The Government has been commended by business leaders for taking “decisive action” in providing the $25 billion stimulus, which includes a $10 billion contingency provision to address prevailing and potential fallouts from the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The provision has been earmarked to finance grants to employees, businesses, and vulnerable persons, among others who have been or are likely to be adversely...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says he has every confidence that the tourism industry will get back to full strength at some point, but devoid of some of its traditional norms and certainly not with a ‘business as usual’ approach. In a podcast on March 27, titled ‘Tourism Resilience and Recovery’, Mr. Bartlett said the coronavirus (COVID-19) will inevitably...

The Government has discussed the imperative of putting the National Identification System (NIDS) on a faster track for implementation, in light of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at a press conference at Jamaica House, on Friday (March 27). With the Government implementing initiatives to financially support persons being...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the welfare needs of Jamaican students in Barbados are being addressed. Providing an update on the students, in the Senate on March 27, Mrs. Johnson Smith said Barbados has instituted daily curfews to minimise the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and some of them  are getting...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the way forward for the travel industry will be defined by the proper use of data analytics, which will create the pathway to recovery. Speaking with JIS News on March 28, the Minister said the travel industry must ensure it has a clear vision, which should be based on scientific evidence and facts...

The Senate on Friday (March 27) passed the Appropriation Act 2020, approving the $853.5 billion the Government intends to spend in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure. This Bill provides authority for expenditure (other than statutory expenditure) for the financial year 2020/21 and specifies the manner in which the money is to be allocated to the various services and purposes of the...

 Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, is imploring parents to be extra careful in safeguarding children, who are now home from school, from exposure to household chemicals.             The appeal comes in light of the increased use of sanitising chemicals by householders to protect against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Mrs....