Effective Friday, August 21, 2020, the St. Thomas Parish Court will be offering reduced services to the public due to the COVID-19 situation in the parish. This decision was taken to protect the health and well-being of our staff and also those persons who must visit the court for various reasons. As a result of the reduced services, the St....

Modernisation Projects Coordinator in the Office of the Cabinet, Melody Palmer (left), explains the significance of the Ministry of National Security’s Vision and Mission Statements and Core Values during the unveiling ceremony on Wednesday (August 19), at the Ministry’s Oxford Road address in Kingston. Listening is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dianne McIntosh.

Jamaica has recorded 46 new COVID-19 cases as at Wednesday (August 19), bringing to 1,192 the total number of confirmed positives. Also in the last 24 hours, recoveries moved to 772, as two additional persons were released from care. Of the 46 newly confirmed cases, there were 22 males and 24 females, with ages ranging from four (4) years to...

With the continued increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in St. Thomas, the decision has been taken to put additional communities within the parish under quarantine. The communities are Albion and Seaforth that have seen 13 cases over the last three weeks. Many of the cases are symptomatic, which is a cause for concern and suggests that there may...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says a risk assessment of trends in the new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases is being done by health officials to assist in determining whether the proposed phased reopening of schools for the 2020/21 academic year, beginning September 7, should proceed or be delayed. “If the cases continue to spike and it is...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling on candidates involved in the 2020 General Election to conduct their campaign activities free of intimidation and confrontational and violent practices. “It is not necessary in modern Jamaica… . It is something that we should eschew, we should repudiate and we should be on every platform instructing our supporters not to...

Returning Jamaicans and visitors to the island are being reminded to obey the protocols and rules outlined by the Government of Jamaica to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Up to Wednesday (August 18), Jamaica had recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases, bringing to 1,146, the total number of confirmed positive cases of the virus to date. Six of the...