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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Sunday, July 11, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 37 50,757 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 23 28,413 Males 14 22,341 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 years to 98 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a special meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, on Thursday (July 8).

Entertainment Sector To Be Monitored

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, delivers remarks at the installation ceremony for the incoming President, Vivette Miller and Board of Directors 2021-2022 of the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston held at the Cherry Gardens Great House on July 10.

Service Clubs Encouraged To Implement Social Intervention Programmes In Communities

The entrance to the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston.

Entrance To Bustamante Hospital For Children To Be Renovated

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivering the keynote address during Friday’s (July 9) groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of IMCA Jamaica Limited’s corporate office on Spanish Town Road in Kingston.

PM On Link Between COVID-19 Vaccinations And Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery

Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) along with Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Marianne Van Steen (2rd left, foreground) and Minister of Tourism and Member of Parliament for St. James East Central, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (3rd left, Foreground), cut the ribbon to officially open the rehabilitated Adelphi Police Station in St. James on Friday (July 9). Sharing in the moment (from left, background) are: Permanent Secretary in the National Security Ministry, Courtney Williams; Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson; and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry.

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Adelphi Police Station Officially Reopened

The Adelphi Police Station in St. James, which was rehabilitated at a cost of $47.3 million, has been officially reopened. The facility was opened by National Security Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang at a ceremony held on Friday (July 9), on the station grounds. The facility received infrastructural support under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is accompanied by Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (background) and Market Manager of the Charles Gordon Market, Mikoyan Robinson (right), during a tour of the facility in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, July 9.

5 years ago Local Government

$60 Million To Rehabilitate Charles Gordon Market

The Government will be allocating $60 million to commence rehabilitation works on the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St. James, in order to improve vending conditions. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure following a tour of the market on Friday, July 9. He pointed out that the funds represent an initial start of...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), interacts with Head of the St James Infirmary, Matron Jacqueline Wilson (right), during a tour of the newly constructed male ward at the St. James Infirmary, located along Albion Road in Montego Bay, on Friday, July 9.

5 years ago Local Government

Minister Mckenzie Tours Newly Constructed Male Ward at St. James Infirmary

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on Friday (July 9) toured a newly constructed male ward at the St. James Infirmary, located along Albion Road in Montego Bay. The facility was recently completed at a cost of $45 million, after being in construction since 2016. Some 45 male residents are to occupy the new ward, where...

Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Central and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd left) and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) listen attentively to grade six student at the Eltham Park Primary School, Zuriel Radcliffe (left), at a handover ceremony for tablet computers held on July 9, at the school in St. Catherine. Others from (2nd right ) are Guidance Counsellor, Ensom City Primary, Ian Ashley and Grade four student at the Ensom City Primary school, Chevanese Williams.

5 years ago Education

Students Not Consistently Engaged in Online Learning, Targeted for In-Person Classes

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams says children who have not been able to consistently engage with the education system’s online learning environment, will be targeted for in person learning, under the Ministry’s National Summer School. The initiative seeks to engage students in both face- to- face and online learning modalities. More than 43,000 students are participating in...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

5 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Commends TPDCO on 25 Years of Sustaining Jamaica’s Tourism Product

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has commended the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) for its role in sustaining Jamaica’s tourism product. The Minister’s comments were made in a video message at the TPDCo 25th Anniversary Church Service held recently at the Andrews Memorial Seventh Day Adventist Church in Kingston and Fresh Bread Ministries in Montego Bay. “Since opening its doors...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing the sitting of the Senate on July 9.

5 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Will Continue to Monitor Developments in Haiti

Jamaica remains engaged as part of CARICOM’s response to the crisis in the Republic of Haiti, precipitated by the assassination of its President His Excellency Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday, 7th July 2021. Making a statement in the Senate on July 9, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith said Jamaica condemns the heinous incident...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, addresses the recent ceremony for the handing over of a police post at the Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel, St. Mary.

5 years ago Transport

AAJ Making Significant Investments in Improving Aerodromes

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) is making significant investments in improving aerodrome facilities across the country. Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, in making the disclosure, said that at the Lionel Densham Airport in St. Elizabeth “we are about to spend J$100 million to overlay the runway and to put in a little terminal building”. “That is...