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Training Manager for the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Western Region, Megan Mollison, addresses the closing day of the week-long TPDCo Coronavirus (COVID-19) Protocol Sensitisation workshop, which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, on Monday, June 15,
Training Manager for the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Western Region, Megan Mollison, addresses the closing day of the week-long TPDCo Coronavirus (COVID-19) Protocol Sensitisation workshop, which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, on Monday, June 15,

Tourism Stakeholders Pledge To Follow Safety Protocols

By: Okoye Henry, June 15, 2020
Local tourism stakeholders have given their commitment to strictly adhere to the coronavirus (COVID-19) safety protocols following the culmination of the week-long Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) sensitisation workshops in...
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4 New COVID-19 Cases and 10 More Recoveries for Jamaica

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, June 15, 2020
Chief Executive Officer of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Camile Wallen Panton (left), signs the contract for personal protective equipment (PPE) valued more than US$10,000, from the German Embassy to the hospital, today (June 15), at the embassy on Waterloo Road in St. Andrew. Observing are Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the hospital, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson, and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jamaica, Dr. Bernd von Munchow-Pohl.

Bustamante Hospital For Children Gets PPE From German Embassy

By: Garfield L. Angus, June 15, 2020

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), presents young farmer, Okelia Douce (right), with agricultural inputs at an agricultural forum held yesterday (June 11), at the Seventh-day Adventist Church of God in Dunkeld, St. Catharine. Sharing the moment (from second left) are Chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Catherine Parish Advisory Committee, William Cital, and RADA Parish Manager, Ruth Barrett.
AgricultureCoronavirus

Farmers Encouraged To Produce More

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers to increase production, as markets are available. Speaking at the handover of...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, June 15, 2020
Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo)​, Dr. Andrew Spencer.
CoronavirusTourism

16,000 Tourism Workers Sensitised

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer, says close to 16,000 tourism workers have already been sensitised about COVID-19 safety protocols, in a series of...
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By: Okoye Henry, June 15, 2020
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left); and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (third left), cut the ribbon to open the $329-million Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC) High-Dependency Unit (HDU) building at the St. Ann's Bay Hospital on June 5. Sharing in the moment are PROMAC Coordinator, Dr. Simone Spence (left); and Ambassador of Germany to Jamaica, His Excellency Dr. Bernd Von Münchow-Pohl.
Health & Wellness

EU Lauds Achievements Under PROMAC

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, has lauded Jamaica’s achievements under the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC) “As we...
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By: Peta-Gay Hodges, June 15, 2020