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Drought management committee to be established, citizens urged to conserve water during dry period and local government ministry increases funeral grant allocation.

Date for Clarendon South Bi-election announced; Government sensitizing frontline workers on coronavirus; and Ministry of Justice observing Restorative Justice Week.

Ministry of Health and Wellness establishes National Coordinating mechanism in response to coronavirus threat, HOPE driver training programme launched and Ministry of Education to increase security in schools.

Lower House approves second supplementary estimates, Zones of Special Operations extended and fire station to be built in Trelawny.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness in Missouri for international lecture series, government to increase NIS contribution rate and World Health Organisation declares 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

Grammy winning artiste Koffee back in Jamaica; Schools complying with guidelines for sugary drinks; and Tourism Ministry calls for emergency funding to combat spread of coronavirus.

Government monitoring all countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus; tourism pension scheme to impact over 300,000 workers and; Asafa Powell statue to be unveiled on Sunday.

Travel ban imposed on persons coming from China; 60 million dollars allocated for reggae month activities; and public encouraged to utilize LMIS app.

Sugar-cane farmers in St. Thomas to receive financial assistance; Ground broken for new RADA office in Hanover; and Government assisting Jamaicans in China amidst Coronavirus outbreak.

Local testing for new coronavirus to become possible by February, Finance Minister welcomes latest Fitch rating and prostate cancer awareness campaign going well.

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) continue to have positive results, in the areas where they have been implemented. In 2019 SOEs were declared in St. James, Hanover, Westmoreland, Clarendon, St. Catherine and the St. Andrew South Police Division. All areas under the security measure subsequently recorded declines in shootings and murders.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has outlined several measures to be taken as part of efforts to improve the management and governance of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU). These will include changes to the institution’s procurement, record keeping and human resource management systems, based on recommendations found in the Auditor General’s report on the school for the 2016-2018 period. Mr Holness...