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National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Board Member, Linley Reynolds (second right), is in discussion with NSWMA Customer Care Officer, Daminique Buchanan (left); Customer Relations Officer with Metropolitan Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited, Opal Davis (partially hidden, second left); and Enforcement Officer, Reynauld Abrahams, prior to the distribution of garbage bags for plastic separation during a sensitisation exercise in Havendale, St. Andrew, in January.

NSWMA Collects Over 3,500 Pounds Of Plastic Under Pilot Project

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is reporting that more than 3,500 pounds of plastic have been collected under its plastic separation pilot project. The collection of plastic waste from 12 St. Andrew communities began on January 27 but...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a virtual press conference at Jamaica House on Tuesday (April 14).

PM Urges Strict Adherence To Lockdown Guidelines

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a digital press conference from Jamaica House on Tuesday (April 14).

1,290 COVID-19 Tests To Date; 1,185 Persons Negative

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St. Catherine Parish Lockdown to Impact TAJ Operations

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the nation during a virtual press conference at Jamaica House, on Tuesday (April 14).

32 New Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 In 24 Hours – St. Catherine On Lockdown

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

6 years ago CoronavirusTourism

Recovery Of Tourism Industry Critical – Minister Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says recovery of Jamaica’s tourism industry is critical to the overall COVID-19 recovery programme. Speaking at a recent digital media briefing, Minister Bartlett said that “we [Tourism] are impacted greatly by it [COVID-19], but we also must be a central point of the management and recovery activities”. He said it is clear that the...

Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings.

6 years ago Youth

Child Month To Be Launched April 15th

National Child Month 2020 will be launched virtually on Wednesday, April 15 under the theme ‘Unplug Negativity, Connect Positivity…Think!’ ` Chairman of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, told JIS News that due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, activities for the Month, which is observed during May, will be significantly curtailed. “The NCMC has decided to go...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses today’s (April 14) sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

6 years ago CoronavirusLocal Government

Mayor Of Kingston Calls On Jamaicans To Adhere To Safety Measures

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, is calling on Jamaicans to adhere to the safety measures implemented by the Government to minimise the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), including proper hygiene and social distancing. The Ministry of Health and Wellness recommends that persons stay at least three feet apart when they are out in public, especially when among persons...

Deputy Superintendent of Police in St. Elizabeth, Nadine Grant-Brown, speaks at the monthly meeting of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River on April 9.

6 years ago CoronavirusNational Security and Peace

Redeployment Of Police In St. Elizabeth To Deal With Curfew

Deputy Superintendent of Police in St. Elizabeth, Nadine Grant-Brown, says there will be redeployment of police officers in the parish to better accommodate the extended all-island nightly curfew. The Government recently extended the islandwide curfew in a bid to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “We have stepped up our patrols and we have been blessed with two new...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

6 years ago CoronavirusFinance & Public Service

Hundreds Of Thousands Respond To COVID-19 Assistance Programme

Hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans have responded to the COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) programme. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, gave a brief update during the ‘Telethon Jamaica-Together We Stand’ event on Sunday (April 12). The $10-billion programme offers financial assistance through grants and relief packages to persons across various sectors,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks with Coordinator of Medical Technology Services in the Ministry, Mitchelle Maylor Archat, during a tour of one of the coronavirus (COVID-19) mobile testing units. Dr. Tufton visited the National Blood Transfusion Service at Slipe Pen Road, Kingston on Monday (April 13), to look at the buses, which have been retrofitted for mobile testing.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

PHOTOS: Minister Tufton Tours COVID-19 Mobile Testing Units

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right), and comedian, Ian ‘Ity’ Ellis touch their shoes together in greeting during the ‘Telethon Jamaica-Together We Stand’ virtual fund-raising concert on Sunday (April 12). Looking on at left is comedian, Alton ‘Fancy Cat’ Hardware.

6 years ago CoronavirusPrime Minister

PM Appeals For Jamaicans To Obey COVID-19 Measures

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, continues to implore Jamaicans to obey the measures put in place to contain transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). These include an island-wide curfew, stay-at-home orders, having non-essential persons work from home, restriction on public gatherings, social distancing measures, adjusted market hours, closure of schools, among other safeguards. “Some people are not taking it...