The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has issued 67 ganja licences to local companies and individuals since its establishment in 2015. The disclosure was made at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ today (August 27) by Director of Research, Development and Communications at the CLA, Felicia Bailey. Ms. Bailey also noted that there are 21 applicants at the ‘licence granted’...

The Judiciary is advising the public that, effective today (August 27), sittings of night courts will end at 7pm in parishes outside of Kingston and St. Andrew, Clarendon, St.Thomas and St. Catherine until September 2. Acting Director of Client Services, Communication and Information, Court Administration Division (CAD), Kadiesh Fletcher, told JIS News that persons with matters slated for the Night...

Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Errol Greene, says work is expected to resume on the $5.7-billion Western Children and Adolescents Hospital in St. James, in short order. Work was halted on the 220-bed facility, which is being built on the grounds of the Cornwall Regional Hospital, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In an interview...

Works have begun to re-establish access along a section of the Papine to Bull Bay main road in St. Andrew. The roadway was blocked by landslides in the community of Bito following heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Laura on Monday. According to National Works Agency (NWA) Communications Manager, Stephen Shaw, a major breakaway at the location also has to...

Tourism stakeholders are calling for an all-hands-on-deck approach in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The group, which includesrepresentatives from the craft, transportation, duty free, hotel, destination management, and attraction sectors, said the recent surge in COVID-19 cases is definitely a cause for concern, and anything less than a united front could prove problematic. “The Government’s overall handling of the...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be rolling out a series of psychosocial sessions with students in September, to help them cope with their fears and anxieties that have been brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking at a virtual Back-to-School Students’ Sensitisation Session for Primary, High and Tertiary Students, hosted by the Ministry on August 26,...

As at Wednesday (August 26), the country recorded 72 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. These bring the total cases on record for the island to 1,804. Over the same period, recoveries increased by six, bringing total recoveries to 846 (47.8% recovery rate). Of the newly confirmed cases, 45 are females and 27 are males, with ages ranging from 5 years to...