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Jamaica Records First Case Of COVID-19

Jamaica has recorded its first imported case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, provided details at a press conference at the Ministry of Health and Wellness in New Kingston, on Tuesday...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens to a point from Chief Executive Officer of Cari-Med, Glen Christian (second left), at Progressive Grocers
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens to a point from Chief Executive Officer of Cari-Med, Glen Christian (second left), at Progressive Grocers' 20th Anniversary Banquet at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kington on Monday (March 9). Sharing in the discussion (from left) are Managing Director of Progressive Grocers, Sing Chin; and Chief Executive Officer of GraceKennedy, Senator Don Wehby.

PM Urges Citizens To Avoid Panic Buying
President and Chief Executive Officer of JPS, Emanuel DaRosa (left), speaks at the recent Energy Climate Partnership of Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James. Listening (from second left) are Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Americas at the Office of International Affairs in the US Department of Energy, Beth Urbanas; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.
President and Chief Executive Officer of JPS, Emanuel DaRosa (left), speaks at the recent Energy Climate Partnership of Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James. Listening (from second left) are Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Americas at the Office of International Affairs in the US Department of Energy, Beth Urbanas; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

JPS To Invest More Than US$100 Million To Modernise Grid
Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, highlights initiatives being undertaken by the entity to further diversify the country’s tourism offerings and create business opportunities among various sectors.
Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, highlights initiatives being undertaken by the entity to further diversify the country’s tourism offerings and create business opportunities among various sectors.

Tourism Ministry Hosts Speed Networking Event On March 12
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Cruise Lines Committed To working With The Government On Coronavirus Protocols, Says Bartlett And Tufton

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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

One Patient Now In Isolation

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is currently monitoring a patient in isolation. The person of interest presented at hospital on Monday, March 9, with some respiratory symptoms and checks revealed that the patient’s travel history included travel to a country that has confirmed of COVID-19. Samples have been taken and sent to the National Influenza Centre for testing. The...
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Chairman of the Mary Seacole Trust (MST) – United Kingdom (UK), Trevor Sterling (sixth right), with students of St. Jude’s Primary and St. George’s Girls Primary Schools, after presenting them with Mary Seacole buttons at a special event dubbed, ‘Welcome Home Mary Seacole’, on International Women’s Day (March 8), at the Lecture Hall of the Institute of Jamaica, Kingston. Also with the students are Vice Chairman of the MST – UK, Lisa Rodrigues (left), and Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right).
Gender Affairs

Trailblazers To Receive Generation Equality Awards

Twenty-five trailblazers will be awarded with the Generation Equality Awards, to be announced by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. Principal Director, Culture and Creative Industries Policy Division, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jo-ann Archibald, made the announcement at a special event dubbed, ‘Welcome Home Mary Seacole’, on International Women’s Day (March 8), at the Lecture...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), demonstrates the gender equality symbol during the official launch and ceremonial signing for the Spotlight Initiative, at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), in St. Andrew, on March 9. He is joined by (from left): Women’s advocate and former President of Women’s Inc,, Joyce Hewett; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; Country Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica, Mariko Kagoshima; Director, Sustainable Development Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations, New York, Michelle Gyles-McDonnough; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Director for Latin America and Caribbean at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, Jolita Butkevicience; and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.
Gender AffairsPrime Minister

PM Launches Spotlight Initiative To Empower Women And Girls

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (March 9), launched the Spotlight Initiative Country Programme for Jamaica, which focuses on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. The Spotlight Initiative will be a three-year programme costing approximately US$10.6 million. It will contribute to transforming the society into one where women and girls can thrive, free of any...
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Parish Disaster Coordinator at the St. James Municipal Corporation, Tamoy Sinclair, addresses a Business Continuity Seminar on Disaster Management, hosted by the Corporation at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on March 6.
CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

Businesses In St. James To Submit Continuity Plan.

The St. James Municipal Corporation says as of April 1, 2020, businesses within the parish will be required to submit a business continuity plan, which seeks to mitigate risks associated with a disruption of operations in the event of a natural disaster. Parish Disaster Coordinator at the Municipal Corporation, Tamoy Sinclair, says the plan ensures that a company’s assets and...
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Pearnel Charles (third left), speaks with winners of the Commonwealth Day Debate – Chanice Henry (second left), Paris Rogers (third right) and Kiara Weston (second right) of Kingston High School. The competition, organised by the Houses of Parliament, was held on Monday (March 9) at the institution located at King
ParliamentYouth

House Speaker Commends CPA For Promoting Equality

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has hailed the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) for providing an avenue for all member countries and parliamentarians to have an equal voice regardless of country size, income, race, religion or gender. “In fact, an arm of the CPA is the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), which seeks to promote greater participation by...
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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, checks his smartphone, during his address at the recent National Conference on Technology in the Justice Sector, held at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston.
Justice

Gov’t Strengthening E-Justice Infrastructure

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Government is committed to strengthening the e-justice infrastructure in order to deliver a system that serves the needs of Jamaicans and supports the country’s development goals. “We are committed to delivering to Jamaicans and other persons such as investors in this country a first-class justice system and one that gives timely results...
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