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Head of Communication and Community Outreach of Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Klao Bell-Lewis.

Papine, Mandela And St. William Grant Parks To Be Washed And Sanitised

Public areas adjoining three parks in Kingston and St. Andrew will be washed and sanitised, as part of Labour Day activities. This year’s Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 25, under the theme: ‘Labour at Home’. Work will...

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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), engages with Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (left), during at virtual press briefing on Friday (May 22), to outline details of the Government — ave Reid Photo State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), engages with Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (left), during at virtual press briefing on Friday (May 22), to outline details of the Government's compensation to motorists, who were affected by the use of contaminated fuel in 2015. Looking on at right is Chairman of the CAC, Donovan White.

$24.5 Million Compensation For Bad Gas

Hon. Fayval Williams, MP, Minister of Education, Youth and Information

Minister Emphasises Importance Of Access To Internet By Every Citizen

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, delivers a statement during Friday’s (May 22) sitting of the Senate.

PM To Provide Timelines For Return Of Seafarers

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

Jamaica To Benefit From DFID Contribution

6 years ago CoronavirusCulture

Grange: 60 million raised by Telethon Jamaica

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that Telethon Jamaica has so far raised J$60 million to purchase Personal Protective Equipment for frontline workers. The Minister made the announcement as she accepted a symbolic cheque for J$2 million from Restaurants of Jamaica Group (operators of KFC and Pizza Hut in Jamaica) on Friday...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update: Jamaica Case Tally now at 544

10 new cases; 10 more recoveries In the last 24 hours, 10 samples have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica to 544. The 10 new cases consist of six (6) males and four (4) females with ages ranging from 4 to 61 years. In the meantime, 10 more patients have recovered and...

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe. (FILE)

6 years ago Education

Training For School Leaders To Manage Institutions Remotely

Starting June 1, school leaders across Jamaica will participate in a Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course, which will equip them with the skills and competencies to effectively manage institutions remotely. Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, in a bulletin issued by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information recently, noted that with the suspension of classes in the...

6 years ago CoronavirusIndustry

JSEZA Statement on SEZ and COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis shared by all. It has required the team at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) and special economic zone (SEZ) stakeholders, like many other entities, to adapt to new circumstances and support efforts to contain the spread of this disease. As part of our Sustainable Economic Development Framework, it is a...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

6 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Jamaicans Encouraged To Protect Country’s Biodiversity

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is calling on Jamaicans to protect the country’s biodiversity, in order to build long-term environmental sustainability. “For us here in Jamaica and other small island developing states, effective action may be as simple as planting a tree, recycling our waste, conserving our water, properly disposing...

Jamaicans on board the Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas express their joy to be home following the disembarkation of the first batch of 200 Jamaican ship workers, at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny on Thursday, May 21.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

First Set Of Ship Workers Processed

The first 200 of the 1,044 Jamaican ship workers disembarked the Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas, docked at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny, on Thursday, May 21. The men and women underwent various stages of screening and processing by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), and the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), after which they were taken to...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica at 34% Recoveries with COVID-19

As at Thursday (May 21) another 10 Jamaicans have recovered from COVID-19, bringing recovery numbers to 181 and pushing the island’s recovery rate to 34 per cent in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths remain at nine or 1.7%, even as there are no seriously ill persons at this time. Also in the last 24 hours, five (5)...