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

Virtual Child Protection Forum Wednesday

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host a virtual child protection forum on Wednesday (June 17), starting at 8:00 p.m. It is the third in a series of sessions staged by the agency to address the situation...

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.

Three-Point Anti-Crime Strategy For St. Elizabeth

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.

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

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.

Jamaicans To Arrive From Trinidad And Tobago And Barbados Saturday

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...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

June 15 Tax Payments Now Due

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding business persons that the following taxes are due on Monday, June 15, 2020:  Estimated Income Tax (2nd quarter)  Self Employed Statutory Payments (2nd quarter)  Statutory Deductions (S01) for the month of May – must be filed ONLINE using the enhanced form. In the case of the statutory deductions, employees are normally...

6 years ago Water

Improved Safety and Security Measures at Greater Portmore Wastewater Treatment Pond

Exceptional and far reaching measures have been taken to prevent unauthorized persons from entering the Greater Portmore Wastewater Treatment site in St. Catherine and interfering with crocodiles at the facility. The NWC implemented the measures to safeguard public safety and protect the crocodiles in their natural habitat. The installation of approximately 600 meters of perimeter fencing is now under way...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

Mandatory Testing For Tourists

Mandatory coronavirus (COVID-19) testing will be conducted on tourists when the country reopens to non-nationals on Monday, June 15. The confirmation came from Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, during the Ministry of Health and Wellness ‘Every One Counts’ COVID Conversations Digital Town Hall, held on Thursday (June 11). Minister Bartlett said testing of the visitors arriving from source markets,...