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Residents in Southfield Health District Can Access Services at New Sites on Monday, August 12
Services which were affected at the Bellevue, Southfield and Newell health centres in St. Elizabeth, due to Hurricane Beryl, will be restored. Effective, Monday, August 12, 2024, residents can access services at the new sites at: Kinkead Plaza in Tophill and the Diabetic Association of Jamaica in Pedro Plains. The other site which will be at the Williamsfield/Barbary Hall Community...
Grange Praises Olympic Team
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell who took the bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games in Paris today. It took a photo finish to separate Broadbell — who ran his season’s best time of 13.09 — and the second placed American Daniel Roberts, who...
Scam Alert: Pensioners and PATH Beneficiaries
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security advises all its NIS pensioners, Social Pensioners and PATH beneficiaries to be vigilant against scams circulating via text message (SMS) and on WhatsApp, informing recipients of "bonus" funds being disbursed. These messages are part of a scam and are not authentic communications from the Government of Jamaica. If you receive such a message...
Children and Families Receive UNICEF Hygiene Kits
Children and their families in Clarendon turned out in their numbers to collect hygiene kits from UNICEF on Tuesday July 30. Hundreds of people from Rocky Point, Portland Cottage and Lionel Town benefitted from the collaborative effort of the teams from UNICEF and Food for the Poor (FFP) who journeyed to support the communities that have been left reeling from...
NWC Assures Public That Water Supply is Safe: Location Shown on Social Media Video is Not a NWC Facility
The NWC is aware of a video being circulated where a group of individuals directed comments toward the NWC before skating across a waterway. The company wishes to advise the public that the location highlighted in the video is not a NWC facility. Additionally, the water supply utility wishes to share a general update on the measures normally taken in...
Troy Bridge Works to Commence Next Week
Work is slated to commence next week for the rebuilding of the Troy Bridge in Trelawny. The bridge which links several Trelawny, Manchester and St. Elizabeth communities collapsed in August 2021, during the passage of Tropical Storm Grace. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Robert Morgan says that cabinet having signed off on the...
Alley Bridge, Clarendon to be Assessed by NWA Technical Team
The National Works Agency (NWA) has been instructed to take immediate steps to assess the Alley Bridge in southern Clarendon. The instructions have come from the Minister with responsibility for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Robert Morgan. Minister Morgan reports to Prime Minister, Andrew Holness who has requested a report on the state of the...
Search and Destroy Mosquito-Breeding Sites
Following the start of the hurricane season and the anticipated increase in rainfall, the Ministry of Health & Wellness is reminding members of the public to expect an increase in the breeding of mosquitoes, especially those that carry disease such as the Aedes aegypti mosquito, carriers of the dengue virus. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie noted that, “It is...