Jamaica’s confirmed COVID-19 cases are now up to 3,511, with the addition of 74 new positives in the last 24 hours (as at September 10). Of the 74 newly confirmed cases, there were 40 females and 34 males. Their ages range from four years to 80 years. The cases were recorded in Kingston and St. Andrew (29), St. Catherine (12),...

Acting Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Francine Phillips-Kelly, has called on residents to become advocates in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) by helping to promote the measures necessary to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre, Sam Sharpe Square on...

The Strategic Management and Training Consultants Ltd. (SMTC) Career Institute and the Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre (MAWC) are to collaborate on the development and delivery of an advanced Patient Care Technician Certificate training course. This was formalised today (September 10), with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by both entities. The one-year training programme is designed to...

Chief Public Health Inspector for St. Elizabeth, Everod Lewis, says the parish’s Aedes index has been reduced to 10 per cent as activities intensify to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. The lowering of the Aedes index means that the number of breeding sites found in relation to the number of premises inspected has declined. “Our...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will be providing grants of up to $400,000 to entrepreneurs in six communities in the parishes of St. James, Clarendon, Kingston and St. Andrew. Eligible entrepreneurs must be from the communities of Salt Spring and Anchovy in St. James; Treadlight in Clarendon; and August Town, Greenwich Town and Denham Town, in Kingston and St....

The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency wishes to advise the public that its Head Offices located at 25 Constant Spring Road, Kingston 10, will be closed on Friday September 11, 2020. The closure is in response to the report of a confirmed COVID-19 case of a staff member. The office is being closed to facilitate deep cleaning and sanitisation of...

The Jamaica Office of the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons (ONRTIP) launched its Online Resource Library on Wednesday (September 9). The library seeks to provide anti-trafficking stakeholders with relevant and practical knowledge about human trafficking, as well as provide access to relevant research and data derived from local and international sources. It is a free, open-access library, which is...