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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

Transport operators in Westmoreland being sensitised about COVID-19 protocols

The Westmoreland Health Department has partnered with transport groups within the parish to sensitise operators of public passenger vehicles about the coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety protocols. It will focus on regular cleaning and sanitisation of vehicles, the wearing of...

Executive Director of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), Professor Lloyd Waller.

GTRCMC to host third Lecture Series Sept. 9

Director of Research Development and Communications at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Felicia Bailey, speaking at a recently held JIS Think Tank. (File photo).

CLA committed to facilitating cannabis import/export

Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis (left), addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) today (September 8), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. At right is Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, Robert Hill.

Deputy Mayor calls on Councillors to protect the most vulnerable

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks on Monday (September 7) at a virtual press briefing from the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston.

118 ventilators in public health system to deal with COVID-19 patients

Manager, Physiotherapy Services, Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Alicia King.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Role of Physiotherapists being highlighted at KPH and VJH

The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) are hosting a series of virtual sessions from September 6 to 11, as part of activities to observe World Physiotherapy Week, from September 7 to 13. World Physiotherapy (PT) Day is being observed today (September 8). Several of the KPH Physiotherapy 23-member team are featured in 15-second videos titled, ‘The...

6 years ago Coronavirus

Majority of persons with COVID-19 will have to home quarantine

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the majority of persons with the coronavirus (COVID-19) will have to home quarantine. “The more positive cases we have, the more people will have to get well at home once they're asymptomatic," the Minister said while providing an update at a virtual press conference at Jamaica House on Monday...

Managing Director of the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank), Lisa Bell.

6 years ago CoronavirusFinance & Public Service

EXIM Bank accepting applications for COVID-19 Tourism Grant

The National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank) is accepting applications for its coronavirus (COVID-19) CARE Tourism Grant. Applications for the $1.2-billion grant programme close on September 30. Managing Director of the EXIM Bank, Lisa Bell, told JIS News that the grant is part of the Government’s COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) programme and is targeted at registered...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, highlights a matter of importance while addressing attendees at his swearing-in ceremony at King

6 years ago Prime Minister

PM pledges that new Government will operate with highest integrity

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has pledged that the new Administration will operate with the highest level of integrity, in order to gain the trust and confidence of the public. He said that the Government will be tough on corruption, and every elected representative and appointed Minister will participate in sensitisation and public education programmes, to be established...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), congratulates Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, after presenting her with her Instrument of Office, at a swearing-in ceremony, held at King’s House, on September 7.

6 years ago Foreign Affairs

Senator Johnson Smith says convening External Support Coordination Committee a priority

Newly reappointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says she will be giving priority to convening the External Support Coordination Committee. The committee, an inter-Ministerial mechanism, aims to ensure coherence in engagement with external partners and improve communication between the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). It is also focused on ensuring that offers...

The late Mrs. Jeanette Grant-Woodham, OD, JP, the first female President of the Senate of Jamaica

6 years ago Tribute

Statement from the President of the Senate on the passing of Mrs. Jeanette Grant-Woodham, OD, JP

I am saddened by the passing of Mrs. Jeanette Grant-Woodham, OD, JP, who has the distinction of being the first female President of the Senate of Jamaica. Mrs. Grant Woodham was a warm individual who gave unparalleled service to the people of Jamaica. Mrs. Grant-Woodham was appointed to the Senate in 1980. She was elected Deputy President in 1980 and...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking on Monday (September 7) during a virtual press briefing from the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

New protocols coming to deal with community transmission of COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that a series of new protocols to govern the community transmission phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be unveiled over the next week. Dr.Tufton had announced last Friday (September 4) that the country had reached community transmission, which means that there will be significant increases in the number of...