Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is again assuring that the Government will no longer be resorting to lockdowns as part of strategies to contain coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. He reiterated this position while fielding questions from journalists during a digital press conference on Sunday (January 9). “I know there is great tension in the air. [But] I have been...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has received medical supplies, valued approximately $57 million, from the Issa Trust Foundation. The donations include oxygen concentrators, 400,000 KN95 and surgical masks, 12,000 isolation gowns, face shields, bleach, hand sanitisers, wipes, neonatal and patient monitors, lab coats and supplies, and gloves. These will be deployed to the Western and Northeast Regional Health Authorities...

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, says the court system could be operating fully on the digital Judicial Case Management System (JCMS) by December this year, The platform is designed to facilitate jury selection management, case flow and scheduling, and transcript production. “All being well, that, now will lay the foundation for continued improvement [and] efficiency [of the system],” Mr. Sykes...

A Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) has been declared in Parade Gardens, Kingston for 60 days. Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement at a digital press conference on Sunday (January 9), informed that there was “more than reasonable cause” to undertake the security operation, based on rampant criminality, gang warfare, escalating violence and murder, and...

The High Commission of India in Jamaica will be hosting a free medical camp at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville, Manchester, on Sunday, January 23. The event forms part of activities commemorating India Diaspora Day on Sunday, January 9, and marking the 176th year since the arrival of Indian immigrants. The camp will be supported by Indian community doctors,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging Jamaicans to take the highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) Omicron variant seriously. “I urge us as a people, and those who comment and are influencers in the society, not to create a false sense of complacency and security because we have all concluded that the [variant] may be a...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is lamenting the low level of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination take-up, especially among the nation’s most vulnerable. She is imploring the elderly and persons who are immunocompromised and/or who are living with a chronic illness, such as diabetes and hypertension, to get vaccinated, as this is the best way to protect themselves against severe...