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RGD Appeals To Clients To Obey Safety Protocols

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is calling on persons to follow safety protocols when visiting branches islandwide to access services, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). With many entities phasing in the return to a normal work schedule,...

Ocho Rios Bay Beach in Ocho Rios, St. Ann

UDC Preparing For Reopening Of Attractions

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), breaks ground for the $180-million expansion of the Annotto Bay Hospital in St. Mary, on June 12. Also participating are (from left): Managing Director of Otiga Engineers, Douglas Bowes; Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, Dr. Norman Dunn; Regional Director with the Ministry, Fabia Lamm; and Health Promotion and Public Relations Manager at the National Health Fund (NHF), Shermaine Robotham.

Ground Broken For $180-Million Facility At Annotto Bay Hospital

Andre Lewis, Operations Manager, PAC Kingston assists Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) as he examines one of the many new plexiglass screens that have been installed at the Norman Manley International Airport to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Minister Bartlett toured the facility recently to examine the level of preparedness for the reopening of the nation’s borders to tourists on June 15, 2020. The Minister expressed satisfaction with the measures that have been put in place to safeguard front-line workers and passengers alike, including the installation of numerous automated hand sanitizing stations, decals to facilitate social distancing and a quarantine area.

PHOTOS: Minister Bartlett Tours Norman Manley International Airport

Food Product Development Team Leader, SRC, Valmo Wynter, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

SRC Reminds Consumers To Wash Food Packages

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), presents young farmer, Okelia Douce (right), with agricultural inputs at an agricultural forum held yesterday (June 11), at the Seventh-day Adventist Church of God in Dunkeld, St. Catharine. Sharing the moment (from second left) are Chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Catherine Parish Advisory Committee, William Cital, and RADA Parish Manager, Ruth Barrett.

6 years ago AgricultureCoronavirus

Farmers Encouraged To Produce More

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers to increase production, as markets are available. Speaking at the handover of agricultural inputs to St. Catherine farmers at a forum held on June 11 in Dunkeld, in the parish, he said farmers should use the support being provided by the Government...

6 years ago CoronavirusLocal GovernmentTourism

Three UDC Beaches To Open

The public is invited to visit any of the three UDC-owned beaches which reopened on Sunday 14 June 2020. Long Bay, Negril, Walter Fletcher, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios Bay Beach, Ocho Rios will accept visitors for the first time since closing March. This closure came as the Government implemented measures to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in...

Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer.

6 years ago CoronavirusTourism

16,000 Tourism Workers Sensitised

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer, says close to 16,000 tourism workers have already been sensitised about COVID-19 safety protocols, in a series of workshops organised by the entity. These workshops, which began on June 8 and will end on June 15, have been held in Montego Bay, Negril and Ocho Rios for stakeholders...

Chief Executive Officer at the Registrar General

6 years ago CoronavirusOffice of the Prime Minister

RGD Offering All Services

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is offering all services at its locations across the island during the adjusted operating hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Some services were restricted as part of measures to contain the risk of transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer at the RGD, Charlton McFarlane, said...

Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Senior Food Technologist, Treanna Lindo

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Best Practices For Safe Food Delivery During COVID-19

With more food establishments offering delivery services due to coronavirus (COVID-19) physical distancing guidelines, operators of such entities are being advised to put measures in place to ensure that meals are properly packaged and safe for consumption. “Your goal is to deliver food and drink under sanitary and untampered conditions. The priority should be to deliver the product to your...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left); and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (third left), cut the ribbon to open the $329-million Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC) High-Dependency Unit (HDU) building at the St. Ann

6 years ago Health & Wellness

EU Lauds Achievements Under PROMAC

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, has lauded Jamaica’s achievements under the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC) “As we approach the end of this groundbreaking programme, I am pleased and excited to say the outputs are significant,” she said at the recent opening of the Maternal and Neonatal High...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Two New Imported COVID-19 Cases Recorded

As at Sunday (June 14) Jamaica recorded two new imported cases of COVID-19. This brings the total confirmed cases in the island to 617. At the same time, total recoveries remain at 420 (68.1%). The new imported cases are a 35-year-old male of a St. James address and a 61-year-old female of a Kingston & St. Andrew address. Both are...