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Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, at a recent virtual town hall, organised by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development.

Tips To Prepare For A Shelter

Disaster and emergency response and health officials have offered tips to members of the public on how they should prepare for taking refuge at another residence or in a community shelter, in the event of a pending hurricane. One key...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at a digital press conference at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in New Kingston, on Thursday (June 4).

58 Of 2,320 Controlled Re-Entry Persons Test Positive For COVID-19

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a digital media briefing in New Kingston, on June 4.

COVID-19-Resilient Corridor Established For Tourists

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking during the sitting of the Senate on June 4.

Senate Approves Suspension Of Fiscal Rules Due To Economic Impact Of COVID-19

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaks with son of the late Susan Bogle, Omari Stephens (left), during his visit to August Town on Wednesday (June 3). At right is Minister of Science and Technology, and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Susan Bogle’s House To Be Repaired

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

6 years ago CoronavirusTourism

Post-COVID-19 Destination Safeguards Crucial To Rebooting Tourism – Min. Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) is being leveraged to bolster communication between travel providers and visitor destination stakeholders on developments pertaining to safeguards in the post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. These, he said, relate to the shaping of travel protocols and addressing travellers’ concerns regarding health and safety, when air...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Donald Tapia, view a commemorative plaque mounted inside the new multipurpose classroom at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional Centre in Kingston. The facility was formally opened on Thursday (June 4).

6 years ago National Security and PeaceYouth

PHOTOS: South Camp Juvenile Centre Gets New Multipurpose Classroom

Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson. (FILE Photo)

6 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Jamaicans Urged To Brace For Higher Temperatures

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Office) is urging Jamaicans to prepare for higher-than-normal temperatures over the summer period, which begins on June 20 and ends September 22. Director of the Met Office, Evan Thompson, said that already, daytime temperatures have been above normal, with Montego Bay recording up to 34 degrees Celsius and Kingston 33.5 degrees in the month...

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford.

6 years ago Local Government

$30 Million To Rehabilitate Fire Station In Black River

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, says $30 million is being spent to rehabilitate the Black River Fire Station in St. Elizabeth. "We have already commenced preliminary work, in terms of the processes we will go through," he told JIS News. Mr. Stewart pointed out that the project is being carried out in two phases, adding that...

PM Holness: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the first virtual Extraordinary Inter-Sessional Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on Wednesday (June 3).

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsPrime Minister

PM Urges Solidarity Among OACPS Members To Address Challenges Posed By COVID-19

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to work together to address the development challenges posed by the current global pandemic. Mr. Holness, who was addressing the first virtual Extraordinary Inter-Sessional Summit of Heads of State and Government of the OACPS on Wednesday (June 2), said...

British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad (centre), with (from left) National Health Fund (NHF) Chief Executive Officer, Everton Anderson, and NHF Senior Director for Pharmacy Services, Keron Mais, during Wednesday’s (June 3) tour of the entity’s pharmaceutical warehouse in Kingston, to view medication that the Government procured in the United Kingdom, and that was shipped to Jamaica with the High Commissioner’s assistance, in tandem with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

NHF Receives 70% Of Medical Equipment And Supplies Ordered

National Health Fund (NHF) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Everton Anderson, says approximately 70 per cent of the medical equipment and supplies being sourced to further bolster the Government’s national coronavirus (COVID-19) response for Jamaica, has been received. “We have received additional ventilators, monitors, intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and several other pieces of equipment that [were] ordered over a number...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks at a virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers of Latin America, the Caribbean and Germany on Wednesday (June 3).

6 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Seeks Support To Remove CARICOM Nations From EU’S Blacklist

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has called on support from Germany in removing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries from the European Union’s (EU) money-laundering blacklist. Jamaica is among four CARICOM nations named in a new EU anti-money laundering and terrorism financing list published in May. Speaking at a virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers...