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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, makes a statement in the House of Representatives on July 14.

Sports Bars To Reopen July 21

Effective Tuesday (July 21), sports bars will be allowed to reopen their doors for business. This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, who said these venues will be conditionally opened until July 31....

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mystic Mountain, Michael Drakulich,

Mystic Mountain Gets Ready For Jamaicans

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe, applauds as Steven Bernard of Somerton All-Age and Infant School in St. James shows off his trophy for winning the Essay category of the 2019 JIS Heritage Competitions. Last year’s competitions focused on Reparation.

JIS Heritage Competitions Open August 1

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

PAHO Negotiates For Regional Member Countries

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan (left), along with (from second left): Advisor, Health Emergencies, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Marion Bullock-DuCasse; PAHO/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Dr Bernadette Theodore-Gandi; Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU) President, Winston Fletcher; and Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.

PAHO Partners with CCCU to Boost Supply of Vital PPE

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Records One New COVID-19 Case, Eight More Recoveries

Jamaica has recorded one new COVID-19 case and eight more recoveries as at Monday (July 13). This brings to 759 the total number of positives and to 628 the total number of recoveries. The newly confirmed case is a 69 year-old female of a Kingston and St. Andrew address.This is an imported case, who came into the island via a...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses public health officials at a coronavirus (COVID-19) sensitisation session in Norwood, Montego Bay, St. James on July 10.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

107 Community Health Aides For St. James

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says some 107 additional community health aides (CHAs) will be employed to assist in the continued fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in St. James. "What we have done as a government is to hire an additional 1,000 community health aides. In this parish, we are slated to hire 107....

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at a recent JIS virtual ‘Think Tank’.

6 years ago JIS Think TankScienceTechnology

Greater Partnerships Needed For ST&I Push – Minister Williams

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says greater partnerships are needed between government and the private sector in research and development as the nation actualises the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Policy. “Funding support from the Government, while important, will never be enough to achieve the impact required to create a new Jamaica. The private sector must...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a virtual COVID-19 Press Conference at the Office of the Prime Minister.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

CMO Says Young Persons Must Protect The Elderly From Exposure

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, says it is important for younger persons to recognise their responsibility in preventing exposure of the vulnerable population to the coronavirus (COVID-19). In an interview with JIS News, the CMO pointed out that the majority of persons affected by the disease are in the 30 to 39 age range. “Young healthy persons with...

Winner of the 2019 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Jamaica Festival Song Competition, Raldene “Loaded Eagle” Dyer.

6 years ago CultureEntertainment

Members Of Diaspora Can Also Vote For Festival Song

The Jamaican Diaspora, for the first time this year, will be voting for their favourite 2020 Jamaica Festival Song. There are 10 finalists in this year’s competition, namely, veteran artistes Buju Banton (I am a Jamaican); Freddie McGregor (Tun up Di Sound); Toots & The Maytals (Rise Up Jamaica); Papa Michigan (Jamaica Dance); and L.U.S.T (Wave Di Flag); Odonald “Radix...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Member of Parliament for East Portland, Ann Marie Vaz (left), with the beneficiaries of an indigent house, Everald Gibson (second left) and his wife ,Hazel, at a handover ceremony held on July 10 in Long Road, Portland.

6 years ago HousingLocal Government

Gov’t To Deliver 100 Houses For The Indigent

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government will be delivering some 100 indigent housing solutions in 12 months for persons in need across the island. He informed that over the last year, 32 houses have been built and handed over to beneficiaries, with another 12 to be constructed by the end of the financial...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, tHon. Audley Shaw (left) and Board Chairman, Hardware & Lumber (H&L), Erwin Burton, greet each other by knocking elbows. Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of agricultural inputs by H&L Agro to small farmers, held May 21 at the the H&L outlet located along Spanish Town Road, Kingston.

6 years ago AgricultureCoronavirus

H&L Agro Donates $2 Million In Agricultural Inputs To Farmers

Hardware & Lumber (H&L) Agro has donated $2 million in agricultural inputs to assist small farmers who have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The inputs, which include fertilisers, pesticides and seeds, were handed over to Minister of Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, on May 21, at the H&L outlet located along Spanish Town Road, Kingston. The...