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COVID-19 Update for Monday, October 18, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 81 87,667 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 38 49,879 Males 43 37,785 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 3 months to 88 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH...

Statement on the Death of Former US Secretary of State General Colin Powell

Prime Minister the Most Hon.Andrew Holness (left), engages with a resident of Richmond, St. Mary, while on a vaccination mobilisation tour of sections of the parish on Friday (October 15).

COVID-19 Vaccination Tours Have Been Effective – PM

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and former Member of Parliament, Pearnel Patroe Charles, is conferred with the Order of Jamaica (OJ) for distinguished Public Service. He is one of over 200 Jamaicans recognised for outstanding contribution to nation building during the virtual 2021 National Honours and Awards ceremony aired on National Heroes’ Day, Monday, October 18.

Jamaicans Honoured For Contribution To Nation Building

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), places a floral arrangement at the monument of the National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey at National Heroes Park in Kingston. Observing the proceedings (from second left) are: the Governor-General’s Aide-de-Camp, Major Dwayne Hill; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; and State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. The event forms part of activities commemorating National Heroes Day being observed on Monday (October 18).

PHOTOS: Floral Tribute at National Heroes Park

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

5 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationCultureHealth & Wellness

Honour Our Ancestors by Taking the Vaccine – Terrelonge

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, has thanked the residents of Bath, St. Thomas for the work they have done in helping to find nine-year old Phylicia Prussia. Hundreds of residents, including members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Jamaica Defence Force, had formed search groups to find Phylicia who had...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for Southwest St. Ann, Zavia Mayne (right) , converse with Public Health Nurse at the Alexandria Community Hospital in St. Ann, Sylvia Higgins. Occasion was a visit by the Prime Minister to the community hospital as well as the Redemption Faith Church, a vaccination site located in Calderwood in the parish, on Thursday (October 14).

5 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & WellnessPrime Minister

PM Holness Commends Vaccine Heroes in St. Ann

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended citizens who visited the Alexandria Community Hospital in St. Ann to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The Prime Minister was addressing citizens during a vaccination mobilisation visit to the community hospital and the Redemption Faith Church vaccination centres in Calderwood, in the parish on Thursday (October 14). “Thank you for coming out...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education Youth, and Information, the Hon. Robert Morgan

5 years ago Education

New Education Programmes Needed to Match Emerging Jobs

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information the Hon. Robert Morgan, says education administrators should collaborate with the Ministry to design suitable programmes and curricula that will match emerging jobs. Minister Morgan was speaking at the 29th Annual Conference of the Association of Principals and Vice Principals which was held virtually on Sunday, (October 17). He...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Frontline Workers and Athletes Hailed for Their Roles in Battling COVID-19

The performance by frontline health workers and Olympians from the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo has benefitted Jamaica tremendously. This from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange who made the comment while speaking at a virtual National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Church Service held Sunday (October 17) at the Waltham Park New Testament Church, 65 Waltham Park...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), addresses persons at the Castleton Health Centre in St. Mary, on Friday (October 15). Looking on at right, is Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Revenue Increases Gone Into Managing COVID-19 Crisis

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says the country’s strong performance in revenue increases has been gobbled away to manage the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Prime Minister who was responding to questions from JIS News, while on a vaccination mobilisation in Richmond, St. Mary on Friday (October 15), said all ministry budgets have been “impacted” to reallocate resources for...

Director of Family Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis

5 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

Be a Vaccine Hero this Weekend

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) is now working towards a new target of getting one million persons vaccinated by the end of November, and is urging persons to come out and get vaccinated this Heroes weekend. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, MOHW Director of Family Health Services Dr. Melody Ennis said, “we are encouraging everybody, certainly...

Head of the Jamaican delegation to the United States on information, communications technology (ICT), cyber security and energy, Hon. Daryl Vaz, delivers remarks at the conclusion of consultations on ICT and cyber security between the governments of Jamaica and the United States on Friday (October 15) at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington DC. Others from left are: Minister of Education and Information Hon. Fayval Williams; Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States Her Excellency Audrey Marks; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Aubyn Hill and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security Senator Matthew Samuda.

5 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica-US Relationship Remains Strong, Says Ambassador

Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says the island’s relationship with the United States under the Biden Harris administration remains strong, and that the Government of Jamaica continues to greatly value its enduring partnership with the US. She was on Friday addressing a reception at the Embassy of Jamaica to mark the conclusion of high-level consultations...