The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is looking to establish food marts at strategic locations across the island to enable consumers to have easier access to produce, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, made the disclosure during a digital press briefing on Tuesday (March 31). He noted that the...

          Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan addressing the media during a digital press conference at the Ministry of Health and Wellness on Wednesday (April 1).

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has reported an additional six cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica. He made the disclosure during a digital press conference from the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (April 1). Minister Tufton said that all six new cases are linked to the index case from the community of Corn...

The St. James Health Department remains proactive in its fight against dengue fever, with the Department pressing ahead with vector-control activities in the parish, despite the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Addressing the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation on April 9, Acting Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Francine Phillips-Kelly, said the Health Department...

Kingston Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, says work to redesign markets operated by the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is slated for completion within three months. Senator Williams, who was speaking during a digital town hall meeting on Tuesday (March 31), said this is being undertaken by the Corporation’s engineers in order to facilitate greater management of the...

Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Wentworth Charles (left), expresses gratitude to member of the Chinese community in Jamaica, Zipling Chen, for the donation of an assortment of personal protective equipment to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). The equipment, valued at $3 million, which will help protect healthcare workers from exposure to the coronavirus (COVID -19), was handed...

Members of the public are being urged to report suspected cases of price gouging to the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC). “It is very important that the reports are made. You should submit receipts along with the reports, so we can use this as evidence for the basis for us to proceed,” State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon....