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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), meets with members of the security forces, who are manning check points in sections of St. Mary, that are under a 14-day quarantine. Dr. Tufton visited the areas on Saturday (May 9).

Gov’t to Hire 1, 000 Health Workers

The Government will be boosting the staff at health facilities across the island, with up to 1,000 health aids and other professionals to be recruited. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure while speaking...

Principal of the Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King (centre); is assisted by Grade three teacher, Denise Cummings (left), and School Cook, Natalie Simms in putting together assignments to deliver to students, at the school on Wednesday (May 6).

PM Supports Initiative by Little Bay Primary to Deliver Worksheets to Students

Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, pilots the Registration of Titles Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 2020 (SPA); and Registration of Titles (Amendment) Act, 2020 (RTA), in the Senate on Friday (May 8). The Bills seek to transform the country’s land-titling system.

Senate Expected to Pass Land-Titling Bills at Next Sitting

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), gestures as he speaks to Managing Director, Unicomer (Courts) Jamaica Limited, Dennis Harris (right), at the official presentation of beds by Courts to the Ministry, on May 8, at the Unicomer Distribution Centre in Kingston.

Health Ministry Receives 20 Beds From Courts

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton; and senior citizen, Gwendolyn Morgan, from the Comprehensive Health Centre's exercise group, engage in physical activity at the first anniversary celebration for Jamaica Moves, held at Emancipation Park in April 2018.

Health Ministry Encourages Jamaicans to Engage in Physical Activity

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), addresses a digital press conference from the Ministry

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica First in Caribbean for Number of COVID-19 Tests

Jamaica is ranked first out of 14 Caribbean countries in terms of the overall number of tests administered for the coronavirus (COVID-19). This was disclosed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who commended healthcare professionals for the critical role they play in facilitating the country’s increased testing capacity. He was speaking at a digital press...

Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness at the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Ornella Lewis.

6 years ago Local Government

Preparations Under Way in St. Elizabeth for Hurricane Season

Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness at the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Ornella Lewis, says that preparations have started for the 2020 Hurricane Season, which begins on June 1 and runs until November 30. “Our parish disaster committee has been activated since March 13. We have been looking through our shelter list and some of the challenges that we have been facing,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left); and Head of the European Union Delegation, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (right), raise a toast to celebrate Europe Day 2019.

6 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Hails EU’S Partnership in COVID-19 Fight

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, is lauding the 45 years of partnership between Jamaica and the Europe Union (EU) and the Union’s solidarity with the country in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister, in a message to mark Europe Day on May 9, noted that this year’s observance, which is...

Chief Executive Officer of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels (left), speaks with (from left) Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dionne Jennings; Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks; and University of Technology (UTech) student, Leron Williams. Occasion was a ceremony for the handing over of 10 tablets and data plans by the Digicel Foundation to assist students with special needs, at the JCDP offices on Ripon Road, St. Andrew, on Thursday (May 7).

6 years ago Social SecurityTechnology

Digicel Foundation Donates Tablets For Special Needs Students

Special needs students are to benefit from a donation of 10 tablets from the Digicel Foundation, which will better enable them to continue their studies online while schools are closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The devices and data plans to enable Internet access were handed over to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) on Thursday (May...

Head of the EU Delegation in Jamaica Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsHealth & Wellness

EU To Make A Second Donation Of Medical Supplies To Health Sector

The European Union (EU) will be making a second donation of medical supplies and equipment to Jamaica in support of the country’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was announced by Head of the EU Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, in a statement to mark Europe Day 2020. Ambassador Wasilewska said that the items include monitors, infusion...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Over 400 Samples Tested in 24 Hour period -10 New Positives and 1 More Recovery

A total of four hundred and twenty-one (421) samples were tested in the last 24 hours at the National Influenza Centre and the National Public Health Laboratory. Ninety-nine (99) samples were repeat tests for persons-of-interest and patients in quarantine and isolation respectively, while three hundred and twenty-Two (322) were new samples. Jamaica has now tested 6,417 with 5,887 negatives and...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, highlights a point while fielding questions from media personnel during a digital press conference on Wednesday (May 6).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessIndustry

Alorica Workers Urged To Notify Health Ministry About Vulnerable Family Members

Employees of the Alorica call centre in Portmore, St. Catherine, are being asked to notify the health authorities about household members at greater risk of being severely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is against the background of an outbreak of the virus at the business process outsourcing company (BPO), which has seen 221 of the entity’s 787 workers, and...