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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while piloting the Appropriation Act 2020 in the Senate on March 27.

Senate Approves Appropriation Bill

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...

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh.

Parents Urged To Protect Children From Chemical Exposure

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), emphasises a point at a press conference at Jamaica House, on Monday (March 23). At left is Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who also addressed the press conference.

Country Records 30 Cases Of COVID-19

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at press conference at Jamaica House

Quarantine To Be Lifted In Seven And Eight Miles At Midnight

ECC Implements Measures To Assist Children During School Closure As A Result Of COVID-19.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gaming Licences Renewal Extended To May 31

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has extended the deadline for gaming operators to renew their licences to May 31, 2020. Manager for Corporate Affairs and Communications at the BGLC, Jeanette Lewis, told JIS News that although all licences expire on March 31, due to the challenges posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the entity has decided to give...

Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick, speaking during a recent JIS interview at the entity

6 years ago Housing

Check Licences Of Real Estate Professionals

The Real Estate Board (REB) is advising members of the public to ensure that real estate dealers, developers and salesmen with whom they intend to do business are licensed by the entity. “I just want to remind persons to do their due diligence and check online at www.reb.gov.jm and www.csc.gov.jm when they are dealing with real estate professionals,” Chief Executive...

State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the House of Representatives on Wednesday (March 25).

6 years ago CommerceCoronavirusHealth & WellnessParliament

Big Fine For Price Gouging

Effective March 31, retailers found to be charging customers exorbitant prices for goods during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak can be fined up to $2 million for this breach. This is stipulated in the Trade (Sale of Goods During Period of Declaration of Disaster Area) Order 2020, which was approved in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (March 25). State...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, shake hands after exchanging copies of a document renewing the Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba in February 25.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsHealth & Wellness

Cuba’s Ambassador Says Her Country Is Happy To Help

Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, says her Government is happy to provide support to Jamaica in combatting the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A total of 140 healthcare professionals, including 90 specialist nurses, arrived in the island on March 21 to bolster the country’s front-line staff. They are among 434 Cuban healthcare personnel currently in Jamaica under a Technical Cooperation Agreement...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addressing a COVID-19 Digital Town Hall on Thursday (March 26).

6 years ago CoronavirusFinance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Gov’t To Assist Persons In The Informal Sector

Market vendors, taxi men, barbers and hairdressers, among others in the informal sector who are hard hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19), are to benefit from financial support. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said that the Government is working on a programme that will provide financial assistance for persons who may not be formally employed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a COVID-19 Digital Town Hall, at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 26).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Prime Minister Calls On Persons To Conserve Water

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on persons not to waste water as the nation continues its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). With schools out, children at home, workplaces reducing their opening hours and allowing employees to work from home, and citizens urged to wash their hands more often, which has increased the demand in water for...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses a recent sitting of the Council at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).

6 years ago Local Government

KSAMC Accepting Applications For Licences By Email

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is advising the public that all applications for barbers, hairdressers, beauty therapists, signs and billboards must now be submitted via email. “Applications must be sent to compliance@ksamc.gov.jm. What the compliance team will do is take the application and verify it and communicate back to the person the cost to be paid,” Mayor...