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Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (centre); and Manager of the St. James Public Health Department, Lennox Wallace (left), are being led on a tour of the Charles Gordon Market on Thursday (April 23) by Market Manager, Mikoyan Robinson.

Mobay Mayor Says Handcarts Contributing To Charles Gordon Market Congestion

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councilor Homer Davis, says the St. James Municipal Corporation is exploring ways to stem the proliferation of handcarts at the Charles Gordon Market in the parish. He noted that the use of handcarts is part of...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), highlights a point while responding to questions from journalists, during a digital press conference on Wednesday (April 22). At left is Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.

Health Minister Implores Jamaicans Not To Discriminate

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Grange praises Dasgupta, man of science

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right) does and elbow bump with the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League, Mr Robin Levy as he presents her with a symbolic cheque of the JCCUL's J$4M contribution to Telethon Jamaica: Together We Stand. The six hour, virtual telethon raised funds to provide Jamaica’s frontline workers with equipment to battle COVID-19.

Credit Union League Gives J$4 Million to COVID-19 Telethon

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

SDC Continues To Assist The Elderly

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

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Scout Association Supports COVID-19 Response

The Scout Association of Jamaica has been supporting the Government’s efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by donating sanitisation products valued at some $100,000 to childcare facilities and golden age homes across the island. In an interview with JIS News, Chief Commissioner of the Association, Garth Russell, said that distribution of bleach and disinfectant commenced earlier...

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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...

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

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Prime Minister Donates $1.5 Million To Mustard Seed Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has donated $1.5 million, through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, to non-profit community development organisation, Mustard Seed Communities (MSC). Mr. Holness presented the cheque, and packages of food and personal care items to MSC founder, Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, and Executive Director of MSC Jamaica, Darcy Tulloch Williams, when he visited the entity's headquarters on...

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

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

St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, on Thursday (April 2), received a donation of items from the Jamaica Guangdong Association community valued at approximately $1.5 million, to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The donation, which includes rice, flour, tin products, masks, gloves, sanitiser, disinfecting wipes, alcohol, and disinfectant, will benefit the most vulnerable in the parish, particularly the...

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).

6 years ago CommunityCoronavirusForeign Affairs

Chinese Community Extends Helping Hand

The Chinese community in Jamaica has donated some $4.5 million in supplies to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The handover took place at the Beauty Queen Plaza, Fairview in Montego Bay, St James, on Friday (April 3). Included in the items are N95 masks, gloves, sanitisers, toilet paper, hand...

Inspector of Poor for St. James, Pauline Lecky.

6 years ago CommunityCoronavirus

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...