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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), speaks at a press conference at Jamaica House, on Monday (March 30). With the Prime Minister is Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.

Prime Minister Announces All-Island Curfew

In an effort to prevent community spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government has imposed an all-island curfew, which will take place between April 1 and 8. The curfew will be imposed from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. each day...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank'.

RADA Assisting Farmers

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); Minority Leader in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Andrew Swaby (right), and a worker participate in the cleaning of a room at the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in St. Andrew, today (March 30).

Golden Age Home And Infirmaries Cleaned And Sanitised

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while piloting the Appropriation Act 2020 in the Senate on March 27.

Retailers To Face Heavy Fines, Imprisonment For Price Gouging

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Tourism Stakeholders Pleased With Stimulus Package

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

36 Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 In Jamaica

There are now 36 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Jamaica. Additional results received at 9:00 p.m. from the National Influenza Centre, showed that of the five pending results from yesterday, three samples tested negative, while two were positive for COVID-19. The two new cases are: • a 45 year old female, a healthcare worker, who was a contact of a...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update: Jamaica Now Has 34 Cases

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica now stands at 34. The increase comes as the National Influenza Centre has reported two positive results from 5 tests that were pending. The two new cases are: a 34 year-old female from St. James with a travel history from New York and a 74-year-old female from St. Catherine with a...

6 years ago Coronavirus

Registrar General’s Department Closure Notice

Please be advised that, our PORTMORE OFFICE will be TEMPORARILY CLOSED as of Monday March 30, 2020 and will REOPEN on Thursday April 2, 2020 at 9am. We encourage our customers to utilize our online services at www.rgd.gov.jm. For in-person transactions, you may visit the nearest office – Twickenham Park, Spanish Town or 58 Duke Street, Kingston. Certificates due for...

(FILE) Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House.

6 years ago CoronavirusDisaster ReliefEducationInformationOffice of the Prime MinisterYouth

Parents Of PATH Students To Be Given Cash To Prepare Breakfast And Lunch

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says parents of students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), will now be given monthly cash payments to prepare breakfast and lunch for their children while schools remain closed. He was speaking at a press conference at Jamaica House on March 27. Public schools were...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Ministry urges end to COVID-19 misinformation

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is once again urging Jamaicans to refrain from sharing unsubstantiated information about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the island. “Misinformation about COVID-19, whether it is shared deliberately or not, is a disservice to the national efforts to contain the spread of the virus and to save lives,” said Minister of Health and Wellness...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica records 32 COVID-19 cases

Jamaica, over the last 24 hours, recorded two new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases on the island to thirty-two (32). The two new cases are: a 70-year-old female from St Catherine with no travel history; and a 67-year-old female from Kingston with a travel history from the United Kingdom. Of the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), outlines Coronavirus (COVID-19) safeguards being implemented by the Ministry to protect the indigent, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 23). Listening is Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who also addressed the press conference.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Government Allocates $140 Million For Councillors To Assist In COVID-19 Fight

The Government has allocated $140 million to Councillors across the island to help in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), and to assist persons in their division who have been affected by the virus. This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at a press conference, on Friday (March 27), at Jamaica House, in...