Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that the Government is moving quickly to name the committee to oversee the introduction of a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Jamaica. He said with the news that a vaccine may shortly become available, it is “very urgent that we move quickly to get this up and running”, noting that...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is advising consumers to be vigilant about getting a receipt when they are making transactions. Speaking at a virtual event, ‘Jamaica Consumer Talks’, on Wednesday, December 2, Regional Officer at the CAC, Richard Rowe, encouraged consumers to desist from leaving business places with a product or item without securing adequate evidence of the purchase. “Too...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, on Tuesday (December 1), tabled legislation to facilitate the continued withdrawal of $11.4 billion annually from the National Housing Trust (NHT) to support the Budget for the next five years. The Bill, the National Housing Trust (Amendment) Act, 2020, is among three pieces of legislation tabled that are...

Custos of Clarendon, William Shagoury, has donated 60 tablet computers to benefit students of six secondary institutions in the parish. The beneficiaries are from Edwin Allen High, Clarendon College, Vere Technical High, Central High, Denbigh High, and Foga Road High schools. The devices, along with 120 educational books, were handed over to the school principals and vice principals during a...

Forty-six wards of the State were recently presented with tablets to assist with their schooling through a partnership between the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) and the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). The tablets were presented to children in State care who were successful in four or more Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency (CAPE) subjects...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is now enforcing a massive and widespread disconnection drive to collect outstanding payments from customers who have arrears with the utility company. Earlier this year, the NWC had made offers to delinquent customers to settle their arrears under the COVID Assistance Programme (CAP). Under this arrangement, residential customers were offered a thirty percent (30%) discount...

The Meteorological Service Division of the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change has released figures for the just-concluded 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which show record levels of activity surpassing even the figures that were forecast. According to the Meteorological Service, the prediction of the US National Hurricane Center released in May 2020 concerning the activity expected during...