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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton welcoming the team of Cuban medical professionals at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Saturday (March 21).

140 Health Care Professionals Arrive From Cuba

Minster of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton today (March 21) welcomed 140 health care professionals including 90 specialist nurses, which will help to bolster the country’s frontline staff in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The team...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), addresses the media at a press conference at Jamaica House, on Tuesday (March 18). With the Minister is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

Jamaica And Cuba To Hold Discussions About Anti-Viral Drug

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the media during a press conference at Jamaica House on March 16. Looking on is Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness.

Travellers From Countries With COVID-19 Required To Self-Quarantine

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking at a press conference on Thursday (March 12) at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston.

Minister Calls On Jamaican Diaspora To Delay Travel

No Jamaicans In China Have Contracted COVID-19

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Johnson Smith Thankful Arrangements Are Being Secured For Jamaican Hotel Workers Who Were Stranded In Atlanta

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is aware that between the 24th and 25th March, more than 100 Jamaicans found themselves in uncertain circumstances at the Hartfield International Airport where their flights to Jamaica had been cancelled in light of current travel restrictions. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith advised...

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsHealth & WellnessOffice of the Prime Minister

Employee Of Consulate General In New York Tests Positive For COVID-19

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is today advising that this morning, one of its employees at the Consulate General in New York tested positive for the Covid-19 Virus. She is a locally recruited member of staff born in Jamaica but a naturalized US citizen, and is presently receiving treatment within the US public health system. The Minister...

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Missions Closed In New York, Washington DC And London

Jamaica will be closing its Consulate General in New York, and the consular departments in Washington DC and London for one week starting on Monday (March 16), due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, in making the announcement at a press briefing at the Office of the Prime...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (right), exchanges an elbow bump with Ambassador of Spain to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep Maria Bosch (left), during a courtesy call at Jamaica House on March 12. Looking on is Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Spain, Clara Fernández Martin.

6 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Minister Henry Receives Courtesy Call From Ambassador Of Spain

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) addressing a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (March 11) to announce a second imported case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Looking on is Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsHealth & WellnessPrime Minister

Gov’t Looking At Travel Restrictions For The UK

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is considering imposing travel restrictions for the United Kingdom (UK), following confirmation of the second imported case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) from the country in two days. “The Government is actively reviewing the extent of travel restrictions relating to the UK and, in short order, we should be saying some...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), enjoys a light moment with (from left) Canadian High Commissioner, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; Ambassador of Norway to the Caribbean, Her Excellency Ingrid Mollestad; and Head of Delegaton for the European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, following the Minister’s address to members of the Diplomatic Corps, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (March 3).

6 years ago Foreign Affairs

Gov’t To Launch Economic Diplomacy Programme

An economic diplomacy programme, jointly developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), to better engage with the country’s international partners on trade and investment matters, will be officially launched this month. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the disclosure while addressing members of the diplomatic corps on Tuesday (March...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre, front row), responds to questions from members of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, who reviewed the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, during Tuesday’s (March 3) meeting at Gordon House. With him are representatives of the Ministry, as well as Departments and Agencies under his portfolio.

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021CoronavirusFinance & Public ServiceForeign AffairsHealth & WellnessLocal GovernmentParliament

Twenty New Garbage Trucks To Arrive May

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to receive 20 new garbage trucks in May, says Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. The trucks are the first of 120 additional units being procured by the Government to significantly boost the NSWMA fleet in order to improve garbage collection across the island. Minister McKenzie, who was...