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Dividends Postponement by Financial Holding Companies and Deposit-Taking Institutions

Since mid-March 2020, financial institutions have experienced an extraordinary need for liquidity in order to facilitate portfolio shifts by their customers and to build buffers against growing uncertainty. In response to liquidity needs Bank of Jamaica initiated several measures including...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Cristopher Tufton, speaks at the presentation of 20 hospital beds by Unicomer (Courts) Jamaica Limited to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, on May 8, at the company’s distribution centre in Kingston.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Adjust Practices And Lifestyles

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TAJ Adjusts Business Hours

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Closure Of Annotto Bay Outstation In St. Mary

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking at a digital press conference on Wednesday (May 13). At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

113 Jamaicans Have Recovered From COVID-19

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), views work being carried out under the Factories Corporation of Jamaica

6 years ago IndustryPrime Minister

PM Urges Developers To Get Projects Going

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging players in the construction industry to proceed with “speed and alacrity” in executing projects that were put on hold due to the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19). He was speaking following Wednesday’s (May 13) ground breaking and tour of the redevelopment and expansion project being undertaken by Factories Corporation of Jamaica...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 12).

6 years ago CoronavirusIndustry

33 Per Cent Of BPO Staff Working Remotely

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says 33 per cent of employees in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector are now working from home. “They have moved operations to work at home, which is a new model that is emerging that some BPOs are finding to be particularly cost-effective and efficient,” he said in the House of Representatives on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), views work being carried out under the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) redevelopment and expansion project at the Garmex Free Zone Complex on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, during a breaking of ground and tour of the project site on Wednesday (May 13). Among those accompanying him are: FCJ Chairman, Lyttleton Shirley(second right); and Local Government and Community Development Minister and Member of Parliament for West Kingston, where the complex is located, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right).

6 years ago IndustryPrime Minister

FCJ Undertaking Major Expansion Project At Garmex Free Zone Complex

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (May 13), broke ground for a major redevelopment and expansion project being undertaken by the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) at the Garmex Free Zone complex on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston. The project, which is geared towards providing additional space for manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, among other activities, will entail...

Marketing Director of Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ), Tina Myers-Matalon (left), making a symbolic presentation to member of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA), Cornwall Regional Hospital, Tionette Allen (right), for the 500 KFC treats to frontline workers at the Type A institution in St. James, during a ceremony on Wednesday, May 13. In the background are (from left): Registered Nurses, Simone Crawford-Headley and Crena Henry.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Workers At Cornwall Regional Hospital Treated By Restaurants Of Jamaica

More than 500 KFC treats were donated to health workers at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James, who remain integral to the national response against the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ), which operates the KFC and Pizza Hut franchises, made the donation on Wednesday, May 13 at the Type-A institution where doctors, nurses, administrative staff and more...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (third left), and Director of Airport Operations at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), Devon Manahan (second left), observe as some of the 207 returning Jamaicans who landed at the airport today (May 13), under the protocols established for the re-entry of Jamaicans into the country, walk to waiting Jamaica Urban Transit (JUTC) buses. They will be taken into quarantine.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Another 207 Jamaicans Return Home

The Government has facilitated the controlled re-entry of another 207 Jamaicans who were stranded overseas due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and closure of the country’s ports. They landed at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), today (May 13), under the protocols established for the re-entry of Jamaicans into the country. There were three flights, which consisted...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, emphasises a point as he addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 12).

6 years ago Parliament

House Approves Appointment Of Integrity Commission Oversight Committee

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 12) approved the appointment of an Integrity Commission Oversight Committee. It will comprise Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda; Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck; Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte; and Members of Parliament (MP) Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, Dr. Morais Guy and Anthony Hylton. “[The oversight Committee] will monitor...

Second Vice Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Nicole Patrick Shaw.

6 years ago Youth

Pickney Party For National Children’s Day On Friday

To celebrate National Children’s Day on Friday (May 15), the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) will host a virtual ‘Pickney Party’ and talent show from 2:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m. The event will be streamed live via the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) YouTube channel and the NCMC’s Facebook page (@ncmcja). It will be hosted by Ryan Dixon with music from...