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Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking during a virtual COVID-19 Conversation press conference held on December 22.
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking during a virtual COVID-19 Conversation press conference held on December 22.

Jamaica On Alert For Omicron Variant

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that a traveller from Jamaica to the United Kingdom has returned a positive test result for the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Jamaica was advised of the case through the United Kingdom’s international...
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COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Increasing Tertiary STEAM Enrolment A National Priority – Minister Williams
Founder of Pursued International Foundation, Stacy Ann Smith, delivers the keynote address at the Christmas dinner held at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny, recently.
Founder of Pursued International Foundation, Stacy Ann Smith, delivers the keynote address at the Christmas dinner held at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny, recently.

Female Wards Urged To Hold Themselves In High Esteem
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (second right) tries out the new Travel Pal application, during the launch on Monday (December 20) at the Ministry’s Half-Way-Tree offices in Kingston. Looking on (from left) are Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie; Managing Director of the Transport Authority (TA), Willard Hylton; and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Manager, TA, Vernon Walters.
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (second right) tries out the new Travel Pal application, during the launch on Monday (December 20) at the Ministry’s Half-Way-Tree offices in Kingston. Looking on (from left) are Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie; Managing Director of the Transport Authority (TA), Willard Hylton; and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Manager, TA, Vernon Walters.

‘Travel Pal’ Safety App Available For Download Wednesday

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a 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 equipment to establish a dedicated 24-hour television educational channel. The presentation took place at PBCJ in Kingston on December 17.
Coronavirus

DRMA Has Been Effective In Containing COVID-19 – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has utilised the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) to “great effect” to restrict coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. “We have struck, I think, a fair balance in controlling movements and gatherings, mask wearing, shielding the elderly, and controlling access to persons who are in State care and custody; that has kept the...
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The Bank of Jamaica Building, Nethersole Place, downtown Kingston.
Finance & Public Service

BOJ Currency Issue

For the week leading up to the Christmas holidays (13 to 17 December 2021), Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) net issued currency amounting to $6.9 billion, representing an increase of 3.3 per cent in the currency stock for the week. This was in line with the 3.3 per cent increase in the stock for the similar period in 2020. The net...
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Finance & Public Service

Bank Of Jamaica Further Reduces Monetary Accommodation

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announces its decision to increase the policy interest rate (the rate offered to deposit-taking institutions on overnight placements with BOJ) by 50 basis points to 2.50 per cent per annum, effective 21 December 2021. Accompanying this rate increase, the Bank decided to maintain other measures to contain Jamaican dollar liquidity expansion and to ensure that further...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) and Founder and President of Youth for Excellence, Jénine Shepherd (left) receive a symbolic cheque for $750,000 from Vice President of the Toots Foundation, Leba Hibbert. The donation will facilitate the purchase of tablets for needy children from three primary schools. The handover ceremony was held at the Ministry’s headquarters in Kingston on Monday (December 20).
Education

Students To Receive Tablets Through Toots Foundation Donation

Students from three primary schools are to benefit from a donation of tablets to support online learning. The donation is being facilitated through a contribution of $750,000 (US$5,000) by the Toots Foundation to the non-profit organisation, Youth for Excellence, which has partnered with the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information, to acquire the devices. The Foundation was set up in...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts-Risden. (File Photo)
Labour

Labour Ministry To Phase In Monthly Pension Payments Beginning January

Beginning January 2022, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security will start to transition pension payments from fortnightly to monthly, for National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners, who use the pension order books. This was disclosed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts Risden, during a recent interview with JIS News. She explained that historically, NIS pensioners would get their...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addressing a 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 establishment of a dedicated 24-hour television education channel. The presentation took place at the PBCJ in Kingston on December 17.
Technology

USF On Track To Establish 189 Wi-Fi Hotspots By March 2022

The Universal Service Fund (USF) in on track to establish 189 additional community wi-fi hotpots island-wide by the end of the 2021/22 fiscal year on March 31, 2022, to facilitate increased public internet access. These will be in addition to 13 high-trafficked locations where the service has been established, among the latest being Hope Bay in Portland, which was launched...
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