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(FILE) Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie addresses the Ministry of Health and Wellness’s virtual COVID Conversations press briefing, recently.

Health Ministry Issues Warning About Delta And Other COVID-19 Variants

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising Jamaicans travelling overseas to observe strict safety protocols to prevent importation of the Delta and other variants of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Some COVID-19 variants allow the virus to spread more easily or...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), listens as Acting Parish Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for Manchester, Keval Lewis (left), provides an update on the state of readiness of the Porus High School to provide shelter for residents during the hurricane season. The Minister toured several shelters in the parish on Friday (June 18).

Emergency Shelters In Manchester Ready

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents student at the St. Catherine-based Kitson Town Primary School, Annique Campbell, with a tablet computer, in Pedro, on Friday (June 18). Sharing in the occasion is Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The Prime Minister donated tablets to 30 students in the parish, from his Positive Jamaica Foundation.

Prime Minister Donates Tablets To Students In St. Catherine

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) expresses sincere appreciation to St. James Public Health Department staff and other healthcare workers for their commitment in going the extra mile to vaccinate the public against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister Bartlett lauded the workers as he visited the vaccination blitz site at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Saturday, June 19, 2021. He underscored that healthcare workers have a crucial role to play in enabling the quick recovery, not just of the tourism sector, but of the Jamaican economy overall.

PHOTO: Minister Bartlett Expresses Appreciation to St. James Public Health Workers

Councillor Devon Brown of the Hopewell Division in Hanover

Hopewell Cemetery To Be Expanded

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update for Sunday, June 20, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 44 49,712 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 31 27,796 Males 13 21,913 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 4 years to 83 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 6 2,706...

5 years ago Finance & Public Service

St. Andrew Revenue Service Centre adds to limited service offering

St. Andrew Revenue Service Centre adds to limited service offering Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will continue to offer limited, non-cash services from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., but with two additional services becoming available at its St. Andrew Revenue Service Centre located in Constant Spring, as of Monday, June 21, 2021. The extended interim arrangements have been made following a further assessment of the restoration work currently underway following a fire two weeks ago. Operations will continue to take...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks at a digital Town Hall Meeting, hosted by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, which formed part of the two-day virtual Jamaica Diaspora Sustainability Symposium, from June 16-17.

5 years ago Foreign Affairs

Association of Jamaicans in China Continues to Provide Support

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Association of Jamaicans in China will continue to be leveraged as an outreach mechanism, which complements the Diplomatic Mission, to serve nationals residing in the Asian country. This is in addition to the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council, which Senator Johnson Smith said is “a tool...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Construction of Autopsy Suite to Begin by Early August

The Government is expected to break ground for the proposed Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite by early August. This was disclosed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who told journalists on Friday (June 18), that the contract process for the project is close to an end. “It’s currently at the Procurement Commission [and] we...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, speaks to residents of Vaughansfield Housing Scheme, in St. James, during a St. James Municipal Corporation/National Housing Trust community meeting, at the Maroon Town Community Centre, in the parish, on Thursday, June 17.

5 years ago Local GovernmentRural Development

Infrastructure in Vaughansfield Housing Scheme to be Upgraded

The Vaughansfield Housing Scheme, in St. James, has been earmarked for an approximately $35 million infrastructure upgrade project by the Government. This forms part of a multi-billion dollar national programme to upgrade infrastructure of some 100 housing schemes across the island that were constructed in the first 10 years of the National Housing Trust (NHT). The scope of work for the...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), and Member of Parliament for St. Ann North Western, Krystal Lee (right), tour Mt. Edgecombe, in St. Ann, on Friday, June 18.

5 years ago Housing

Housing Minister Calls on Stakeholders in St. Ann to Help Prevent Squatting

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is calling for greater collaboration among housing stakeholders in St. Ann, to halt the spread of squatting and informal settlements. Following a tour of several communities in St. Ann North Western on June 18, the Minister said there is an emerging “movement” surrounding informal settlements, in that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, displays the gazetted Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures), Norwood Community in the parish of St. James Zone Order 2021, which declares the Norwood community as a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO). Mr. Holness was addressing a virtual press conference on Sunday (June 20).

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Prime Minister Declares ZOSO for Norwood, in St. James

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has declared the community of Norwood, in St. James, as a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO). Speaking at a virtual press conference on Sunday (June 20), the Prime Minister noted that the ZOSO has become necessary for Norwood, given an analysis of the community which revealed that the area “continues to be characterised...