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Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner.

LAC Advises Clients To Make Contact By Phone, Email

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) is advising members of the public to contact the entity by telephone, email or via social media, in order to access justice services. The Council’s call comes in light of measures announced by Government to...

Acting Director of Client Services, Communication and Information at the CAD, Kadiesh Fletcher.

CAD Establishes Emergency Call Centre

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), addresses representatives of agencies under the Ministry, at a meeting held recently at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston. With the Minister (from left) are Director of Health Promotion and Protection, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Simone Spence; and Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford.

JFB Ambulances Equipped With Protective Gear

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a press conference at Jamaica House on Wednesday (March 18). Listening (from left) are Chief Medical Offiicer, Dr.Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

All Hospitals Now Have Isolation Wards

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), points to the first chain of persons who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica, at a press conference held at Jamaica House on March 18. Observing are (from left) Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden; Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry, Dunstan Bryan; and National Epidemiologist, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr.

National Epidemiologist Outlines COVID-19 Chains Of Transmission

Principal Medical Officer and National Epidemiologist, Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Persons Advised To Seek Local Advice Before Calling COVID-19 Hotlines

Principal Medical Officer and National Epidemiologist, Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr, is calling on persons who are experiencing unexplained respiratory symptoms to seek advice from their local doctors before contacting the national COVID-19 hotlines for assistance. This, she said, is to ensure that symptoms are properly assessed by a trained professional, so that persons can be appropriately advised quickly on how to...

Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Wynter.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessNational Security and Peace

Returning Jamaicans Advised To Keep Abreast Of Measures To Stop Spread Of COVID-19

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is encouraging Jamaicans planning to return home to keep abreast of the necessary precautionary steps to take upon arrival, amidst the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID 19). Speaking with JIS News, PICA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Andrew Wynter, said it is critical that citizens learn the appropriate steps that they need to...

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Westmoreland Health Department Steps Up Public Education

The Westmoreland Health Department has intensified its public sensitisation efforts in order to arm residents with the necessary information to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In an interview with JIS News, Health Promotion and Education Officer, Gerald Miller, said that a “more integrated approached” is being undertaken involving various personnel. He said that persons employed as temporary...

6 years ago CoronavirusJustice

Courts Assessing Operations

The Court Administration Division (CAD) is assessing its operations to determine how best staff should be deployed amid the local transmissions of COVID-19. Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes said the functioning of the courts is vital to society, making it crucial for the judiciary “to arrange itself to uphold its fundamental constitutional obligation, in a manner that protects the health and...

Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Valerie Veira.

6 years ago CommerceCoronavirus

JBDC Makes Adjustments to Operations

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has made adjustments to its operations as part of its effort to contain the risk of transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JBDC, Valerie Veira, said the organisation will not be facilitating face-to-face consultations/meetings or walk-ins, effective Wednesday, March 18 until Tuesday, March 24....

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, speaking at a press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston on Wednesday (March 18)

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessNational Security and Peace

Ministry Of Labour And Social Security Provides Support To Families Of Quarantined Communities

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security completed its third day of distributing welfare package to the families in the quarantined communities of 7 Miles Bull Bay. The Ministry began its relief effort on Saturday, March 14, 2020. To date, a total of 900 welfare packages containing basic food supplies, toiletries and personal care items have been distributed to residents...

Commercial Services Manager, St. James Municipal Corporation, Pamela March, speaking at a meeting of the Disaster Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee at the Corporation in Montego Bay on Wednesday (March 18).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal Government

Charles Gordon Market To Be Sanitised This Weekend

The Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay will be cleaned and sanitised this weekend. Commercial Services Manager at the St. James Municipal Corporation, Pamela March, said that the exercise will commence after the market’s closure on Saturday, (March 21), and will be carried out with assistance from the St. James Fire Department. “On Saturday, after 2:00 p.m., when we close,...