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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness addressing a digital press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre on June 12.

PM Announces Stay at Home for Returning Residents Measure

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced a stay at home for returning residents measure, for Jamaican nationals and non- nationals, who reside on the island and have been assessed as low risk on arrival. High risk returning...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness addresses a digital press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre on June 12.

8,418 Jamaicans Approved For Re-Entry

Beaches and Rivers Will Remain Open Until June 30

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage Grey.

Virtual Child Protection Forum Wednesday

Prime MInister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), conversing with Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during a digital press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on June 12.

Zoos, Theme Parks, River Rafting Reopen June 15

The new Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) for St. Elizabeth, Narda Simms, speaking at the monthly meeting of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River on Thursday, June 11.

6 years ago National Security and Peace

Three-Point Anti-Crime Strategy For St. Elizabeth

A three-point anti-crime strategy focused on public education, increased police presence and improved investigative capacity is being undertaken by the St. Elizabeth police. New Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in charge of the parish, Narda Simms, said that the crime-fighting plan is being primarily employed in the towns “that mostly give us some challenges”, namely Black River, Santa Cruz and...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C Hutchinson (right); and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh, listen keenly to a presentation at a virtual town hall meeting, held on Wednesday, June 10. The event, hosted by the Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit in the Ministry, was aimed at bringing together all stakeholder groups to implement anti-praedial larceny interventions to reduce losses in the sector.

6 years ago AgricultureCommerceFisheriesIndustry

Amended Agricultural Produce Act to Combat Praedial Larceny to be Submitted to Cabinet

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says amendments have been made to the Agricultural Produce Act, which will be submitted to Cabinet shortly. The Act is part of strategies being used to combat the “scourge of praedial larceny”. Making the announcement at a virtual town hall meeting on praedial larceny on...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), emphasises a point during a digital press conference on June 11. Listening is Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Jamaicans To Arrive From Trinidad And Tobago And Barbados Saturday

More Jamaicans are scheduled to arrive on flights from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados on Saturday (June 13) as the Government works with Caribbean countries and regional airlines to bring nationals home. “We have now scheduled flights to bring Jamaicans home, not just students but all nationals who have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions and had flights cancelled...

Two students entering the reopened Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann.

6 years ago Education

Marcus Garvey High Administrators Say Reopening Was A Success

Administrators at the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann have hailed the return of students and the reopening of the institution as a success and a lesson in what can be accomplished by sheer tenacity and teamwork. Speaking to JIS News on June 10, the administrators noted that all the health and safety guidelines that have been recommended...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

6 years ago CoronavirusTourism

Tourism Minister Says Industry Ready To Receive Visitors

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the industry is ready to receive the estimated 6,000 visitors who are expected to arrive in the island between June 15 and 30 as the Government begins phased reopening of the country’s borders. “On June 15, we will have seven flights that will come in. Between June 15 and 30 we expect 70...

Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a digital press conference at the Ministry

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

All 3,289 Repatriated Jamaicans Tested For COVID-19

All 3,289 Jamaican nationals who returned to the island between April 20 and June 10 under the protocol for controlled re-entry have been tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, gave the update during a digital press conference from the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ New Kingston offices on Thursday (June 11). She said those tested...

Some of the farmworkers who left the island today (June 12), for the United States.

6 years ago Labour

Farmworkers Leave For The United States

One hundred and sixteen farmworkers left the island today (June 12), for the United States, under the Seasonal Work Programme between Jamaica and the United States. The batch, who all returning workers, will be dispatched to the Gebbers Farm in Washington, where they will be reaping apples. The send-off ceremony was held at the Ministry of Labour’s Overseas Employment Services...