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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the House of Representatives on June 2.

House Approves Suspension Of Fiscal Rules

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 2), approved the Fiscal Administration and Audit (Suspension of Fiscal Target Requirements) Order, 2020, to suspend Jamaica’s fiscal rules until March 2021 as a result of the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing a digital press conference held recently at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Jamaicans Reminded To App Ly For Re-Entry Through JamCOVID

Acting Director of Emergency Medical Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Kurdell Espinosa Campbell, addresses a recent virtual town hall organised by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to discuss the coronavirus (COVID-19) response for the hurricane season.

Health, Local Gov’t Ministries Working On Shelter Management Plans

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Now At 591

British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad (left), and National Health Fund (NHF) Chief Executive Officer, Everton Anderson, examine several boxes of medication, which the Government procured in the United Kingdom through the NHF, and shipped to Jamaica with the High Commissioner’s assistance, in tandem with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. The supplies are being stored at the NHF’s pharmaceutical warehouse in Kingston, which they toured on Wednesday (June 3).

Government Receives Shipment Of Medication

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MICAF Celebrates Increase in Exports

A number of Jamaican companies are experiencing a rise in the exportation of their products amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) congratulates manufacturers and exporters who have seized the opportunities that have arisen. MICAF continues to work with our manufacturers and exporters to remove barriers, and strengthen the sector. Since March, companies including...

Education Officer and Quality Education Circle (QEC) 36 Convener, Shamara Brissett-Gordon (left), with QEC 36 members (from second left) Education Officer and QEC 36 Co-Convener, Judith Moore; Principal of Flanker Primary, Collette Barnes; Principal of Glendevon Primary, Audrey Lee Peynado; QEC 36 Chairman and Principal of Albion Primary and Infant, Dr. Lorane Moodie-Reid; Corinaldi Avenue Primary Principal, Dionne Anglin and Principal of Green Pond Primary, Venessa Popkin-Addison, prepare to distribute care packages to families of students from QEC 36 schools in St. James.

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Students And Families Receive Care Packages

The Quality Education Circle (QEC) 36, in Region Four of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, has joined the cause to mitigate the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on vulnerable persons in St. James. The QEC last week donated care packages and phone credit to 35 students, and their families, from 17 infant schools, primary schools, and secondary...

Repatriated Jamaicans who returned from the United Kingdom on Wednesday (May 6), are in line to sanitise their hands immediately after exiting the plane at the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston. (FILE)

6 years ago Coronavirus

2,300 Jamaicans Return Under Re-Entry Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says, to date, 2,300 Jamaicans have entered the island under the Government’s re-entry programme at a cost of $1 billion. In a Statement to the House of Representatives on June 2, the Prime Minister informed that the costs incurred were for “testing, quarantining, logistics surrounding all the operations, for meals and transportation [and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks in the House of Representatives on June 2.

6 years ago Coronavirus

Mandatory Screening For All Arriving Passengers In June

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says all passengers arriving in Jamaica up to June 30, will undergo mandatory screening for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking in the House of Representatives on June 2, he also informed that during the period June 1 to 14, all persons arriving in Jamaica will go through a screening process that has two elements...

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Jamaica’s COVID-19 Recoveries Reach 60 Per Cent

As at Tuesday (June 2), Jamaica’s COVID-19 recovery numbers reached 356 as 34 additional persons were released from care. The island now has a recovery rate of 60 per cent. Also in the last day, Jamaica recorded two new confirmed positives, bringing the total number for the island to 590. One of the cases is a male, age 69, from...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Tobacco Use Increases COVID-19 Risk – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is warning that tobacco use increases the risk of contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) or severe complications associated with the disease. As such, he is appealing for persons who use tobacco to quit the habit. Dr. Tufton, in his World No Tobacco Day message on Sunday (May 31), pointed out that...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Use Data To Drive COVID-19 Public Health Response – PAHO Head

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, is calling on member countries to utilise data derived from surveillance activities to inform public health responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking during PAHO’s weekly digital media briefing on Tuesday (June 2), Dr. Etienne encouraged countries not to “make decisions in the dark” but, rather, to draw on available data...