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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while giving an update on the COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme in the House of Representatives on May 12.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while giving an update on the COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme in the House of Representatives on May 12.

More Than 500,000 Applications For COVID CARE Programme

The Government’s COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme has received more than 500,000 applications across the available grant types. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the disclosure while giving an update...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left), opens a box containing a computer monitor, at the handover ceremony for information and communications technology (ICT) equipment, valued at $1.5 million and donated by the Universal Service Fund (USF), to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), at the NIS offices, on Ripon Road, in Kingston, on May 12. Sharing the moment (from second left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Daniel Dawes, and Executive Director of the JCPD, Dr. Christine Hendricks.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left), opens a box containing a computer monitor, at the handover ceremony for information and communications technology (ICT) equipment, valued at $1.5 million and donated by the Universal Service Fund (USF), to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), at the NIS offices, on Ripon Road, in Kingston, on May 12. Sharing the moment (from second left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Daniel Dawes, and Executive Director of the JCPD, Dr. Christine Hendricks.

USF Donates ICT Equipment To JCPD
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at a digital press conference, at the Office of the Prime Minister, on Monday (May 11).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at a digital press conference, at the Office of the Prime Minister, on Monday (May 11).

Prime Minister Calls On Persons Attending Funerals To Obey Protocol
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks at a virtual press conference on Monday (May 11), at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston.
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks at a virtual press conference on Monday (May 11), at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston.

Jamaica Can’t Commit to Hold CSEC And CAPE In July – Minister Samuda
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, speaks at a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on May 12
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, speaks at a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on May 12

KSAMC Working With Private Golden Age Homes To Keep Residents Safe

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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
CoronavirusFinance & Public ServiceForeign AffairsHealth & Wellness

PAHO In Dialogue To Coordinate Response To Negative Economic Impact Of COVID-19

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the entity is in “close dialogue” with several bilateral and multilateral institutions to coordinate a response to the negative economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on PAHO member countries. Among these, she said, while speaking at a digital media briefing on Tuesday (May 12), are the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at the digital press conference, at the Office of the Prime Minister, on May 11.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

More Than 3,000 Persons Assessed In St. Mary

More than 3,000 persons have been assessed in the three communities now under quarantine in St. Mary as part of contact tracing for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The quarantined communities in St. Mary are Dover, Enfield and Annotto Bay. They have been placed under quarantine in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19. Up to the time of being placed...
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Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Dr. Zoe Simpson.
CoronavirusGender AffairsHealth & Wellness

WCJF Encourages Adolescent Mothers To Register

Adolescent mothers wishing to register in programmes implemented by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) can do so via the organisation’s website, womenscentreja.com. Registration can also be done by calling the mobile numbers of the 18 locations across the island. They are Denbigh, 876-810-2576; Junction, 876-810-5985; Kingston, 876-810-6348; Mandeville, 876-810-4402; Montego Bay, 876-810-3971; Morant Bay, 876-810-5676; Port Antonio, 876-810-3723;...
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Coronavirus

Minister Grange Says Stadium Complex Prepared for Large Number of CARE Beneficiaries

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says improvements will be made in the disbursement of Compassionate Grants at the Independence Park complex in Kingston. People who selected GKMS/Western Union to receive their Compassionate Grants under the Government’s CARE programme began receiving their disbursements at Mas Camp in Independence Park this morning (Tuesday) May 12....
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