities

Representatives of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and the Jamaica Guangdong Association stand in solidarity following a donation of food items, sanitation products and protective gear, to aid in the parish's fight against the coronaviris (COVID-19). The items were handed over at the Corporation's offices in Black River on April 1.

Chinese Community In St. Elizabeth Donates Items To Help COVID-19 Fight

Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Regional Director, Errol Greene (fifth left) and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (third left), with members of the Chinese community (from left) Shijin Li; Montego Bay-based Chinese businessman, Yangshen Li; Shifu Huang; and Sen Lin, during the handover of $4.5 million in supplies to the WRHA, at Beauty Queen Plaza, Fairview in Montego Bay, St James, on Friday (April 3).

Chinese Community Extends Helping Hand

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Minister Of Local Government Ramps Up COVID-19 Response In St. Catherine

Following the announcement of special containment measures for St. Catherine by the Most Honourable Prime Minister yesterday, the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development has implemented heightened sanitary and security protocols for all the facilities in the parish for which it is responsible. INFIRMARY CARE Minister of Local Government and Community Development Hon. Desmond McKenzie says the interests of...

Inspector of Poor for St. James, Pauline Lecky.

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St. James Poor Relief Safeguarding Indigent Persons

The St. James Poor Relief Department has put special measures in place to safeguard indigent persons against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Inspector of Poor for St. James, Pauline Lecky, said poor-relief officers have been visiting the homes of the parish’s 1,418 registered poor, distributing care packages containing essential food and personal care items...

A member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) receives a hot meal, served with smile, compliments of Grace Foods. This is part of an initiative of Grace Foods, which began on 30th March 2020, to provide on a daily basis 100 hot meals and beverages for police officers working at the quarantine facilities at Corn Piece community in Hayes, Clarendon, as well as officers assigned to some zones of special operation (ZOSOs) and states of emergency (SOE) zones.

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Grace Foods Assists Security Personnel Working on the Frontline Against COVID-19

Grace Foods, a division of GraceKennedy Limited (GKL), has launched an initiative to provide meals for distribution to security personnel working on the frontline in the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. Under the initiative, which got underway on March 30, Grace Foods will arrange for the daily provision of 100 meals, as well as beverages, for police officers...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, speaking at a virtual press conference from Jamaica House on March 30.

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Jamaicans Urged To Obey Social Distancing Rules

Members of the public are again being urged to do their part to reduce transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19) by strictly adhering to the Government’s social-distancing protocols. The call came from Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who said that social distancing remains one of the most effective defences in combatting the...

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Special Feeding Programme For Homeless In Kingston Begins March 29

The Government will start the Kingston leg of its Special Feeding Programme for the Homeless, on Sunday, March 29. “We will be providing on a daily basis, breakfast between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and dinner between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.,” Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said at a press conference, at Jamaica House,...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), hands over food to a homeless man, at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) car park, downtown Kingston, today (March 29). This is being done under the Special Feeding Programme for the Homeless, which the Minister announced last week. Assisting Mr. McKenzie at left is Councillor Duane Smith, Chancery Hall Division, St. Andrew North Western. Observing at third left is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.

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PHOTOS: Minister McKenzie Feeds Homeless Downtown

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Closure of Public Libraries

The Jamaica Library Service is advising that all Parish and Branch Library locations will be closed to the public from March 20, 2020 to April 14, 2020. Mobile Library Service to communities islandwide will also be suspended for the same period. We know that the public library is an important information resource centre for citizens of all ages, however in...