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Vehicles travelling on the North South leg of Highway 2000. All vehicles licensed to drive on Jamaican roads are required to pass an examination of fitness at one of the Island Traffic Authority depots islandwide.
Vehicles travelling on the North South leg of Highway 2000. All vehicles licensed to drive on Jamaican roads are required to pass an examination of fitness at one of the Island Traffic Authority depots islandwide.

Change In Procedure For Testing Motor Vehicle Fitness

The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has made a change in procedure for testing motor vehicles for certification of fitness. This has been implemented as a precautionary measure to safeguard customers and workers from the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking in...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) speaking at the press conference on Tuesday (March 10) at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. Seated beside him are: Permanent Secretary, Dunstan Bryan (left) and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) speaking at the press conference on Tuesday (March 10) at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. Seated beside him are: Permanent Secretary, Dunstan Bryan (left) and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.

Passengers On JetBlue FIights Urged To Contact Health Ministry
Four of the seven new buses that were handed over to the Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) and the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) during a ceremony at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Complex in Kingston on Thursday (March 19). The Government provided five buses to transport nurses at a cost of more than $57 million, while two are on loan from Toyota Jamaica.
Four of the seven new buses that were handed over to the Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) and the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) during a ceremony at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Complex in Kingston on Thursday (March 19). The Government provided five buses to transport nurses at a cost of more than $57 million, while two are on loan from Toyota Jamaica.

Seven Buses Handed Over To Nurses
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), responds to questions from journalists relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), during a media briefing at Jamaica House on Tuesday (March 17). At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), responds to questions from journalists relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), during a media briefing at Jamaica House on Tuesday (March 17). At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan.

Five Buses Purchased For Nurses
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addressing a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 12). Standing beside him is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addressing a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 12). Standing beside him is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

Persons On British Airways Flight Asked To Self-Identify

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Operations At The Norman Manley International Airport – Kingston, Jamaica

PAC KINGSTON AIRPORT LIMITED (PACKAL) is the operator of the Norman Manley International Airport (the Airport) in Kingston, Jamaica. Norman Manley International Airport remains operational and will continue facilitating the transit of passengers. Travel restrictions are currently in effect for the following: China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom. As the COVID-19 threat to...
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Sanitization Of JUTC Buses On In Earnest To Limit The Spread Of The Coronavirus

Jamaica has now recorded its 8th case of the coranavirus (COVID-19), joining more than 100 countries which have so far been impacted. We are closely monitoring the developments around the virus and wish to share with you what we are doing to mitigate its spread. Prior to the confirmation of these cases, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JUTC, was taking...
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(FILE) Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) speaking at the press conference on Tuesday (March 10) at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. Seated beside him are: Permanent Secretary, Dunstan Bryan (left) and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTransport

Health Ministry Traces Passengers Of Flight AA 1515 From Miami To Montego Bay

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is tracing passengers who were aboard flight AA 1515 from Miami to Montego Bay in the last 14 days. The second person to be confirmed with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) also came into the island aboard that flight. The Ministry’s efforts is in keeping with established protocols to keep the public informed about...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), highlights a point while addressing the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday’s (March 3). Beside him is Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board, Donovan White.
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Tourism Minister To Meet With Cruise Line Operators

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is expected to meet with cruise line operators regarding the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as it relates to future bookings. “I am going to meet with the cruise lines on Friday (March 6), after which we will have a better sense of how things are looking down the road. We are talking with...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), breaks ground for the commencement of the Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (March 3). Also participating in the ground breaking (from left) are Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams; Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Mike Henry; Chairman, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry; and Caribbean Director, World Bank, Tahseen Sayed; and Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney.
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PM Breaks Ground For Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (March 3), broke ground for the commencement of the Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project, which will be undertaken at a cost of approximately $950 million. The project aims to create protective infrastructure that will safeguard the Port Royal Street corridor, downtown Kingston, against the adverse effects of natural disasters and climate...
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An aerial view of the East West Toll Road and the Spanish Town Toll Plaza, which are part of the road infrastructure network that is being operated by TransJamaican Highway (TJH) under a 35-year concession arrangement with the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROC) on behalf of the Government of Jamaica. Ten billion shares are being floated in the TJH Initial Public Offering (IPO), which closes on Monday, March 2.
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TransJamaican Highway IPO to Close March 2

Members of the public are being advised that the TransJamaican Highway (TJH) Initial Public Offering (IPO) will close on Monday (March 2), one week ahead of the original March 9 closing date. The IPO, which is the largest in the country’s history, opened on February 17 with eight billion shares, and was upsized to 10 billion shares as a result...
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