The Greater Portmore Health Centre, in St. Catherine, is among several facilities slated for major upgrading and expansion. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who made the disclosure recently, said there is “an urgent need to add significant expansion” to the healthcare facility, given the large population in Portmore that it serves. “The new building will...

Acting Regional Operations Manager of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Dramaine Jones, is encouraging persons in Western Jamaica to practise proper solid waste disposal this holiday season. “I want to encourage persons within the region and across Jamaica to ensure that you bag your wastes. Whatever can be recycled in terms...

Chief Public Health Inspector for St. Elizabeth, Everod Lewis, says the parish’s public health department has been persistent in its fight to curtail mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue. Addressing the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, on December 9, Mr. Lewis said the Aedes index is at 20.8 per cent, noting that the parish has...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is announcing that effective, Wednesday December 15, 2021, Willie Delisser Drive, in Lucea, Hanover will be temporarily converted from a one-way corridor to a two-way system. The change will be in effect between the hours of 8:00 am and 7:00 pm daily, until Friday January 7, 2022.  Community Relations Officer for the NWA’s Western Region,...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 41 91,843 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 19 52,259 Males 22 39,581 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 years to =94 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 1 4,938 Hanover 1 2,996 KSA 4 22,655 Manchester 1 5,982 Portland 0 2,522 St. Ann 9...

 

Hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans, who are beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) and the Social Pension Programme will receive a one-off $10,000 grant this month. This is being facilitated through an allocation of $1.9 billion under the Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine (SERVE) Jamaica Programme. Some pensioners under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS)...