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Chief Medical Officer, Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie
Chief Medical Officer, Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie

COVID-19 Incidents Trending Downward

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, says the country’s confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue to trend downward. In the last 24 hours, up to Thursday (March 24), Jamaica recorded 13 new cases of the virus...
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge (second right), signs the Visitor’s Book at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Officers’ Club at Up Park Camp in St. Andrew on Thursday (March 24), while Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge (right), look on. Also observing (from left) are Colonel General Staff of the JDF, Colonel Rohan Johnson, and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman. The visit to Up Park Camp, was the final engagement for the Duke and Duchess on their three-day Official visit to Jamaica from March 22-24, in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Up-Park Camp was the headquarters of the British Army in Jamaica from the late 18th century to Independence in 1962. From that date, it has been the headquarters of the JDF.
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge (second right), signs the Visitor’s Book at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Officers’ Club at Up Park Camp in St. Andrew on Thursday (March 24), while Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge (right), look on. Also observing (from left) are Colonel General Staff of the JDF, Colonel Rohan Johnson, and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman. The visit to Up Park Camp, was the final engagement for the Duke and Duchess on their three-day Official visit to Jamaica from March 22-24, in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Up-Park Camp was the headquarters of the British Army in Jamaica from the late 18th century to Independence in 1962. From that date, it has been the headquarters of the JDF.

PHOTOS: Duke And Duchess At Up Park Camp
Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (second right and right, respectively), interact with staff members at the Spanish Town Hospital, during a visit to the health facility on Wednesday, March 23. With them are Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre); CEO of the hospital, Jacqueline Ellis (left) and Senior Medical Officer at the hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James.
Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (second right and right, respectively), interact with staff members at the Spanish Town Hospital, during a visit to the health facility on Wednesday, March 23. With them are Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre); CEO of the hospital, Jacqueline Ellis (left) and Senior Medical Officer at the hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James.

Royal Couple’s Visit To Hospital Source Of Inspiration – Health Minister
His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge, delivers his address at the Caribbean Military Academy’s inaugural Initial Officer Training Programme (IOTP) 2021 Commissioning Parade held on Thursday (March 24) at Up Park Camp, St. Andrew. A total of 77 officer cadets from Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, Surinam, and Uganda graduated from the programme.
His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge, delivers his address at the Caribbean Military Academy’s inaugural Initial Officer Training Programme (IOTP) 2021 Commissioning Parade held on Thursday (March 24) at Up Park Camp, St. Andrew. A total of 77 officer cadets from Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, Surinam, and Uganda graduated from the programme.

Duke And Duchess Attend Inaugural Commissioning Parade At Up Park Camp
Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, board the Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. The Royal couple departed the island this afternoon after a three-day Official Visit to mark the 70th Anniversary (Platinum Jubilee) of the Coronation of Her Majesty The Queen.
Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, board the Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. The Royal couple departed the island this afternoon after a three-day Official Visit to mark the 70th Anniversary (Platinum Jubilee) of the Coronation of Her Majesty The Queen.

PHOTOS: The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Depart The Island

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Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (pictured at second left and left, respectively), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), observe as Public Health Nurse, Teldra Burrell-Lewis, administers the coronavirus (COVID-19) booster shot to Surgical Resident at the Spanish Town Hospital, Jody-Ann Woolery (seated). Also pictured (at fourth left) is Head of the hospital’s Anaesthetics Department, Dr. Stuart Murray. Occasion was Their Royal Highnesses’ tour of the hospital in St. Catherine on Wednesday (March 23
Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

PHOTOS: The Duke And Duchess Tour Spanish Town Hospital

Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (pictured at second left and left, respectively), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), observe as Public Health Nurse, Teldra Burrell-Lewis, administers the coronavirus (COVID-19) booster shot to Surgical Resident at the Spanish Town Hospital, Jody-Ann Woolery (seated). Also pictured (at fourth left) is Head...
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Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, depart the Commissioning Parade in the same Land Rover used by Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visited Jamaica in 1953. The parade, held this morning (March 24) at Up Park Camp in Kingston, was for service personnel from across the Caribbean who have recently completed the Caribbean Military Academy
Foreign AffairsNational Security

PHOTOS: JDF Commissioning Parade And Graduation

Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, depart the Commissioning Parade in the same Land Rover used by Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visited Jamaica in 1953. The parade, held this morning (March 24) at Up Park Camp in Kingston, was for service personnel from across the Caribbean who have recently completed...
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Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Stephen Edwards.
Transport

May Pen To Williamsfield Leg Of Highway 2000 Is 64 Per Cent Complete

Work on Phase 1C of Highway 2000, which is being executed under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) from May Pen to Williamsfield, is 64 per cent complete. Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Stephen Edwards, told JIS News that elements of the project are at various stages of development. These include earthworks –...
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Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (third right and third left, respectively), with (from left) wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness; wife of the Governor General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen; Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen; and Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the State dinner held at King’s House on March 23.
Foreign Affairs

Prince William Expresses “Profound Sorrow” For Slavery

His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge, expressed his “profound sorrow” for slavery, during a State dinner held at King’s House on Wednesday (March 23). “I strongly agree with my father, The Prince of Wales, who said in Barbados last year that the appalling atrocity of slavery forever stains our history. I want to express my profound sorrow. Slavery was...
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