Minster of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton today (March 21) welcomed 140 health care professionals including 90 specialist nurses, which will help to bolster the country’s frontline staff in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The team from Cuba which was met by the Minister on their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, also...

The St. James Municipal Corporation has stepped up activities to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). "I can report that we now have two portable wash basins located in Sam Sharpe Square. One is in front of the Montego Bay Cultural Centre and the other in front of the Labour and Social Security building," said Mayor of Montego Bay...

Customers of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) are being advised to utilize the electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) to register their new business names and new companies. Persons can access the Form via the COJ’s website, www.orjamaica.com from any location globally. Public Relations Officer of the COJ Kawain Fearon told JIS News that customers are also being encouraged to...

The National Health Fund (NHF) is calling on persons living in Seven Miles and Eight Miles in Bull Bay, St. Andrew, to get their prescriptions filled through its mobile unit, which is making the rounds in the area. The NHF started serving the communities on March 15; two days after the Government declared the community a quarantine zone on March...

Residents will play a major role in Stamping Out Littering and Illegal Dumping (SOLID) in communities says the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Executive Director, Audley Gordon. Speaking with JIS News, Mr. Gordon said the programme will address areas that have become “eyesores” across the island. “Illegal dumping is a problem. People just find a convenient spot when nobody...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is encouraging the use of their online payment system, to reduce crowding at TAJ locations and assist in minimizing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19). Corporate Communications Officer at the TAJ, Leighton Beckles told JIS News that many of the services can be accessed online. Some of these include the So2 (Employers’ Annual returns), which is...

Community members in quarantine in Seven and Eight Miles Bull Bay, St. Andrew are being encouraged to utilise the services of the National Health Fund’s Mobile Drug Serv Unit. The area was declared a quarantine zone by Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness on March 13, in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The NHF...