The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is reporting that the staff and polling station material are in place for Election Day Workers and members of the police and military forces to cast their vote on Monday, August 31 from 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. Preparations have been made to accommodate voting for the 46,777 special services electors ahead of the September 3...

In response to the upsurge in COVID -19 cases, health innovation company NovaMed has donated some 25,000 3-ply surgical-grade face masks to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, for distribution to frontline public healthcare workers. The donation was received by Executive Director of The Health for Life and Wellness Foundation, Courtney Cephas, on behalf of Minister of Health and Wellness,...

The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that the Western Regional Registry of the Supreme Court will be closed on Friday, August 28, 2020. The closure is to facilitate deep cleaning of the building, which the Registry shares with other tenants, as a result of exposure to COVID-19. The exposure did not occur inside the Registry; however, as...

As at Thursday (August 27), Jamaica recorded 66 new confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed positives to 1,870. Thirty-five of the 66 newly confirmed cases are females and 31 are males, with ages ranging from seven years to 88 years. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gave this update during the weekly...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has recruited 7,400 sanitisation officers dedicated to keeping the 2,200 polling station locations sanitised. This was disclosed by Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, today (August 27), on the JIS ‘Studio 58A’ Programme. “We are going to insist that all who come to the polling station have on a mask, temperature will be taken, their...

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is reporting that the trade between licensees was valued at US$1.34 million (over J$200 million) from May 2019 to July 2020. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, today (August 27), Director of Research, Development and Communications at the CLA, Felicia Bailey, explained that the value of trade quoted only covers that among...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says the near-term rate of inflation is expected to range from four to six per cent, which is within the BOJ’s target. Speaking at the Central Bank’s digital quarterly press briefing on August 26, Mr. Byles said a five to six per cent out-turn is projected for the July to September 2020 quarter,...