The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is making it easier for children with disabilities in rural communities to access the services of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP). Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts-Risden, told JIS News that a mobile unit is being retrofitted to facilitate assessment and registration of children. “That particular bus is being specially retrofitted so...

The Minister of Labour and Social Security has acquired two mobile units, which will be used in promoting the Ministry’s various benefits and services to citizens in rural sections of the island. The air-conditioned buses, outfitted with office areas, client number tracking system, public address (PA) system, and sanitising stations, were retrofitted at a cost of approximately $25.5 million through...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness, says it has approximately $702 million to be expended in July as part of ongoing measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19). The sum is the balance on a $4.6-billion allocation of which $3.9 billion has been spent to date. About $6 billion has been budgeted for the Ministry’s COVID-19 response. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the...

 

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will provide 500 COVID-19 protective kits, valued at more than $15 million, to small tourism properties islandwide. Making the announcement during a digital press conference on July 10, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the kits, valued at more than $30,000 each, will include two touchless garbage bins, two touchless hand sanitiser dispensers and...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that since the phased reopening of the country’s borders on June 15, Jamaica has welcomed more than 35,000 visitors. “We expect to have another 30,000 at the end of July, and that would bring us somewhere in the region of about US$80 million in foreign exchange,” the Minister said. Mr. Bartlett was...

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has embarked on a 12-month mentorship programme catering to high growth potential research/technology-based business start-ups with innovative products and services. A DBJ project brief indicates that the recently launched ‘Mentorship for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme’ (MIEP) is among the deliverables of a technical cooperation agreement signed with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Lab to...