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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at a tablet and laptop handover ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in St. James on Friday (October 8).
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at a tablet and laptop handover ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in St. James on Friday (October 8).

Tourism Minister Calls on Front-Line Staff to Support Vaccination Programme

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says players in the tourism industry are at risk of losing out on potential visitors and foreign earnings if front-line staff fail to support the national COVID-19 vaccination programme. Mr. Bartlett told journalists at a...
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks at a tablet and laptop handover ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in St. James, on October 8.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks at a tablet and laptop handover ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in St. James, on October 8.

Tourism Minister Calls on Front-line Staff to Support Vaccination Programme
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Prime Minister the Most Hon.Andrew Holness (left), engages with a resident of Richmond, St. Mary, while on a vaccination mobilisation tour of sections of the parish on Friday (October 15).
Prime Minister the Most Hon.Andrew Holness (left), engages with a resident of Richmond, St. Mary, while on a vaccination mobilisation tour of sections of the parish on Friday (October 15).

COVID-19 Vaccination Tours Have Been Effective – PM
State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.
State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

Honour Our Ancestors by Taking the Vaccine – Terrelonge

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Residents Urged to Travel With Identification as Health Team Hosts Vaccine Drive in Clarendon Town Centre

The health team from the Clarendon Health Services will host a vaccination drive in the town centre (under the clock) this Friday, October 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Persons are being encouraged to travel with their government issued identification and Tax Registration Number card to make the vaccination process easier. Persons who wish to use the opportunity to...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for Southwest St. Ann, Zavia Mayne (right) , converse with Public Health Nurse at the Alexandria Community Hospital in St. Ann, Sylvia Higgins. Occasion was a visit by the Prime Minister to the community hospital as well as the Redemption Faith Church, a vaccination site located in Calderwood in the parish, on Thursday (October 14).
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PM Holness Commends Vaccine Heroes in St. Ann

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended citizens who visited the Alexandria Community Hospital in St. Ann to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The Prime Minister was addressing citizens during a vaccination mobilisation visit to the community hospital and the Redemption Faith Church vaccination centres in Calderwood, in the parish on Thursday (October 14). “Thank you for coming out...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange
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Frontline Workers and Athletes Hailed for Their Roles in Battling COVID-19

The performance by frontline health workers and Olympians from the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo has benefitted Jamaica tremendously. This from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange who made the comment while speaking at a virtual National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Church Service held Sunday (October 17) at the Waltham Park New Testament Church, 65 Waltham Park...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), addresses persons at the Castleton Health Centre in St. Mary, on Friday (October 15). Looking on at right, is Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.
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Revenue Increases Gone Into Managing COVID-19 Crisis

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says the country’s strong performance in revenue increases has been gobbled away to manage the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Prime Minister who was responding to questions from JIS News, while on a vaccination mobilisation in Richmond, St. Mary on Friday (October 15), said all ministry budgets have been “impacted” to reallocate resources for...
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Director of Family Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis
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Be a Vaccine Hero this Weekend

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) is now working towards a new target of getting one million persons vaccinated by the end of November, and is urging persons to come out and get vaccinated this Heroes weekend. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, MOHW Director of Family Health Services Dr. Melody Ennis said, “we are encouraging everybody, certainly...
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