The non-profit organization provided the locally manufactured face shields to health care workers on the front-line as part of their commitment to support the health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The group has also committed to supporting the health sector with other Personal Protective Equipment.

Mr. Grant thanked the staff members for their generous donation and hailed the gesture as phenomenal. He added that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all Jamaicans and the health workers have been doing their part as they serve humanity with commitment.

As part of its 75th anniversary celebration, the Percy Junor Hospital (PJH) in North East Manchester has re-launched its Customer’s Charter, in an effort to exceed the evolving expectations of customers and to empower the public to have a direct input in the services they receive.

Massachusetts/CMM…The Authentic Caribbean Foundation (ACF) will present Part 2 of its Caribbean Covid-19 Update discussion forum: 

The CB Group through its “Recover Together” initiative has donated 950 cooked meals for essential frontline workers within the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), which administrates public healthcare in Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth. The first batch of lunches was distributed on Tuesday, June 16 to the healthcare workers in Manchester, followed by distribution in Clarendon on June 17 and in St. Elizabeth on June 19.

Piarco, Trinidad & Tobago,: Caribbean Airlines successfully completed its second phase of repatriation flights during the period June 18-19 2020, allowing for Caribbean nationals to return to their home countries.

MIAMI-DADE – Miami-Dade County has donated a fire truck to be used to provide training to Guatemalan firefighters. The foam truck, which came from Miami International Airport’s Aviation Fire Rescue Division and had been declared surplus property by the County due to obsolescence, was loaded onto a cargo ship at PortMiami on June 23 to be transported to Guatemala.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Official results of general elections in the Caribbean community (CARICOM) nation of Suriname were still unknown through the end of last month, but a preliminary count of votes showed the Opposition Progressive Reform Party (VHP) held a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Voters in the Cayman Islands will go to the polls in 12 months.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana celebrated its 54th anniversary of political Independence from Britain on May 26.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Martin Luther King Jr, when he felt he could not breathe, came to Jamaica.

As at Sunday (May 31), twenty-one more Jamaicans have recovered and have been released from insolation, as the number of recoveries in the island increase to 311.