The Ministry of National Security will continue to facilitate crime intervention and prevention strategies in targeted communities, with the formal ending of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP). Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Thursday, July 2, Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Shauna Trowers, said members of targeted communities will still be able to access the...

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, will be purchasing 13 drones that will help to bolster the capacity of extension officers in the field. The drones will be among other equipment and machinery, valued at a total of $230 million, that will serve to enhance the technological modernisation of the agricultural sector and facilitate increased production and productivity....

Eight more persons have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing Jamaica's number of cases to 715. Five more persons have also recovered from the virus within the last 24 hours and have been released. This brings the number of recovery cases to 560, giving the island a 78.3 per cent recovery rate. This was...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (July 2) handed over a new multifamily house to three sisters living in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, under the social housing component of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme. The seaside board and zinc tenement yard, which had housed three sisters and their children, was transformed into three attached two-bedroom...

A donation of 10 hospital beds was made to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James today (July 2) by MBJ Airports Limited, to expand the number of patients the facility can accommodate. MBJ Airports operates the Sangster International Airport in the parish. The entity will also be donating other equipment, such as infusion pumps and other items, to...

Effective January 1, 2021, all cattle must have ear tags and corresponding passports. This move by the Government is to tighten enforcement measures under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS). Making his contribution to the 2020/2021 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 2, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging investors to make Jamaica their place of choice to invest and do business, in a bid to boost the country’s economic recovery. “If you are a businessman or an investor, if you are into construction or you want to open a restaurant… now is the time to do it. If you...