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Jamaicans Urged To Regularise Their Status

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Marsha Smith, is encouraging Jamaicans to regularise their status in order to get into the formal economy and benefit from various services to improve their welfare. She...
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Saturday, February 12, 2022
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington.
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington.

Ground Broken For $75 Million Marchmont To Retrieve Road Project
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), and Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams, look at a display of disposable face masks. They are joined by Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson (second right), and Acting Board Chairman, NHF, Shane Dalling. Occasion was the handover of two million masks by the Health Ministry to benefits schools, frontline personnel, community responders and vulnerable groups, at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Friday (February 11).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), and Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams, look at a display of disposable face masks. They are joined by Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson (second right), and Acting Board Chairman, NHF, Shane Dalling. Occasion was the handover of two million masks by the Health Ministry to benefits schools, frontline personnel, community responders and vulnerable groups, at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Friday (February 11).

Dr. Tufton Urges Proper Disposal Of Face Masks
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), engages with poultry farmer, Venice Brown, during a meeting with small poultry farmers held at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Clarendon Parish Office and online on Friday (February 11), to discuss challenges in the industry.
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), engages with poultry farmer, Venice Brown, during a meeting with small poultry farmers held at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Clarendon Parish Office and online on Friday (February 11), to discuss challenges in the industry.

Poultry Sector A Priority For Achieving Food Security – Minister Charles Jr.

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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2022/223 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 10).
Budget 2022/2023

$330 Million Allocated For Business Environment Reforms Project

A sum of $330 million has been budgeted to continue work on the Jamaica Business Environment Reforms Project. The funds have been set aside in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 10), by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The project, which commenced in...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the commissioning of a water supply system in Top Aberdeen, St. Elizabeth recently.
Local GovernmentWater

30 More Water Shops to be Established

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that the Government is targeting the establishment of an additional 30 water shops in the next financial year, beginning April 1, to increase access to the commodity in several communities across the island. “We are looking to start another one in Commodore, Portland. There is one more to be...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) discusses the benefits of the oxygen concentrator with Director, Patient Care Services, Northwell Health, Dr. Sandra Lindsay (second right). Looking on (from left) are: Chairman of the Bustamante Hospital for Children’s Management Committee, Kenneth Benjamin; and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. Occasion was the handover of medical equipment and supplies, valued at over US$800,000, to the Government of Jamaica by the United States-based Northwell Health, at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston on Friday (Feb. 11).
Health & WellnessPrime Minister

Jamaica Receives More Than US$800,000 Worth of Medical Supplies

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has welcomed the donation of medical equipment and supplies valued at more than US$800,000, by United States (US)-based healthcare provider, Northwell Health. The over one million items, which include respirator masks, N95 masks, oxygen concentrators, nasal oxygen, safety eyewear, and protective gowns, were handed over during a ceremony at the Bustamante Hospital for...
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COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

Vaccination sites open this weekend

Jamaicans are this weekend invited to attend a vaccination site as the Ministry moves to safeguard persons against severe illness, hospitalisation and death associated with COVID-19. Sites will continue offering the four vaccines presently available in country– AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Johnson and Johnson and Pfizer. The Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to advise members of the public to get vaccinated....
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Director of Health Services Planning and Integration in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Naydene Williams, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the initiatives undertaken by the Ministry towards a heart-healthy Jamaica.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Helps to Reduce Heart Disease Risk Factors

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) has taken steps to help reduce the risk factors for heart disease in Jamaica. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Friday (February 11), Director of Health Services Planning and Integration (HSPI) in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Naydene Williams, pointed to four areas in which the Ministry has made strides...
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Visitors learn about the country’s culture and history, including the national heroes, during a visit to the Jamaica Pavilion at World Expo 2020 Dubai.
CultureForeign Affairs

Jamaica to Observe National Day at World Expo 2020 Dubai

The Jamaican delegation at World Expo 2020 Dubai will celebrate National Day with six days of activities starting February 14. The National Day celebration is one of the most prominent moments in any nation’s programme of activities during the six-month-long Expo. Jamaica’s National Day is Friday, February 18. “Several ministries, departments and agencies have collaborated to bring together a cohesive...
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