Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced an extension of all COVID-19 measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act until November 2020. Some of the measures have been extended to November 16 while others were extended to November 30, 2020. Speaking yesterday at a media briefing to update the nation, Prime Minister Holness acknowledged the issue of […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced several changes to COVID-19 restrictions aimed at stemming the increase in positive cases of the virus. Beginning today (September 8) the nightly islandwide curfew will be from 8pm to 5am the following day. The new measures will end September 23, 2020, when further amended measures will be announced. In […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will refine the measures for restocking during the St. Catherine Lockdown. He says the new measures will allow more time for shopping and better promotion and enforcement of social distancing. The Prime Minister’s comments came yesterday (April 18), while touring areas of Portmore and Spanish Town for the […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that all Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) operators in St. Catherine have been closed effective yesterday, April 15, 2020. Prime Minister Holness explained in Parliament yesterday (April 15) that the closure is to facilitate an investigation into the management structure to identify the cause for the rapid COVID-19 spread. “The […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the parish of St. Catherine has been placed under lockdown for seven days from 5 am Wednesday, April 15 to 5 am Wednesday, April 22, 2020, to slow the spread of COVID-19. The announcement comes on the heels of Jamaica reaching 105 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has donated US$3000, from his Foundation, Positive Jamaica, to the Jamaica Telethon. The fundraising effort is aimed at raising $10 Million USD to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the country’s health care workers on the frontline battling the COVID19 pandemic in Jamaica. During an interview with Jamaica Telethon yesterday, Easter […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the Government will extend the current islandwide nightly curfew. Other measures to address the COVID19 pandemic including work from home, closure of the island’s borders and others will also be extended in accordance with the relevant Orders. The Prime Minister will give details on the measures during an […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced nightly islandwide curfews for a period of seven (7) days with effect from 8:00pm on April 1, 2020 to 6:00am on April 8, 2020. This is the latest in a series of measures announced by the Government to contain the novel coronavirus, COVID19, in Jamaica. The imposition of the curfew […]
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