Effective Monday, March 30, 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Mining will suspend all driving examinations from the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) Depots island-wide for a period of fourteen (14) days. These include testing for the Provisional Drivers (Learner’s) Licenses, yard and road tests. This is further to the suspension of drivers’ licenses testing from March 16 - 27, 2020....

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has met with craft vendors, one of the key subsector groups in tourism, to discuss strategies to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses. “With the closure of our borders and general measures instituted to reduce the spread of the disease, tourism has come to a halt leaving many workers and businesses displaced....

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS), as part of its ongoing COVID-19 mitigation plan has procured thermal scanners to assist with the prevention and/or detection of the virus among staff, inmates and children in its care. “In light of the growing concern to keep the virus at bay, the DCS has placed an order for 40 new digital thermal scanners...

As Jamaica continues our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The MICAF and its agencies wishes to assure our valued stakeholders that we will remain fully functional and commit to meeting the needs of our key publics. We value our stakeholders and regret that we have to temporarily restrict access aimed at safeguarding your health as well as those of our...

The Jamaica Library Service is advising that all Parish and Branch Library locations will be closed to the public from March 20, 2020 to April 14, 2020. Mobile Library Service to communities islandwide will also be suspended for the same period. We know that the public library is an important information resource centre for citizens of all ages, however in...

Market vendors, taxi men, barbers and hairdressers, among others in the informal sector who are hard hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19), are to benefit from financial support. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said that the Government is working on a programme that will provide financial assistance for persons who may not be formally employed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on persons not to waste water as the nation continues its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). With schools out, children at home, workplaces reducing their opening hours and allowing employees to work from home, and citizens urged to wash their hands more often, which has increased the demand in water for...