Jamaica’s COVID-19 recoveries hit the 200 mark in the last 24 hours, as nine more Jamaicans were released from care. The island now has a 36 per cent recovery rate. Also in the last 24 hours, the island recorded another six confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 550. Five (5) of the six (6)...

Public areas adjoining three parks in Kingston and St. Andrew will be washed and sanitised, as part of  Labour Day activities. This year’s Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 25, under the theme: ‘Labour at Home’. Work will take place at St. William Grant Park, downtown, Kingston; Mandela Park in Half-Way Tree and Papine Park in St Andrew,...

As announced by the Government, the nightly islandwide curfew will be tightened for the Labour Day holiday period. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement on Monday, May 11, 2020 during an update to the nation on COVID-19. The nightly curfew which currently runs from 8pm to 5am will be adjusted for tomorrow Sunday, May 24 and on Labour Day...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought into sharp focus the need to make access to the Internet a right to every citizen. “This right is fundamentally inseparable from the right to education and healthcare,” the Minister emphasised. Mrs. Williams was participating in an online webinar hosted by the Organization of American...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, will update the nation on the timelines for the return of the remaining Jamaican seafarers to the island in short order. The seafarers, on board cruise ships and other vessels, have been stranded at sea, due to coronavirus (COVID-19)  travel restrictions. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson...

Jamaica is among eight Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Caribbean countries slated to benefit from an £8-million (US$3.8-million) financial contribution, which the United Kingdom (UK) has pledged to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and mitigate its impact in regional territories. A PAHO statement on Friday (May 22) listed Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Lucia, and...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that Telethon Jamaica has so far raised J$60 million to purchase Personal Protective Equipment for frontline workers. The Minister made the announcement as she accepted a symbolic cheque for J$2 million from Restaurants of Jamaica Group (operators of KFC and Pizza Hut in Jamaica) on Friday...