A virtual training and motorcycle simulator programme building was officially opened at the Petersfield Vocational Training Centre in Westmoreland on Sunday (August 16). The project, spearheaded by the Ministry of National Security, was done at a cost of $52 million and will allow authorities to deliver important content to riders while also assessing their physical capabilities and readiness. Minister without...

Effective Tuesday (August 18), the parish of St. Thomas will be under curfew for 14 days between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. daily. In addition, the community quarantine that is currently in effect for the Church Corner area in the parish has been extended for another 14 days and will now end on September 2 instead of...

Nominations are now being accepted for the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence. They will be closed on September 11. Chair of the Selection Committee, Rhys Campbell, told JIS News that the annual event is open to all Jamaican nationals between 15 and 29 years of age who are living in Jamaica and the diaspora. Nominees should excel, show...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is fully prepared to receive nominations of candidates for the September 3 General Parliamentary Elections. Nomination of candidates to contest the elections will take place on Tuesday, August 18 from 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. at designated Nomination Centres across the 63 constituencies. Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, is expecting the day’s activities to flow smoothly....

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the planned infrastructural upgrade of the Ginger Hill Health Centre, in St. Elizabeth, is further proof that the Government’s Adopt-A-Clinic programme has been working. The clinic has been adopted by the hardware company, National Supply Ltd., with its owners making a three-year commitment  to provide $1 million each year...

The number of COVID-19 cases on record for Jamaica increased by seven as at Sunday (August 16). The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 1,113. Additionally, three more patients have been numbered among the recovered and released, bringing total recoveries to 764 (68.6% recovery rate). Of the newly confirmed cases, three are males and four are females,...

Non-residents visiting Jamaica from the United States, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, which have all been designated as high risk locations, are now required to obtain a COVID-19 PCR test prior to arrival. This applies to all non-residents 12 years and older, including those who are business travellers, entering the island on or after August 20 from the locations currently designated as high risk...