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

TPDCo Begins Sensitisation For COVID-19 Health And Safety Protocols

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer, says sensitisation sessions for the COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols that will be implemented for the reopening of the tourism sector have begun. The sessions started yesterday (June...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right); Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska (second left); and German Ambassador to Jamaica, Dr. Bernd von Munchow-Pohl (left), listen keenly to Consultant Anaesthesiologist at the St. Ann's Bay Regional Hospital, Dr. Peter Scarlett (third left), during a tour of the newly opened High-Dependency Unit (HDU) building, recently.

New HDU Building To Improve Maternal Outcomes

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (second left), presents a mask to Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC), Paul Abrahams (second right), at the handover of 9,900 masks to the Ministry of Transport and Mining recently, by Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer, Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company Limited, through local partner, Stewart's Automotive Group. Also pictured are Director of Stewart’s Automotive Group, Jackie Stewart Lechler (left) and General Manager, Duncan Stewart.

PPV Operators Encouraged To Use Online Services

Six New COVID-19 Cases for Jamaica

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chukka Caribbean Adventures, Marc Melville (fourth left), shares a photo opportunity with team members after receiving the Tour Operator of the Year Award from Carnival Cruise Lines, at a function in Cozumel, Mexico, in 2019.

Chukka Caribbean Prepares To Welcome Visitors

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre), converses with Principal of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, Lacey-Ann Blake (left), while students at the institution look on. The State Minister visited the institution on Monday (June 8).

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Education State Minister Commends School Administrators For Putting Safety Measures In Place

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says that secondary-school administrators have responded well in putting safety measures in place for the reopening of institutions. He said that the guidelines recommended by the Ministry have been implemented to safeguard the health of students and staff. He noted that the Ministry provided funding to...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

One New Case of COVID-19 Brings Jamaica’s Total to 599

Jamaica has recorded one new case of COVID-19 as at Monday (June 8), bringing the island’s count to 599. In the meantime, the number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 remains at 405 (Recovery rate 67.6%). The new case is a 63 year old female of a St. Elizabeth address. This is an imported case from New York under...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

NCDA Partners With US Embassy To Discourage Smoking And Alcohol Use During COVID-19

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) has partnered with the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Section of the United States Embassy on a public education campaign aimed at highlighting the dangers of smoking and alcohol use amid the coronavirus (COVID -19). Speaking in an interview with JIS News, NCDA Executive Director, Michael Tucker, said that the agency’s response...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

2 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19, 1 More Recovery

As at Sunday (June 7), the National Surveillance Unit in the Ministry of Health & Wellness has advised that two new samples have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 598. In the meantime, one more patient has been counted among the recoveries. A total of 405 patients have recovered from COVID-19. The country’s recovery rate...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

19 more COVID-19 recoveries, 1 new confirmed positive for Jamaica

Jamaica has recorded 19 new COVID-19 recoveries and one new confirmed positive in the last 24 hours. This gives the island a 68% recovery rate, as the total number of persons released from care moves to 404 and the number of confirmed cases to 596. The new confirmed case is a 41-year-old male of a St. Catherine address, who is...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

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Tourism Entities to Receive COVID-19 Resilient Certificate

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says entities operating within the industry will be provided with a COVID-19 resilient certificate, permitting them to conduct operations within the first phase of reopening come June 15, once the necessary protocols are in place. “The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) along with a number of other entities, have established very rigorous standards in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a digital press conference at Jamaica House on Friday (June 5).

6 years ago Coronavirus

50 People Allowed to Attend Weddings, Funerals

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that effective Sunday (June 7), a maximum of 50 people will be allowed to attend weddings and funerals. This is up from the previous limit of 15 persons. Restrictions on attendance at weddings and funerals were put in place in March as part of measures to contain the spread of the...