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Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (January 6).
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (January 6).

Chief Medical Officer Calls on The Elderly to Take the Vaccine

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...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

Ministry of Heath and Wellness Vaccination Blitz January 8-9, 2022
CEO for the hospital, Diana Brown-Miller (2nd left) accepts the donation from owner of Hardware & Plumbing Supply Ltd., Howard Bailey (centre) on Wednesday, January 5. Photographed also from the BRH are: Operations Manager, Nicola Allen Morris (left); Porter, Desmond Brown (2nd right) and Porter Oshane Simms.
CEO for the hospital, Diana Brown-Miller (2nd left) accepts the donation from owner of Hardware & Plumbing Supply Ltd., Howard Bailey (centre) on Wednesday, January 5. Photographed also from the BRH are: Operations Manager, Nicola Allen Morris (left); Porter, Desmond Brown (2nd right) and Porter Oshane Simms.

Black River Hospital Receives Donation to Boost Patient Care
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a COVID Conversations virtual press briefing on January 6.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a COVID Conversations virtual press briefing on January 6.

Health Minister Warns Against Testing At Unauthorised Facilities
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left); Country Manager for UC Rusal Alumina Jamaica Limited, Sergey Kostyuk (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Stevie Barnett, cut the ribbon to officially launch the bauxite and alumina company, WINDALCO’s US$4-million project to control caustic effluent from impacting the environment, on January 6, in Ewarton, St. Catherine.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left); Country Manager for UC Rusal Alumina Jamaica Limited, Sergey Kostyuk (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Stevie Barnett, cut the ribbon to officially launch the bauxite and alumina company, WINDALCO’s US$4-million project to control caustic effluent from impacting the environment, on January 6, in Ewarton, St. Catherine.

Windalco Constructing Second EHP To Prevent Spillages

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5).
CabinetFinance & Public Service

Cabinet Approves Contracts For Consulting, Construction And Auditing Services

Cabinet has approved the award of a US$959,094 contract for the continued provision of consulting services for the compensation review for the Government of Jamaica. The contract has been awarded to Ernst and Young Services Limited. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5). The...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, highlights a point while addressing a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing, on Thursday (January 6).
CoronavirusCOVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

Health Minister Again Pleads With Jamaicans To Get Vaccinated

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is again imploring Jamaicans to get vaccinated, especially in light of the fourth wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19), from which the more contagious Omicron variant has emerged. Speaking at a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing, on Thursday (January 6), he reminded that mainly unvaccinated persons are being hospitalised with severe...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5). (FILE)
CabinetFinance & Public ServiceHousingTechnology

Tablets Being Procured For 2022 Population And Housing Census

A total of 7,525 tablets are being procured for use in conducting the 2022 Population and Housing Census. This is the first time the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) will be using tablets to carry out this exercise. Making the announcement during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5), Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams,...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a recent meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation.
HousingLocal Government

Six Additional Social Housing Solutions For Westmoreland

Westmoreland will be given an additional six social housing solutions to benefit the less fortunate in the parish. This was noted by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at a recent meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation. These will be in addition to a house being constructed for a family in the Sheffield division in the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness
CoronavirusCOVID-19 VaccinationHealth & WellnessPrime Minister

Families Must Protect Most Vulnerable Members From Covid – PM

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness is calling on families to take responsibility for protecting the most vulnerable in their households from the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking at the National Day of Prayer event held at the Power of Faith Ministries in St. Catherine on January 5, Mr. Holness noted that previously, the Government kept children at home as a...
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