Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is imploring citizens to wear face masks properly, to protect themselves against the coronavirus (COVID-19). “Masks are to cover the nose and mouth, [because] COVID-19, the flu and other respiratory viruses enter the body through the mouth and nose. When we are testing for COVID-19 we do a swab through the...

Red Cap porters at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, were visibly elated on Monday (June 15) as the airport resumed operations after a near three-month closure of the country’s borders due to the coronavirus (COVID 19). The airport welcomed six flights Monday, with a mixture of 523 Jamaican nationals and stopover visitors. The Red Cap porters...

The St. Catherine Municipal Corporation will be moving to impose fines of $250,000 on persons who park heavy-duty vehicles and equipment in residential communities. According to Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott, the Corporation, at its recent monthly meeting, passed a Resolution to give legal effect to the drive of clearing communities of the equipment, which he said, damages...

Jamaica has received a donation of emergency equipment from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to boost the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response. The donation is part of a US$700, 000 COVID-19 support programme to enhance Jamaica’s capacity to prevent, detect, monitor and control outbreaks of the virus, as well as improve...

A comprehensive audit into the circumstances surrounding the death of Noel Chambers has been commissioned. This was announced by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, in a statement to the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 16). The Minister was reporting on the unfortunate circumstances that resulted in the death of Mr. Chambers, an inmate at the Tower...

Superintendent of Police in charge of Operations in Westmoreland, Carlos Russell, says there is a decline in major crimes in the parish. He said that while the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had an effect on the level of crime, the hard work of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and a fruitful collaboration with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) are also...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says that over the last two years, the homicide curve across the island has been flattening. “Following the peak in 2017, and the 22 per cent drop in 2018, we are seeing a stabilisation in the rate of homicides and marked reduction in other crimes. To borrow the term from the epidemiologists,...