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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (left), inspects a deteriorated section of a road in Dromilly, Trelawny, during a tour of several areas in the parish on Wednesday (September 1). He is joined by Member of Parliament for Trelawny Northern, Tova Hamilton (second left); National Works Agency Parish Manager for Trelawny, Philip Clarke (second right); and Councillor for the Wakefield Division, Jonathan Bartley.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (left), inspects a deteriorated section of a road in Dromilly, Trelawny, during a tour of several areas in the parish on Wednesday (September 1). He is joined by Member of Parliament for Trelawny Northern, Tova Hamilton (second left); National Works Agency Parish Manager for Trelawny, Philip Clarke (second right); and Councillor for the Wakefield Division, Jonathan Bartley.

$323M Road Rehabilitation Project For Trelawny

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation will be undertaking a major $323-million road rehabilitation project in Trelawny. Minister without Portfolio, Hon. Everald Warmington, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists following a tour of sections of the parish on Wednesday...
Marketing and Communications Manager at Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest), Alecia Brown-Forbes.
Marketing and Communications Manager at Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest), Alecia Brown-Forbes.

More Linkages To Support Farmers
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), interacts with youth at the Isaac Barrant Centre of Excellence health facility in St. Thomas, yesterday (September 1), who were waiting to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), interacts with youth at the Isaac Barrant Centre of Excellence health facility in St. Thomas, yesterday (September 1), who were waiting to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.

Gov’t Looking To Bolster COVID-19 Vaccine Take-Up In Communities
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 1).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 1).

Work-From- Home Arrangement Extended To September 17
Manager of Mediation Training and Network Services at the Dispute Resolution Foundation, Sharon Young Palmer. Photo: Contributed
Manager of Mediation Training and Network Services at the Dispute Resolution Foundation, Sharon Young Palmer. Photo: Contributed

Over 700 JPs Sensitised In Mediation

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Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders. (JIS file photo)
Office of the Prime Minister

Plans In Place For National Customer Service Week

This year’s National Customer Service Week will be observed October 4 to 8 under the theme “You…Me…We got the power of service excellence”. The virtual media launch of the event on Wednesday (September 1) was hosted by members of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Office of the Cabinet and the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme. Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador...
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The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) has revised its record updating application forms to improve service delivery and customer experience.
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Temporary Closure of our Marriage Unit – RGD

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) wishes to advise its valued customers, that our Marriage Unit, will be closed to the public for the remainder of the day, and tomorrow, Friday, September 3, 2021.    We will reopen for regular business on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.   Weddings already booked for Friday, September 3, and Saturday, September 4, 2021 will be...
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Jamaica’s Permanent representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Audrey Marks. (Photo -Derrick Scott)
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OAS Preparing Youth For Industry 4.0

Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) Ambassador Audrey Marks, says for young people to participate in the formal labour market in the post-pandemic recovery period, they will have to acquire critical skills and capabilities to pursue job and entrepreneurship opportunities in the transformative science and technologies sector. Ambassador Marks, who is the Chair Pro Tempore of...
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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, September 1, 2021

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 572 69,054 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 315 39,057 Males 257 29,994 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 17 days to 97 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 25 3,475 Hanover 14 2,261 Kingston & St. Andrew 167 17,594 Manchester 67 4,627 Portland...
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Prime Minister The Most Hon. Andrew Holness addresses a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 1). Photo: Donald De La Haye
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Relief Found for Oxygen Shortage

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says additional oxygen concentrators are being procured to assist in shoring up supplies in the health system. “We are on the path to increasing the number of oxygen concentrators…through sources overseas working through our Ambassador and our Consul-General in New York, we have at this point secured close to 80 (to) 90 oxygen...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 1).
Coronavirus

No-Movement Days Extended

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the no-movement days will continue for another two weeks, in a bid to curb the latest surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. He advised that the days would include Sunday, September 5; Monday, September 6; Tuesday, September 7; Sunday, September 12; Monday, September 13; and Tuesday, September 14. The Prime Minister...
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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Region Needs More Vaccines – PAHO

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says 540 million additional doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are required to ensure that all member countries can inoculate at least 60 per cent of their populations. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital briefing on Wednesday (September 1), Dr. Etienne said more than one-third of countries in the Americas have yet to...
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