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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), listens as new Cabinet Minister, Leslie Campbell, takes the oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony at King's House on Monday (June 22).

Leslie Campbell Sworn Into Cabinet

Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North Eastern, Leslie Campbell, is now a Cabinet Minister. Mr. Campbell has been appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. He was sworn in at King’s House on...

Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris.

Westmoreland Health Inspector Urges Precaution Against Leptospirosis

Students of St. Christopher’s School for the Deaf, in St. Ann, perform their gold-medal-winning dance piece, ‘Glorifying God’, at a previously held Deaf Dance National Finals, a highlight of the National Festival of the Performing Arts.

JCDC Pleased With Response To ‘Perform A Yaad’ Competition

Social Development Commission (SDC) Public Relations Manager, Mandel McKulsky. The SDC has recorded approximately $11 million in sales at the community farmers' markets and business fairs it has organised.

Millions Spent At Farmers’ Markets

2 New Imported COVID-19 Cases, 54 More Recoveries

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, speaks at a recent function in Kingston.

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Business Operators Encouraged To Take Part In JPC Survey

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, is encouraging business operators to participate in the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) survey, which focuses on the impact of COVID-19. Addressing a World Productivity Day virtual seminar, on June 19, the State Minister said the survey will help the business sector to “journey” through the pandemic....

Principal of Anchovy High School, in St. James, Lavern Stewart, speaks with JIS News.

6 years ago CoronavirusEducation

Anchovy High Assisting Grade Seven Students

The Administration at Anchovy High, in St. James, is using the partial reopening of the school to facilitate its remedial intervention programme for a group of 21 Grade Seven students. Schools across the island were reopened on June 8, to prepare fifth and sixth form students for the sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency...

Repatriated Jamaicans, who returned to the island on Wednesday (May 6) from the United Kingdom, apply sanitiser to their hands immediately after disembarking the aircraft at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.

6 years ago CoronavirusNational Security and PeaceSenate

Thousands Of Jamaicans Have Returned Home

As at June 19, some 6,898 persons had returned to Jamaica and had been landed, since the start of the Controlled Re-Entry Programme. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in a statement providing an update on the programme during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (June 19)....

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

6 years ago Youth

JSIF Provides $4 Million For Police Youth Clubs

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided a $4-million grant to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to strengthen its police youth club programme. The funds, provided under the $50-million Safe Community Project, will go towards additional training of officers assigned to the Community Safety and Security Branch in four main areas – human rights, crime prevention through environmental design,...

Executive Director of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), Professor Lloyd Waller.

6 years ago Tourism

GTRCMC Lecture Examines Hurricane Management During A Pandemic

The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) will be hosting its second Edmund Bartlett Lecture Series under the theme, ‘Managing the Hurricane Season in the Shadow of the Coronavirus Pandemic,’ on Thursday, June 25, beginning at 11:00 a.m. The event will be held virtually and is open to everyone, particularly tourism and climate stakeholders, both locally and internationally....

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking at the regular virtual COVID Conversations press briefing from the Ministry’s head office in New Kingston on Thursday (June 18).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Conducts 18,621 Tests For COVID-19

Jamaica has now conducted 18,621 tests for the coronavirus (COVID-19), with a record 1,158 carried out in the last 24 hours. "The 1,158 represents the largest number of results in any single day, and we want to commend the team for that. Of the 18,621 samples tested, there are 638 positives, 17,926 negatives and we have 57 cases that are...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a virtual press briefing on Thursday (June 18).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Ministry Steps Up Vigilance Against Home Quarantine Breaches

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is ramping up vigilance and enforcement measures to ensure that persons who have returned from overseas do not breach the home quarantine guidelines. He noted that adherence is important in ensuring that persons who may be infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) do not spread the disease in...