Classes will resume on October 5 with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information employing a combination of approaches in order to ensure that all students are reached. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, in making the disclosure at a virtual press conference on September 22, said that a decision was made to delay face-to-face lessons as the country experiences community...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has handed over 35 desktop computers, four laptops and an all-in-one multimedia printer/copier/scanner to the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), for the efficient processing of birth certificates. Valued at $10 million, the donation forms part of JSIF’s Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), which is implemented by JSIF and funded through a loan from the World...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the islandwide curfew the Government has implemented as one of the measures to manage the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), will be extended until Wednesday (October 7). “The islandwide curfew time will remain at 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.,” Mr. Holness advised, while addressing a digital press conference on Tuesday (September 22)....

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government will not allow any sector of the society to breach Orders, particularly as they relate to the coronavirus (COVID-19). "The Government is not going to facilitate any individual, regardless of their class, colour, religion or politics," Mr. McKenzie declared. The Minister was speaking at the handover of...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has disbursed subventions totalling $1.4 billion to primary and secondary schools. Making the disclosure during a virtual press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on September 22, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said this represents 100 per cent of the third tranche of regular grants to primary and...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, will participate in international webinars as part of activities to observe Tourism Awareness Week from September 27 to October 3. The Minister provided details at a JIS Think Tank, held at the agency’s head office in Kingston on September 22. “I am going to be involved with some international webinars. One with the United...

The stay-at-home order for persons 70 years and older remains in place, but they are allowed to leave once per day for food, medicine, exercise and other necessities of life. This restriction forms part of the Government’s efforts to control community spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and to protect the most vulnerable from the virus. “Given the high vulnerability of...