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Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2019.

Dr. Tufton Credits Flattening Of COVID-19 Curve To Early Response

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has credited the Government’s policy measures, including early planning and response to perceived threats, in enabling the country to flatten the coronavirus (COVID-19) curve up to this point. Dr. Tufton,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 19).

1,300 Community Health Aides To Be Employed

Wife of the Prime Minister and Founder of the Save Our Boys and Girls Foundation, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre) presents a care package to third-year midwifery student at the University of Technology (UTech), Ashleigh Mitchell (right). Looking on is Acting President of UTech, Professor Colin Gyles. Occasion was the presentation of care packages to 53 and midwifery students at UTech's Old Hope Road campus on Tuesday (May 19). The packages were donated through the Save Our Boys and Girls Foundation as part of its coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts.

Nursing And Midwifery Students At UTech Get Care Packages

Workers apply asphalt to a section of the Fairfield Bridge to Taylor Avenue roadway in St. James.

NWA Rehabilitating Roads In Westmoreland And St. James

Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Harold Davis.

JBDC ‘In Concert’ Continues Thursday

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks during Monday’s (May 18) COVID-19 digital press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre.

6 years ago CoronavirusFinance & Public Service

SET Cash Grants To Be Disbursed This Week

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says grants under the Supporting Employees with the Transfer of Cash (SET Cash) component of the Government’s COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, are expected to be disbursed this week. He advised that applications for some 26,000 persons are being processed, adding that “I am expecting...

Principal of Providence Heights Infant school in Montego Bay St. James, Carolyn Clarke-Brown.

6 years ago CoronavirusEducation

Teachers At Infant School In Mobay Celebrate The Children

Teachers at the Providence Heights Infant school in Montego Bay, St. James. have been using creative methods to celebrate the 230 students enrolled at the institution for Child Month, amid the closure of schools due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Child Month is being celebrated in May, under the theme ‘Unplug Negativity, Connect Positivity…Think!’ The school’s celebration started on Teachers’...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Ship Workers Arrive At Falmouth Pier

With flags waving and an impromptu singing of the National Anthem, 1,044 Jamaican ship workers returned home at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny, on May 19. Health officials from the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) were on hand for the arrival of Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas. The ship workers, while not able to start the disembarkation process until...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at a virtual launch of a $28-million programme to assist community bars and taverns to resume business, by Red Stripe Limited and its partners (May 19). [File Photo]

6 years ago Local Government

Help For Bars And Taverns

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has commended the coalition of beverage companies that has pledged to help local bars and taverns reopen for business. The $28-million initiative is being undertaken by Red Stripe, Pepsi Cola Jamaica, Celebration Brands and the Desnoes & Geddes Foundation. During the virtual press launch of the ‘For Our Bars: For...

6 years ago Local Government

KSAMC Ready For Hurricane Season

The Disaster Committee of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is reporting that it is prepared for the upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season despite changes to its operations brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Disaster Committee is collaborating with various response agencies to plan for and handle any eventuality that may arise. The body is also working...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses digital press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, in St. Andrew, on May 18.

6 years ago CoronavirusEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentIndustry

BPO Task Force Approves New Protocols For Sector

The business process outsourcing (BPO) task force has approved new protocols for the operations of the BPO sector. The new protocols, which were developed by the Ministry of Health and Wellness officials, will ensure that all operators in the BPO sector implement preventative measures in their operations and give the regulatory bodies an opportunity to thoroughly inspect their operations as...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a digital press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (May 18).

6 years ago Coronavirus

Home Monitoring Device For Repatriated Jamaicans

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is looking into procuring monitoring technology to effectively facilitate home quarantining of residents repatriated under the controlled re-entry programme. He said that the Government cannot accommodate all persons returning to the island in a State-operated facility. “We can’t house all the persons who will come in during this period, and,...