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COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 23, 2021

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 76 92,355 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 51 52,546 Males 25 39,806 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 years to 89 years 1 day to 108 years     PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES...
Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses wards of the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre and Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centre during an event on Wednesday (December 22). The engagement was held at the Rio Cobre Centre in St. Catherine.
Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses wards of the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre and Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centre during an event on Wednesday (December 22). The engagement was held at the Rio Cobre Centre in St. Catherine.

PHOTOS: Minister Matthew Samuda Presents Gifts to Wards of the State
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), presents a special award to Chief Operations Officer, MBJ Airports Ltd., Peter Hall, for his unstinting service, during a breakfast meeting at the Sangster International Airport on December 22. The event was hosted by the Jamaica Tourist Board to show appreciation to airport workers.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), presents a special award to Chief Operations Officer, MBJ Airports Ltd., Peter Hall, for his unstinting service, during a breakfast meeting at the Sangster International Airport on December 22. The event was hosted by the Jamaica Tourist Board to show appreciation to airport workers.

Tourism Minister Encourages Jamaicans To Follow COVID-19 Protocols
Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.
Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

Police Warn That Using Firecrackers Is Illegal
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, addressing a land title handover ceremony at a Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners facility in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, on Tuesday (December 21).
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, addressing a land title handover ceremony at a Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners facility in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, on Tuesday (December 21).

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a recent handover ceremony for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) presentation of a cheque for $20 million to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for the procurement of cutting edge equipment to establish a dedicated 24-hour television education channel. The presentation took place at the PBCJ in Kingston.
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PM Praises PBCJ And USF

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has praised the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for its work in televising matters of national interest, including coverage of proceedings in the Houses of Parliament. “In fact, you have developed a news broadcast, and people do pay attention to it and do watch the coverage,” he noted. Mr. Holness pointed out...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second right), and Minister of State, Hon. Marsha Smith (centre, seated), sign the Heads of Agreement formalising the Government’s four per cent wage increase offer for April 2021 to March 2022, with executives of three of the six additional unions/bargaining units representing public sector workers, which have accepted the provision. From left are: Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) President, Patsy Henry; Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) President, Dr. Mindi Fitz-Henley; and Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) General Secretary, John Levy. The signing was held at the Ministry in Kingston on Wednesday (December 22). Overseeing the proceedings is the Ministry’s Principal Director for Employee Relations, Lorna Phillips.
Finance & Public Service

Government To Proceed With Compensation Review

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Government is looking to proceed with the Public Sector Compensation Review within the targeted timeline next year. The review is intended to overhaul the structure of salaries and other emoluments in the public service to make it more equitable. “We have made a commitment to begin...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking during a COVID-19 Conversations press conference held virtually on Tuesday (December 22). (Donald De La Haye Photo)
CoronavirusEducationHealth & Wellness

Gov’t Working Towards More Face-To-Face Classes In The New Year

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that through collective efforts with stakeholders in the education sector, the Government is working towards facilitating more face-to-face classes in 2022. “So, my own view, and I’m venturing out here on a limb, but what  has been articulated is that whatever happens, we need to move towards getting our...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), in discussion with Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) General Secretary John Levy (left), and Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) President, Patsy Henry, following the signing of the Heads of Agreement, formalising the Government’s four per cent wage increase offer for April 2021 to March 2022, with six additional unions representing public sector workers that have accepted the provision. The signing was held at the Ministry in Kingston, on Wednesday (December 22). Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson
Finance & Public Service

31 Unions Accept Government’s 4% Wage Increase

The number of unions representing public sector workers that have accepted the Government’s four per cent wage increase offer for April 2021 to March 2022, has risen to 31. This follows the conclusion of talks between the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and six additional bargaining units, to bring the total number of public sector employees covered to...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christpher Tufton, addresses a virtual COVID-19 conversation press conference on December 22.
Coronavirus

Jamaica Preparing For Omicron

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is now preparing for a fourth wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which is expected be largely driven by the spread of the Omicron variant in the population. Speaking at the COVID Conversations press briefing on Tuesday (December 22), Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said it is projected that up to 2,000...
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Regional Director with the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) Michael Bent (right), looks on while Chief Executive Officer of Cenitech Engineering Company, George Knight (centre), points out features of the upgrading work at the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon. Occasion was a contract signing for the facility on Tuesday (December 21, at the SRHA’s head office in Mandeville, Manchester. Looking on at left is Manager for Clarendon Health Services, Joseph Grant. Photo: Donald De La Haye
Health & Wellness

Multi-Million Dollar Upgrading For Chapelton Hospital

Major work is set to commence in early January, on the Clarendon-based Chapelton Community Hospital, following a $112 million contract signing for phase two of the upgrading and expansion project. The contract was signed yesterday Tuesday (December 21), by the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), and Cenitech Engineering Company, at the SRHA’s head office in Mandeville, Manchester, where Member of...
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