Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (July 30) officially launched the Government’s $800 million Social Pension Programme, which provides a guaranteed income for vulnerable persons 75 years and older. Seniors targeted are those not currently in receipt of a pension, disability benefit or other retirement benefits, cash grants from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, is encouraging residents of communities slated for improvement works under the Government’s $650-million Rural Development Programme to embrace the initiative. He said for the works to be successful, persons need to “monitor the projects to make sure that what was said is what is being...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is accompanied by Councillor for the Porus division, Claudia Morant-Baker and Mayor of Mandeville, Donovan Mitchell, during a visit to the emergency shelter at the St. Jago Primary and Infant School in Manchester. The Minister toured sections of the parish recently.

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. is encouraging citizens to support businesses that have retrofitted their operations to be compliant with the government ban on single-use plastics. “I am encouraging citizens to be conscientious in their purchase of goods and services; seek out businesses that are environmentally friendly and using material derived from...

The Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) has issued more than 1,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) Protocol Compliance certificates to businesses within the tourism industry. This was disclosed by Director of Product Quality, TPDCo, Deanne Keating-Campbell, while addressing a webinar hosted by the agency on Wednesday (July 28). Ms. Keating-Campbell said that the COVID-19-compliant certificate demonstrates that the establishment is safely carrying...

One hundred and forty members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Friday (July 30) received the 2021 Medal of Honour for General Service. The medals were presented by Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, and Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the JDF’s Armed Forces Day Parade at Up Park...

Jamaica, on Friday (July 30), received its largest shipment of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to date, with a donation of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca from the Government of the United Kingdom (UK). The vaccines, which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston aboard a British Airways flight at approximately 4:20 p.m., will be deployed to public health institutions islandwide...