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Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

Adhere to Guidance from National Health Authorities Regarding Christmas Celebrations-PAHO

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries are being encouraged to adhere to guidance from their national health authorities regarding Christmas celebrations, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. PAHO’s Assistant Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, says decisions relating to public and...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the ground breaking ceremony for the new Mount Salem police station in St. James on Friday (November 27).

Gov’t to Call Out National Reserves to Assist With Crime Fighting

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (4th left) officially breaks ground for the new Mount Salem police station in St. James on Friday (November 27). Also participating (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) , Omar Sweeney; Chairman of JSIF, Dr. Wayne Henry; Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson and Attorney General and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James , Marlene Malahoo Forte.

Ground Broken For New Mount Salem Police Station in St James

Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith makes a presentation during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (November 27).

Local Government Elections Postponed

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), looks on while Sergeant Garfield Wallace (left) of the Above Rocks Police Station in St. Catherine, receives the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA) Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) award for Top Station in Area 5, from Chairman of the PCOA, Jacquiline Hickson (centre). Occasion was the 2020 awards ceremony, held at the Office of the Police Commissioner, St. Andrew, on Wednesday (November 25).

TOPS Awards Showcasing Excellence In Policing – Dr. Chang

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), leads a team of healthcare workers attached to the St. James Public Health Services through the streets of Montego Bay on Thursday (November 26), following the launch of the Ministry’s ‘Mask Up before You Talk Up’ public education campaign at Sam Sharpe Square.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

‘Mask Up Before You Talk Up’ This Christmas

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has taken its 'Mask Up Before You Talk Up', coronavirus (COVID-19)-prevention campaign to Montego Bay The campaign, which is focused on getting members of the public to wear the protective gear during the upcoming festive season, is the latest component of the Government’s response programme, aimed at curtailing the spread of the virus. Speaking...

Passengers arrive at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, on a JetBlue airbus from out of Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 22.

5 years ago Tourism

Tourists Still Have Appetite To Travel – JTB Official

Visitor Relations Manager at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Andrea Savizon, says that despite the depressing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourists still have not lost their appetite for travelling. Speaking to JIS News recently at the Sangster International Airport, following the arrival of two JetBlue direct flights from out of Raleigh, North Carolina and Newark, New Jersey, the JTB...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), observes the antigen testing procedure for detecting the coronavirus (COVID-19), during a demonstration by personnel from the National Public Health Laboratory at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, on Wednesday (November 25). At right is Director for National Laboratory Services in the Ministry, Dr. Michelle Hamilton.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

All Antigen Tests Must Be Ordered By A Doctor

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising that all antigen tests for detection of the coronavirus (COVID-19) must be ordered by a doctor. Director for National Laboratory Services at the Ministry, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, said that the antigen test is similar to other medical tests conducted in laboratories, which must be sanctioned by a physician to whom the results...

5 years ago Works / Construction

NWA Urges Motorists To Exercise Caution At Intersections Where Traffic Signals Are Out Of Commission

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that three traffic signals in Montego Bay, St. James are now malfunctioning and works to repair these signals will be undertaken in short order. Community Relations Officer at the NWA, Janel Ricketts, says that the traffic signals at the King Street and Market Street, as well as the Elegant Corridor and Sugar Mill...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second right), engage in discussion with (from left) Community Support Advisor, UNAIDS Country Office Jamaica, Rubén Pagés; Deputy Head, European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Fredrik Ekfeldt; and Executive Director, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL), Kandasi Levermore. They were in attendance at a public forum and research dissemination seminar on HIV/AIDS and Access to Justice, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday (November 26).

5 years ago Gender Affairs

State Minister Wants More Funding To Train Persons Who Provide Support For Vulnerable Groups

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says he will be proposing greater funding for the training of stakeholders that provide support for vulnerable groups, such as persons living with HIV/AIDS and victims of abuse. “I am going to recommend increased funding to train counsellors, peer educators, more social workers and psychiatrists,...

A section of the breakaway roadway in Mocho, St. James, which was toured by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington; Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, and officials from the National Works Agency (NWA), on November 25.

5 years ago Community

Minister Says Roads Have To Be Repaired Quickly

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, says continuous rain and heavy flooding have done structural damage to roadways across the island that will have to be addressed expeditiously. The Minister, who toured sections of St. Elizabeth and Southern St. James with a delegation of Government Ministers and members of the National...

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage Grey. (File Photo)

5 years ago Youth

Wards Exiting Care Benefit From Expo

More than 500 wards, who are leaving State care, benefited from the staging of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Exiting Care Exposition on Thursday (November 26). The fifth biannual event, under the theme ‘Anything But Normal,’ was being held virtually for the first time due to coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions. It is a component of the Transitional Living...