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President and CEO of the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley Deidrick.

Government In Discussion To Improve Aerodrome In St. Elizabeth

The Government, through the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), is in discussion with operator of the Lionel Densham Aerodrome in St. Elizabeth to enter into an agreement to improve the facility. In an interview with JIS News, President and Chief...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), in discussion with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer, at his New Kingston offices. They were participating in the virtual launch of the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ) Food Safety Management System Expansion Project, on Tuesday (March 17).

MSMEs To Benefit From Capacity-Building Interventions

COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Executive Director of the Citizen Security Secretariat, Dianne McIntosh. (Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson)

Data Collection To Drive Citizen Security Plan

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

COVAX To Start Distributing J&J Vaccines By July

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), presents new Poet Laureate, Olive Senior, with the Insignia of the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, at a virtual investiture ceremony, held on Wednesday (March 17), at King

5 years ago CultureGovernor General

Governor-General Lauds Work Of New Poet Laureate

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has lauded new Poet Laureate, Olive Senior, for her work focusing on issues of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on Wednesday (March 17), at a virtual investiture ceremony, at King’s House in St. Andrew, the Governor-General said Miss Senior’s recent collection of literary works, called ‘Pandemic Poems’, is a “book for the...

Vice President for Corporate Services at Spatial Innovision Limited, Matthew Webster (left), presents an Alcatel tablet to Alia Delmohammed of Wolmer

5 years ago Urban Renewal

Organisers Of Virtual Post GIS Day Competitions Pleased

The National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB) and Land Information Council of Jamaica (LICJ) are pleased with the participation and performance of students and other entrants in the virtual staging of the Post-GIS (geographic information system) Day competitions. “We are happy that those who participated were able to, and we're happy that they made the effort to participate,” NSDMB Senior...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

More Regional Countries Receiving Vaccines Through COVAX

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the delivery of vaccines to the region through the Global Access (COVAX) Facility is increasing. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital briefing on Wednesday (March 17), Dr. Etienne said that nearly 400,000 vaccines, procured through COVAX, have been delivered to countries through the regional body’s Revolving Fund Facility since last week....

Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) South East Regional Director, Robert Williams (left), raises a

5 years ago Youth

CPFSA Conducting Child Protection Drive-Throughs

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) continues its child-protection programme with a series of drive-throughs covering several parishes. Regional Director of the CPFSA South East Region, Robert Williams, said that the intention is to go into communities to promote childcare and protection, especially those where the entity is seeing an increase in reports of child abuse. “We actually...

Executive Director of the Victim Services Division (VSD), Osbourne Bailey, is encouraging persons to be screened for intimate partner violence.

5 years ago Justice

Screening For Persons Who Think They Are Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

Persons in relationships who think they are experiencing intimate partner violence are being encouraged to access screening from the Victim Services Division (VSD), in the Ministry of Justice. Between January 2020 and February 2021, the VSD saw 884 clients who were victims of domestic crimes. Executive Director of the VSD, Osbourne Bailey, told JIS News that screening seeks to assess...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, March 16, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 821 32,728 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 477 18,371 Males 344 14,354 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 day to 95 years 1 day to 104 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 41 1,845 Hanover 16 946 KSA 226 9,247 Manchester 48 2,057 Portland 39 988...

An aerial view of the East West Toll Road and the Spanish Town Toll Plaza along Highway 2000.

5 years ago Transport

Gov’t Working On Solution To Traffic Congestion Being Faced By Portmore Motorists

The Government is moving to address the traffic congestion being experienced by motorists on entering and leaving Portmore via Mandela Highway. Motorists currently face lengthy delays along Mandela from Six Miles to Caymanas during afternoon peak hours, and there are also long lines of vehicles trying to exit Portmore via the same route in the mornings. Minister without Portfolio in...