President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson, says the virtual sitting of the Upper House is a positive outcome of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that should be embraced and developed. The Senate recently made amendments to the Standing Orders to allow members to participate in meetings of the full Senate, virtually. "It is said that from every crisis...

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) wishes to advise its valued customers, that effective Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the design of vital records with amendments will change. All approved corrections will now be entered in the appropriate line (for e.g. Line 7 for Name of Child – ZADIE), while the incorrect information will be placed in the designed Amendment section and...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be participating in a mix of online and offline activities, in observance of National Environmental Awareness Week 2021. The Week is being observed from June 1 to 8 under the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’, in keeping with the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). “One of those [offline] activities...

The Three Million Trees in Three Years initiative is enjoying a high level of success, with the Forestry Department expressing confidence that the goal could be surpassed. Forest Manager in the South West Region at the Forestry Department, Ann-Marie Bromfield, is upbeat about the response from the public and how well the programme has been doing. “We have been getting...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 90 48,557 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 51 27,140 Males 39 21,414 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 9 days to 98 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 4 2,634 Hanover 0 1,298 Kingston & St. Andrew 11 13,543 Manchester 14...

United States (US)-based Frontier Airlines made its inaugural flight from Miami, Florida, to the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, May 28. The flight had 160 passengers and a six-member flight crew comprising two pilots and four flight attendants, who made the one hour and 13-minute historic journey from the US to Jamaica. Jamaica Tourist Board...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is advocating for increased acceptance and guidance of Jamaica’s culture, to maximize the range of accruable benefits. “It is more than dance and music. We have to take the cultural excellence in those areas and also place it in our academics, in our art and craft [and] in our science...