Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is hailing the nation’s over 25,000 healthcare workers as heroes, who continue to give dedicated service in advancing healthcare in Jamaica. The Minister was addressing a Thanksgiving Service to mark Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston on Sunday (July 3). He told the healthcare workers...

Middle Quarters in St. Elizabeth is the latest community to benefit from free, public Wi-Fi under the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) Community Wi-Fi Programme. The secured hotspot will allow residents, including students, to connect to the high-speed service that was officially launched on Friday (July 1). It can provide internet access for up to 200 individuals at any one time....

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is realigning its health education and promotion infrastructure to place greater focus on preventive rather than the curative aspect of healthcare. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan, said that the objective is to more effectively address the problem of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among the Jamaican population, including diabetes and hypertension. He said that...

Attractive green spaces have been established at the Lethe and Bickersteth Primary and Infant schools in St. James, which will serve as recreational areas for the students and wider community members. The facilities were created at a total cost of over $3 million under the Parks and Green Spaces Project of the Integrated Community Development Project – Phase 2 (ICDP...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging Jamaicans to take acts of violence by family members seriously. Speaking during a visit with Gwendolyn McKnight on Friday (July 1), who is mourning the brutal murder of her daughter and four grand-children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, Prime Minister Holness said violent behaviours “must be treated with, in the first instance”....

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), speaks with centenarian, Sylvia Lyn, at her Petherton Avenue home in Pembroke Hall, St. Andrew, on Friday (July 1). The Minister visited with Ms. Lyn and presented her with a gift basket, as part of post-Centenarians’ Day activities by the National Council for Senior Citizen (NCSC). Centenarians’ Day was observed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said it is important that the country recognises and appreciates its senior citizens, particularly those who have lived beyond 100 years. He said that the Government acknowledges and continues to put programmes in place to support and protect them, including the Social Pension Programme for persons 75 years and older. Mr. Holness was...

Centenarian Frannie Wright displays a photograph of her being presented with an award by late former Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Howard Cooke, for her contribution to national development. Occasion was a visit to the 102-year-old’s Shalimar Avenue address in Kingston on Friday (July 1) to present her with a gift baskeT as part of the National Council...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing to the country’s senior citizens, 75 years and older, to sign up to benefit from support under the Social Pension Programme. “They are entitled to it, even if they were not employed or were not contributing [to a pension] because we have taken the position that the vulnerable in our society,...