Stakeholders in the fisheries sector can expect a reduction in the processing time for licensing and registration applications, under the developing fisheries licensing and registration system. The Government through the Finance Ministry’s Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), working with the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, is upgrading the manual processes involved in providing licensing and registration to stakeholders in the fisheries sector....

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it has strengthened the capacity of its vector control programme to effectively prevent and control any future outbreaks of vector-borne diseases. In an interview with JIS News, Regional Vector Control Officer for the WRHA, Ryan Morris, informed that the health region resumed its enhanced vector control programme at the end of July, with...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has donated 60 tablets valued at $1.2 million to two primary schools in St. James and St. Andrew. The institutions are Farm Primary and Infant in Green Pond and Edward Seaga Primary in Denham Town, which were presented with 30 tablets each on September 8 and September 9, respectively. Director of Internal Affairs at the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, says he is looking forward to working with the relevant stakeholders for further development of the Overseas Employment Programme. He made the remarks at a send-off ceremony held recently at the New Kingston offices of the National Insurance Fund for farmworkers heading to the United States of America to take up...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that more coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are expected in the island this week. “We will see vaccines coming in every few weeks or, at least, every month going into the New Year,” he said, noting that the shipments will add to the approximately 1.1 million doses of vaccines received to...

  Females 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 536 76,987 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 323 43,765 Males 213 33,218 Under Investigation 0 4 AGE RANGE 1 day to 103 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 100 4,032 Hanover 9 2,529 KSA 78 19,221 Manchester 37 5,330 Portland 25 2,104 St. Ann 33...

Chief Public Health Inspector for St. Elizabeth, Everod Lewis, says the parish’s Aedes aegypti index was at 10 per cent for the month of August. “We were able to visit over 7,000 homes for the period, where we recognised that 711 [premises] were positive, which basically gave us that 10 per cent,” he said, while addressing the monthly meeting of...