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CHASE awarded $6,000,000 in support of a $25M, multi-agency project to restore the once forgotten monument and to improve the immediate environs to make the site into a secure and accessible attraction and mark of a major historical event. Through the efforts of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, the Tourism Product…

To adequately address the possibility of an outbreak of the Zika virus in Jamaica, CHASE approved financial support for the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Management Programme. Funding was used to strengthen the laboratory at the UWI Department of Microbiology with the purchase of equipment and chemicals for Zika testing;…

The Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) is the main referral hospital for the Southern Regional Health Authority and thus the majority of high-risk and critical patients are seen at this facility. The Radiology Department sees approximately 40,000 in and out patients per year and this high patient load can result in…