The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Jamaica country office handed over a large consignment of N95 respirators to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) at a ceremony held in Kingston. The donation of 5,600 N95 masks to MOHW Jamaica was made possible through a Caribbean-wide partnership between PAHO and the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU). As part of...

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, 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, 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 (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...

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, 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...