On this edition of Jamaica House Weekly, Prime Minister enacts second Disaster Risk Management order, speaks to children about COVID 19 and announces safety measures to protect the elderly.
Staff and students at the The Mount Pleasant Primary school in Portland have instituted a community outreach project dubbed the giving hands foundation. Press play to find out how they're impacting their community.
As the country prepares to tackle the most difficult stage of the local coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is ramping up surveillance and testing. Press play to find out about how the government is preparing to tackle the new stages of the virus
With Jamaica declared a Disaster Area by the Prime Minister due to the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Such declarations require a legal framework in order to be made. Press play to learn about how this act works and what it does.
Many companies locally are now mandated to consider remote work and are looking into the possibilities of working from home or remote management becoming more long term. Join us on this edition of Career Talk as we discuss how this is helping businesses to be productive while being restricted to move about.
The document management and digitization component under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme is set be expanded in the new fiscal year. Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Ministry of Science Energy and Technology and the Jamaica Archives and Records Department will lead the expansion efforts. Mr Holness notes that over 6,000 young Jamaicans received training under the digitization project,...
Period poverty refers to the issue of women and girls not having adequate access to menstrual hygiene items and information, and believe it or not this is a growing concern in Jamaica. To tackle the issue the Her Flow organization in partnership with Always Sanitary napkins is providing girls with feminine hygiene products and information on the menstrual cycle. Press...
As part of efforts to help businesses in the tourism sector to deal with the economic impact of COVID 19, the Government will be providing grant assistance over the next 3 months for Micro small and medium sized tourism business owners. Press play to hear more about this initiative.
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