The Ministry of Health and Wellness has moved in to contain coronavirus (COVID-19) cases at the Mustard Seed Community facility in St. Catherine after 36 employees and residents tested positive for the virus. “All staff has been placed on home quarantine and the necessary contact tracing is being done,” said Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton....

The Government is working on a COVID response technology plan, which will provide Jamaicans with Internet connectivity while a national broadband plan is being developed. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure on Thursday (October 22), while addressing a ceremony for the handover of tablets to students at the Port Antonio Primary School in Portland....

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that staff at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, are being provided with additional training and support in order to contain any further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) at the facility. Addressing a virtual press conference on Thursday (October 22), Dr. Tufton informed that a team from...

The Court Administration Division (CAD) wishes to advise the public that the Hanover Family Court will be closed on Friday, October 23, 2020. The closure is to allow the Court time to effect changes to its operation as a result of positive COVID-19 tests. The Hanover Family Court will reopen on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. The Ministry of Health and...

Two broiler units, which will see the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) becoming more self-sufficient in food production and result in major cost savings, were officially commissioned into service on Thursday (October 22). This was done at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre, in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Constructed as part of a public-private partnership (PPP) with Newport Mills Limited,...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is providing incentives for organisations to send employees to be trained in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) during CPR Week 2020. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (October 22), Senior Manager, Marketing and Business Development at the HFJ, Nola Phillpotts-Brown, said it is part of the thrust to get as many persons as possible...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be using a virtual format to get the message of fire safety and prevention across to Jamaicans during Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week 2020. The week will be observed from October 25 to 31 under the theme ‘Being Fire Safe while Socially Distant’. Usually, at this time of the year, firefighters from across...