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COVID-19 Update: Recoveries up by 11 with 2 new COVID-19 Cases

Total cases now 552; 211 recoveries In the last 24 hours, 11 more patients have recovered and have been discharged from isolation, bringing the total number of patients recovered and released to 211(38% recovery rate). Meanwhile, two (2) new samples...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (3rd left) and the Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (left), join the work crew from Carib Cement Company and Jamaica Pre-Mix in a Labour Day sanitisation project at Mandela Park in Half Way Tree. Also pictured are: Sales Manager at Carib Cement Garen Williams; Managing Director of Jamaica Pre-Mix Limited, John Valentine; and Industrial and Builders Manager at Carib Cement, Andre Nelson.

Grange: Sanitising of Public Spaces, an Excellent Labour Day Project

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange (right), and Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, assist in the cleaning and sanitising of Mandella Park, in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, today (May 24), as part of activities for Workers’ Week and Labour Day, which will be observed tomorrow (May 25), under the theme: ‘Labour at Home’. The clean-up was spearheaded by the Caribbean Cement Company Limited and Jamaica Pre-Mix Concrete Limited. Work was also done at St. William Grant Park, downtown, Kingston, and Papine Park in St Andrew.

PHOTOS: Sanitization of Mandela Park

200 COVID-19 recoveries and counting

Head of Communication and Community Outreach of Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Klao Bell-Lewis.

Papine, Mandela And St. William Grant Parks To Be Washed And Sanitised

6 years ago CoronavirusOffice of the Prime Minister

Islandwide Nightly Curfew Restrictions for Labour Day Period

As announced by the Government, the nightly islandwide curfew will be tightened for the Labour Day holiday period. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement on Monday, May 11, 2020 during an update to the nation on COVID-19. The nightly curfew which currently runs from 8pm to 5am will be adjusted for tomorrow Sunday, May 24 and on Labour Day...

Hon. Fayval Williams, MP, Minister of Education, Youth and Information

6 years ago CoronavirusTechnology

Minister Emphasises Importance Of Access To Internet By Every Citizen

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought into sharp focus the need to make access to the Internet a right to every citizen. “This right is fundamentally inseparable from the right to education and healthcare,” the Minister emphasised. Mrs. Williams was participating in an online webinar hosted by the Organization of American...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, delivers a statement during Friday’s (May 22) sitting of the Senate.

6 years ago CoronavirusSenate

PM To Provide Timelines For Return Of Seafarers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, will update the nation on the timelines for the return of the remaining Jamaican seafarers to the island in short order. The seafarers, on board cruise ships and other vessels, have been stranded at sea, due to coronavirus (COVID-19) travel restrictions. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson...

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

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica To Benefit From DFID Contribution

Jamaica is among eight Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Caribbean countries slated to benefit from an £8-million (US$3.8-million) financial contribution, which the United Kingdom (UK) has pledged to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and mitigate its impact in regional territories. A PAHO statement on Friday (May 22) listed Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Lucia, and...

6 years ago CoronavirusCulture

Grange: 60 million raised by Telethon Jamaica

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that Telethon Jamaica has so far raised J$60 million to purchase Personal Protective Equipment for frontline workers. The Minister made the announcement as she accepted a symbolic cheque for J$2 million from Restaurants of Jamaica Group (operators of KFC and Pizza Hut in Jamaica) on Friday...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update: Jamaica Case Tally now at 544

10 new cases; 10 more recoveries In the last 24 hours, 10 samples have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica to 544. The 10 new cases consist of six (6) males and four (4) females with ages ranging from 4 to 61 years. In the meantime, 10 more patients have recovered and...

6 years ago CoronavirusIndustry

JSEZA Statement on SEZ and COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis shared by all. It has required the team at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) and special economic zone (SEZ) stakeholders, like many other entities, to adapt to new circumstances and support efforts to contain the spread of this disease. As part of our Sustainable Economic Development Framework, it is a...