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Families Must Protect Most Vulnerable Members From Covid – PM

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness is calling on families to take responsibility for protecting the most vulnerable in their households from the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking at the National Day of Prayer event held at the Power of Faith...

Grade One Teacher at Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, Ms. Sonia Wilks (right), listens as one of her students reads a book at a recent ceremony.

Education Minister Encourages Parents And Students To Get Vaccinated

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (Jan. 5).

Education Minister Reports Smooth Start To Easter School Term

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addresses a JIS Think Tank on January 5.

CARPIN Hails Move To Protect Jamaicans From Lead Paint Exposure

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, the Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), hands over a cartridge-free Epson printer to the Acting Principal of Rock Hall Primary School, Keisha Mehabear, during a visit to the school in rural St. Andrew on Tuesday (January 4). The printer, along with printing paper, was donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.

Rock Hall Primary Gets Printer From Usain Bolt Foundation

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing a handover ceremony for 5,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) home testing kits presented to the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) for tourism workers, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in Rose Hall, St. James, on December 30.

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Jamaicans Urged to Recognise the Importance of Safeguarding Themselves Against COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaicans need to recognise the importance of safeguarding themselves against the coronavirus (COVID-19), as the country approaches a fourth wave of the pandemic. Addressing a handover ceremony for COVID-19 home testing kits, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James on December 30, Dr. Tufton said...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, interacts with students at the Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, today (January 4), during a handover ceremony for the presentation of a cartridge-free printer and reams of paper, donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.

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Government Will Continue To Facilitate Face-To-Face Classes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will continue to facilitate the resumption of face-to-face classes, which began yesterday (January 3), while being guided by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. “That’s where the expertise lies. They’ve been guiding us through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and so we look to them from the education sector,”...

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Exercise Caution with Medicinal Plants and Herbs

For centuries, Jamaicans, especially in rural communities have been using herbal remedies to maintain health and to prevent diseases. However, there is need to be careful when administering herbal medicines and to get guidance from the herbal experts. Research Officer of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) Chelsea Stephenson, made these comments while delivering a lecture titled...

State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (stooping), dotes on baby boy, Ajaunie Bennett, who is being cradled by his mother, Amoy Brown (second left). Occasion was Mrs. Cuthbert Flynn’s visit to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston on New Year’s Day (January 1), where she spent time with new mothers and their babies and presented them with complimentary personal care baskets. Looking on are Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elise Fairweather Blackwood (left), and Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Maureen Golding.

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PHOTOS: Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn Visits Victoria Jubilee and Spanish Town Hospitals on New Year’s Day

State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (stooping), dotes on baby boy, Ajaunie Bennett, who is being cradled by his mother, Amoy Brown (second left). Occasion was Mrs. Cuthbert Flynn’s visit to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston on New Year’s Day (January 1), where she spent time with new mothers and their babies and...

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Ministry of Health to Focus on Destigmatising Mental Illness

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Bellevue Hospital will be transformed into a destigmatised institution serving the society. Speaking recently at an appreciation ceremony for clients at the Winward Road Kingston facility, the minister said mental challenges affect more persons than is widely known, and there is no “scorn” that should be associated or...

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Vaccination Sites Closed for New Year’s Weekend

Sites reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022 Vaccination sites will be closed on New Year’s Day, Saturday, January 1 and Sunday, January 2, 2022 as Jamaicans observe New Year’s Day holiday. The vaccination sites will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022 to facilitate the administration of first and second doses, booster shots and additional doses for the immunocompromised. At the...

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COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 30, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 329 93,920 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 199 53,430 Males 130 40,487 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 day to 94 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES Clarendon 2 4,960 Hanover 12 3,103 Kingston & St. Andrew 171 23,494 Manchester 19 6,039 Portland 2 2,540 St. Ann...