As Jamaica prepares for the “home-porting” of a Norwegian Cruise Line vessel in Montego Bay in August, stakeholders say that the country should look to pursue other such arrangements with additional cruise lines, in order to bring economic benefits to local businesses and communities. Home-porting is when a ship uses a port/marine terminal as its home, regardless of its port of registry. This allows passengers...

For Little London High School Teacher, Moya Williams, receiving the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine meant taking the first step towards the possibility of physically reuniting with her students, after more than one year of teaching online. The 27-year-old was quick off the blocks to get the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at a recent Vaccination Blitz at the Sean Lavery...

“I don’t want to catch that awful thing,” 79-year old Lorna Rowe tells JIS News before entering the National Arena on Saturday (April 3) to receive her first dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. She was among more than 1,000 elderly persons, who came out to be inoculated against the deadly virus during the Ministry of Health and Wellness’...

Business sector leaders say the E-Commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) can potentially assist in revolutionising economic activity in Jamaica, by facilitating the transition of more informal operators into the formal sector. ENDS is a partnership between the Government and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ). It allows the quick service industry and delivery operators registered on the web-based platform...

Accurate testing is paramount in diagnosing and treating any disease, so Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharon-Mae Shirley, is imploring facilities to certify their coronavirus (COVID-19) testing service. “The JANAAC Pre-Accreditation Approval Programme (PAAP) is designed to increase confidence in the quality, safety and reliability of COVID-19 testing services in Jamaica. Successful applicants...

Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) President, Richard Pandohie, is urging greater adherence by more Jamaicans to the Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) infection prevention and control measures. He says this is imperative to stem the current surge in COVID-19 cases, which have spiraled past 36,000 with more than 530 deaths, and eventually flatten the local outbreak. Mr. Pandohie tells JIS News...

While many elderly persons are now anxiously awaiting their coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, Dr. Denise Eldemire-Shearer, widow of Jamaica’s third Prime Minister, Hugh Lawson Shearer, considers herself lucky, given that she was the second person in the country to receive the jab, during the first day of inoculation on March 10. According to Dr. Eldemire-Shearer, a patron of the National Council...

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), Dr. Melody Ennis, is assuring Jamaicans of the safety and efficacy of the vaccines being brought into the island by the Government in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Jamaica, on March 8, received a donation of 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India, and...

Teleworking, described as the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) to perform work outside of the traditional office setting, has become increasing popular globally, as employers ensure business continuity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In Jamaica, this is no different, as the Government and several private sector entities have implemented work-from-home policies, as part of measures to contain the...