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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the House of Representatives on the matter of tackling violence, during its sitting on Tuesday (March 30).

Government Working On Comprehensive Strategy To Deal Decisively With Violence

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government takes the matter of violence seriously, is working to develop further strategies and put in place impactful policies to deal decisively with the scourge. “I want to reassure the nation...

Regional Director of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Bent .

SRHA Exceeds COVID-19 Vaccination Target

Senior Medical Officer, Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Natalie Whylie (second left) and Chief Executive Officer, Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals, Burknell Stewart (left) read the label on a box of turmeric tea. Occasion was Wednesday's (March 30) virtual launch of a partnership involving Shavuot International Holdings Limited, Derrimon Trading Company Limited and Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) for the provision of turmeric tea to COVID-19 patients at the hospital. Observing are Commercial Manager, Derrimon Trading Co. Limited, Stewart Jacobs (2nd right); and Marketing Director, Shavuot International, Joel Harris.

COVID-19 Patients At KPH Receiving Turmeric Tea

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (Mark Bell Photo)

Agro-Processing Learning Lab Opens At Knockalva Polytechnic College

Winner of the Most Impactful Research Award at the 2020 staging of the National Health Research Conference and Research Assistant in the Department of Microbiology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Tiffany Butterfield.

Antibody Testing Kits Can Detect Past SARS COV 2 Infections – UWI Study

5 years ago Information

Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Fourth Quarter 2020

Gross value added for the Jamaican economy declined by 8.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 when compared to the similar quarter of 2019. This was largely due to a decline in the Services Industries of 11.1 per cent. All industries within the Services Industries fell, with the exception of the Producers of Government Services which grew by...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, March 30, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 389 39,237 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 209 22,046 Males 180 17,188 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 5 months to 98 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 5 2,195 Hanover 20 1,113 KSA 95 11,155 Manchester 23 2,358 Portland 5 1,277 St....

5 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica’s 2021/2022 Property Tax due April 1

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising all property owners that Property Tax payment for the 2021/2022 fiscal year, which remains unchanged, becomes due on April 1, 2021. The TAJ system has been updated to reflect the liabilities for the period and is now available for online payments. Persons will have until April 30, to make their payment without any penalty being applied, using a wider range of payment options instead of...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, launches the Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), during the virtual European Union and Government of Jamaica Conference on results-based and people-centred development on March 30.

5 years ago Community

PIOJ Launches Community Renewal Index

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has launched its Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), which aims to improve access to empirical data to inform decision-making for community development. The Index is an initiative under the entity’s Community Renewal Programme, which benefits from capacity development support from the European Union (EU). Speaking at the launch on Tuesday (March 30), during the...

Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (second left), hands over books produced by the JIS to Medical Social Worker, Bellevue Hospital, Patricia Wilson, on March 30. The books and other items have been donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. Also displaying items donated by the JIS (from left) are Director of Patient Services, Stacy-Ann Lawman; Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson; and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis.

5 years ago Community

Patients At Bellevue To Benefit From Reading Project

Patients at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston are to benefit from an initiative by the institution to further improve their mental well-being, through a reading project on every ward. “You know how hospitals are and you have some patients who are here for a long period of time. I think something like this could benefit them to keep their minds...

Parish Manager for the St. Elizabeth Health Services, Sean Brissett.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

High Vaccination Rate In St. Elizabeth

Parish Manager for the St. Elizabeth Health Services, Sean Brissett, says the parish continues to meet and exceed daily expectations regarding the COVID-19 vaccination rollout to priority groups. “I believe that we are doing very well and on most days we have surpassed our targets by sometimes 100 per cent,” Mr. Brissett told JIS News. He noted that the successful...

Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the hospital, on Tuesday (March 30).

5 years ago Community

PHOTOS: JIS Donates Cultural Items To Bellevue Book Corner Project

Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the...