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A seafarer (left) facilitates cargo vessel in the Kingston Harbour by Marine Inspector Kenre Valentine.

Maritime Authority Extends Validity Of Seafarers’ Certificates

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is advising seafarers with certificates that will expire in the next three months to present the MAJ bulletin regarding the extension of validity of these documents, along with the expired papers, to Port State...

A cargo ship moored in the Kingston Harbour

MAJ Working To Maintain Stability In Shipping Industry

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the nation during a press conference at Jamaica House, on Monday (March 30).

All Persons Who Returned To Jamaica From March 18 Must Report To The Health Ministry

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (third left); and Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Wentworth Charles (second left), are presented with the keys to a bus by President, Guardian Group, Eric Hosin (fourth left), during a handover ceremony at Jamaica House on Monday (March 30). The bus is a donation from Guardian Life Limited for the transportation of healthcare workers. Also pictured (from left) are Regional Director, SERHA, Maureen Golding; Executive Director, Health for Life and Wellness Foundation in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Courtney Cephas; and President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Keith Duncan.

PHOTOS: Minister Vaz At Handover Of Buses

Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Roshaye McFarlane.

Public Health Inspectors Deployed To St. James Ports

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTransport

Suspension Of Drivers Licenses Testing By ITA Extended

Effective Monday, March 30, 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Mining will suspend all driving examinations from the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) Depots island-wide for a period of fourteen (14) days. These include testing for the Provisional Drivers (Learner’s) Licenses, yard and road tests. This is further to the suspension of drivers’ licenses testing from March 16 - 27, 2020....

Incoming passengers being attended to at the immigration counter of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTransport

Screening Protocols Being Followed At Ports Of Entry

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that the required protocols for the screening of incoming travellers are being followed at airports and seaports. Director of the Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services (EDMSS) Branch at the Ministry, Dr. Nicole Dawkins-Wright, told JIS News that the country’s public health surveillance system has been in place long before...

Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith.

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021EducationInformationTransportYouth

65,000 Tablets Being Procured For Schools, Teachers

Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith, says Cabinet has approved the procurement of 40,000 tablet computers for students and 25,000 devices for teachers, under the Tablets in Schools Project. “We are now finalising contracts with the vendors,” he told JIS News in a recent interview. A new phase of the project, which is to be renamed ‘Technology in...

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.

6 years ago CoronavirusTransport

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 an interview with JIS News, Acting Director of the Island Traffic Authority, Donald Henry said the changes are for a...

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.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTransport

Passengers On JetBlue FIights Urged To Contact Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health & Wellness wishes to urgently make contact with all passengers, who travelled on the following flights: • JetBlue Flight 659, which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 1:00 a.m. • JetBlue Flight 2959 which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on Thursday, March 12 at midnight • JetBlue...

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.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTransport

Seven Buses Handed Over To Nurses

Nurses within the Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) will no longer have to suffer the indignity of being refused access to public transportation due to fears associated with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This, as the Ministry of Health and Wellness has provided five new buses at a cost of more than $57 million to transport them to...

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.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessOffice of the Prime MinisterTransport

Five Buses Purchased For Nurses

The Government has purchased five new buses to transport nurses, who are frontline workers in the country’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure at a press briefing at Jamaica House on Tuesday (March 17). “I know five is not enough for the entire country, but it is certainly...