Come June 1, employees who have been working from home since March as part of measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19), will be allowed to return to work. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who indicated that Government will not be renewing the work-from-home order when it expires at the end of May. However, Mr....

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has assisted higglers in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, through its Buy-Back Programme, at a cost of $650,000. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, during a recent virtual town hall meeting. “Given the developing quarantine situation in some sections of St. Mary, we have also responded to the needs of...

The Government has reported that the curve that tracks newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica is now flattening. Jamaica now has 520 confirmed cases with the virus, 131 recoveries and nine deaths. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gave this update during a virtual press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday (May...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Manuela Goretti, says the country is expected to receive the US$520 million that has been approved by the IMF Executive Board for disbursement under the Fund’s Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), by Tuesday (May 19). The Government, through Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, wrote to...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica has donated $2.4 million to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) for the purchase of sanitation supplies for more than 50 residential and childcare facilities. Child Protection Specialist at UNICEF Jamaica, Janet Cupidon-Quallo, told JIS News the donation is a critical preventive measure to ensure that the facilities, which are home...

Jamaica is experiencing a second day with no new confirmed COVID-19 cases, while recoveries moved to 131, up from 127 as at Monday (May 18). The total number of confirmed positive cases in Jamaica remains at 520 as at Monday (May 18) while the 131 recoveries puts the island’s recovery rate at 25.2% recovery rate. There are currently no seriously...

In the last 24 hours, three hundred and twenty-two (322) new samples have been tested, as advised by the National Surveillance Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness. From the new samples tested, three (3) new positive cases have been identified, which brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica to 520 as at Sunday (May 17)....