The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is looking to facilitate the vaccination of at least 70 per cent of the collective population of Latin American and Caribbean member countries against the coronavirus (COVID-19) by mid-2022. Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, who notes that more than 60 per cent of people in these states have been fully immunised, says PAHO’s Revolving Fund...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding the public that it will open select Tax Offices this Saturday January 29, 2022, and every last Saturday of the month for the remainder of the 2021/22 financial year, subject to any announcements by the government on Covid containment measures. The following Tax Offices will operate this Saturday between the hours of 10:00 am...

The Senate recently approved the Proceeds of Crime (Designated Non-Financial Institution) (Trust and Corporate Services Providers) Order, 2022. The Order provides for the designation of Trust and Corporate Services Providers as Designated Non-Financial Institutions. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, who brought the Order before the Senate, said the...

First responders provide assistance to an individual at the scene of an emergency, during an earthquake and fire-simulation exercise at the Sovereign Village, Portmore recently. The drill, which was a partnership between the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Portmore Municipal Corporation, formed part of activities to increase community awareness, readiness and response to an earthquake...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), receives Letters of Credence from newly appointed Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Fermîn Gabriel Quiñones Sanchéz, during a courtesy call at King’s House on Monday (January 24).

Government Senator, Don Wehby, has commended the Government’s prudent fiscal management of the economy, particularly during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “In my opinion, this Government gets an A-plus for its management of the economy through this crisis,” he said. Senator Wehby, who was closing the State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House recently, highlighted some of the economic...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, says several measures are in place to reach persons who need regular care from public hospitals, despite the emergency mode under which they are operating because of COVID-19 admissions. She said various forms of evaluating patients to determine their condition and to deliver medication to them have been implemented, while they review how...