Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that 39 schools are now participating in face-to-face classes. She said the number comprises the 17 pilot schools that were a part of the two-week pilot programme as well as an additional 22 institutions, which reopened on Monday (December 7). These are Bloomfield Primary, Oracabessa High, Seaforth High, Seaside Primary, Albert...

Two elderly female amputees from the Kitson Town community in St. Catherine have received wheelchairs through a collaboration involving the Social Development Commission (SDC) and Food For the Poor (FFP). The needs of the two women came to the attention of the SDC through their work with the Kitson Town Central Citizens Association, after which they sought help from FFP,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is warning that stricter restrictions will be imposed on Westmoreland to effect change, if residents do not adhere to measures implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This, as over the last month, the number of confirmed cases in the parish has moved from 245 to 460. In the last...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, has commenced consultations with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) concerning the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE). This was noted by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on December 8. Mrs. Williams said the CXC has...

The Government has commenced preparatory work on three major infrastructure projects in the health sector. These are construction of a new hospital in St. Catherine, a corporate office for the Ministry of Health and Wellness, and redevelopment of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, told JIS News that the Ministry is...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has named a National COVID-19 Vaccine Commission, which is comprised of a multidisciplinary, multistakeholder group of persons. Included are representatives from the Ministry, the National Health Fund (NHF), the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, the Medical Association of Jamaica, the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA), the...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, says the City Engineer's Department of the Municipality, as well as other State agencies, will be conducting checks to ensure that projects under the Christmas Work Programme are satisfactorily done. Speaking at today's (December 8) monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston,...