Adolescent mothers wishing to register in programmes implemented by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) can do so via the organisation’s website, womenscentreja.com. Registration can also be done by calling the mobile numbers of the 18 locations across the island. They are Denbigh, 876-810-2576; Junction, 876-810-5985; Kingston, 876-810-6348; Mandeville, 876-810-4402; Montego Bay, 876-810-3971; Morant Bay, 876-810-5676; Port Antonio, 876-810-3723;...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has reported that three more persons who arrived in the island last week from the United Kingdom under the controlled re-entry programme have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The new cases bring to six the number of repatriated individuals that have now tested positive for the virus. Dr. Tufton, who...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith, says that the company has reached an agreement with the postal service (Jamaica Post) for the distribution of some 25,000 tablet computers to the nation’s teachers. “In partnership with the postal service (Jamaica Post), we will do central distribution to the principals of the schools, who will then distribute to...

The mobile unit of the National Health Fund (NHF) will soon be roaming the quarantined areas of St. Mary to fill prescriptions of persons who are in need of that service. The NHF is the subsidiary of the Ministry of Health and Wellness that is authorised to deliver prescription through the Drug Serv platforms. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr....

Jamaica’s COVID-19 recoveries reached 100 in the last 24 hours, as 10 additional persons were released from care, having returned two consecutive negative test results as at Tuesday (May 12). The last 24 hours also saw the island recording two new confirmed cases, bringing to 507 the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Jamaica. One of the two new...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has not yet decided on a date for the reopening of the tourism industry, but that one will be announced as soon as a decision is taken on protocols. Speaking at a virtual press conference on May 11 at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston, he...

Ninety persons who previously tested positive for the dreadful coronavirus (COVID-19) have recovered. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gave this update during a digital press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, on Monday (May 11). “The recovery over the past five days has been a lot more improved, in that we now have...