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One of the classrooms at Moore Town Primary and Junior High School in Portland, which now has desks placed six-feet apart.

Moore Town Primary Happy To Be Part Of Pilot For Face-To-Face Classes

Principal of Moore Town Primary and Junior High School in Portland, Kathleen Wright, is welcoming the Government’s decision to reopen the small, rural institution for face-to-face lessons beginning Monday (November 9). A total of 17 primary and secondary institutions across...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry's weekly virtual COVID-19 Conversations press briefing on Thursday (November 5).

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British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad. (FILE)

Caribbean Developers Urged To Build With Nature In Mind

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, responds to questions from journalists regarding the revised coronavirus (COVID-19) infection prevention and control protocols for the workplace, as well as other matters, during a digital press conference hosted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in September. (FILE)

5 years ago CommunityCoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Communities Implored To Cooperate With Health Teams

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is imploring residents in communities that have been quarantined due to coronavirus (COVID-19) to cooperate with health teams in getting tested for the virus. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who made the appeal at the Ministry’s COVID-19 Conversations digital press conference, on November 5, noted that this is the key means of...

Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie..

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Cases Trending Downwards

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that there has been a trending down in the number of new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country over the past month. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who made the announcement, noted that based on the epidemiological curve, there was a plateauing in positive cases over the month of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), partcipates in a ceremony for the handing over of tablets to students of the Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew on November 4. Displaying devices (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman, Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School, Naomi Francis; students at the institution, Shanaouyah Laird and Odaine Dixon; Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz; student, Anecia Stewart; and Chairman, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Christopher Reckord.

5 years ago EducationInformationYouth

PM Monitoring Situation Of Children Being Out Of School

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he has been closely tracking the situation of children being out of school due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He noted that the absence of in-person learning has had a “terrible impact on our learning as a nation. Our children have truly been deprived and are, indeed, I would say, way behind...

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Discovery Bay, in St. Ann, engage in a beautification project at the Discovery Bay High School, as part of efforts to boost the aesthetics of the institution.

5 years ago EnvironmentYouth

Discovery Bay High Gets Facelift

The aesthetics of the Discovery Bay High School in St. Ann has received a boost, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Discovery Bay. President of the Club, Marlene Edwards, told JIS News that as part of Kiwanis International’s recent annual one-day project initiative, members of the club journeyed to the one-year-old high school, where trees were planted in old tyres...

Members of the Emmanuel Apostolic Church Dance Ministry performed a dance piece at the launch of Youth Month 2020 at the church in Kingston on November 1.

5 years ago InformationYouth

Youth Must Be At Centre Of Development Agenda

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, says that the country’s youth must be at the centre of the conversation about development in Jamaica. “Historically, it was the youth who inspired and executed the greatest change in societies. It is the youth, who will either benefit or pay the price for any decisions we make now,”...

Assistant Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

PAHO Official Says COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Available First Half of 2021

Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, says an approved coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine could be available for distribution and administration during the first half of 2021. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital briefing on Thursday (November 5), Dr. Barbosa said this projection is based on the progress of Phase III clinical trials involving 10 vaccine candidates,...

Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Board Limited, Douglas Webster, speaks at a recent JIS Think Tank.

5 years ago CommerceIndustryJIS Think Tank

Trade Board Increases Contact With Stakeholders Through Online Platform

The Trade Board Limited (TBL) says it is increasing its engagement with stakeholders, following the recent implementation of its online export and import facilitation platform in June this year. The platform was executed under the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) initiative – Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT). JSWIFT is a one-stop shop facility designed to provide fully...