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COVID-19 Update for Saturday, December 5, 2020

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 57 11,120 SEX CLASSIFICATION Males 21 5,070 Females 36 6,048 Under Investigation 0 2 AGE RANGE 5 months to 83 years 1 day to 104 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon...
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Sancia Bennett Templer, addresses the Ministry’s second virtual Justices of the Peace (JP) sensitisation session for approximately 150 JPs from Hanover, Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth, which was held on Friday (December 4). ​
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Sancia Bennett Templer, addresses the Ministry’s second virtual Justices of the Peace (JP) sensitisation session for approximately 150 JPs from Hanover, Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth, which was held on Friday (December 4). ​

JPs Keeping Community Members Informed During COVID-19
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COVID-19 Update for Friday, December 4, 2020

Education Ministry Extends Deadline for the Own Your Own Device (OYOD) Programme
The Civil Servants of the Year for 2020: Juliet Lakeman (second left); Stephen Williams (fourth left) and Marie Hall (fifth left), display their awards at a ceremony held on December 4 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. With them (from left) are: Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited (FHC), Leodis Douglas; Chairman of the Board of Directors, FHC and President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association, O’Neil Grant and Chief Executive Officer at FHC, Roxann Linton.
The Civil Servants of the Year for 2020: Juliet Lakeman (second left); Stephen Williams (fourth left) and Marie Hall (fifth left), display their awards at a ceremony held on December 4 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. With them (from left) are: Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited (FHC), Leodis Douglas; Chairman of the Board of Directors, FHC and President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association, O’Neil Grant and Chief Executive Officer at FHC, Roxann Linton.

Three Outstanding Workers Chosen Civil Servants of the Year for 2020

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Leader of Government Business in the Upper House and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, closes the debate on the Dogs (Liability for Attacks) Act, 2020, during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (December 4). The Bill, which provides for criminal and civil liability for an owner of a dog that attacks, injures and/or causes the death of a person, was passed at the sitting.
Senate

Provisions Made for Presumptions in Dogs (Liability for Attacks) Act

Provisions have been made under the soon-to-be enacted Dogs (Liability for Attacks) Act, 2020, for presumptions that hold dog owners accountable if the animals attack an individual in a public space, whether or not there is formal proof of ownership. This was noted by Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, who pointed...
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Culture

Jamaica’s Revivalism Submitted for UNESCO Inscription Consideration – Grange

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has announced that the Ministry has submitted yet another Jamaican cultural form, Revivalism, Religious Practice of Jamaica, to UNESCO for Inscription on its prestigious Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Minister Grange said, “Since the Inscription of Reggae in 2018, I instructed my Technical Committee that going forward,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), view a major breakaway on the Gordon Town main road, today (December 5), during a tour of the area. With the Prime Minister are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (left, background) and senior officials from the National Works Agency (NWA).
Works / Construction

Alternative Road in Gordon Town to be Completed in Three Weeks

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says  within three weeks the Gordon Town alternative main road (Savage Pen), in St. Andrew East Rural, will be completed. Mr. Holness toured the location, today (December 5), along with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington; Member of Parliament for the area, the Most...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (sixth left), gives the thumbs up at the launch of free public Wi-Fi in the town of Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Friday (December 4). He is joined by (from left): Director, Enterprise, Government and IT Solutions at Cable and Wireless Business, Carol Robertson; Councillor for the Ocho Rios Division, Michael Belnavis; Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and Member of Parliament for North East St. Ann, Hon. Marsha Smith; Charmaine Dean, Representative of Custos Rotulorum of St. Ann, Norma Walters; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes.
Technology

Residents and Visitors to Ocho Rios Have Access to Free Wi-fi

Residents and visitors to Ocho Rios, in St. Ann, now have access to free, secured internet. The free public Wi-Fi was commissioned into service in the Ocho Rios Town Centre, on Friday (December 4), by the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, through the Universal Service Fund (USF). The hotspot can accommodate up to 200 persons who are browsing simultaneously....
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Garfield Wood of GW Architects (right), explaining the retrofitting works taking place at the Port Antonio Health Centre, on Thursday (December 3). Listening are Member of Parliament, Portland East, Ann-Marie Vaz (second row, left); British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad (second row, right); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology and Member of Parliament for Portland West, Hon. Daryl Vaz (third row, left) and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third row, right).
Health & Wellness

Residents of Port Antonio to Benefit From Retrofitted Health Centre

Residents of Port Antonio in Portland will soon benefit from a retrofitted health centre, into which the United Kingdom (UK) AID has pumped US$1.3 million, under the SMART Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean Project, being administered by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Although work began in one section of the building, the launch for the retrofitting works at...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in discussion with Managing Director of Kemteck Development and Construction Limited, Sylvester Tulloch (left), and Director of Omni Industries Limited, Von Whyte, at the adoption ceremony for the Brown
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Minister Says COVID-19 Has Taught A Crucial Lesson

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the COVID-19 pandemic has taught a crucial lesson, that regular health checks prevent deaths and long-term injuries. The Minister, who was delivering the keynote address at an adoption ceremony for the recently opened Brown’s Hall Health Centre in St. Catherine, on December 2, said the global health challenge brought...
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