The Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to prioritise the care and management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in Jamaica, ensuring comprehensive screening and early interventions to improve outcomes for affected individuals. Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder passed from parents to children, affecting approximately one in every 170 persons, while one in 10 carries the sickle cell trait....

Scores of students from primary and secondary schools across the island will be emersed in the intricate world of robotics during the summer. For four weeks from July 2 to 30, the students will gather at selected campuses across the island, where they will benefit from an engaging and educational programme covering robotics engineering, robotics fundamentals, reactive robotics, electronic engineering,...

The proposed redevelopment of the Trelawny Stadium will see the infrastructure transformed into a driver of sports tourism for the island. Speaking at Wednesday’s (June 26) post-Cabinet Briefing at Jamaica House, Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon Olivia Grange, said the venture would be driven by private equity and non-public funding. The cost for redevelopment of the facility is...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says Justices of the Peace (JPs) have a role to play in promoting the National Identification System (NIDS). “We are going to be urging the over 11,000 JPs across the island to really be part of this National Identification System, to promote it, to neutralise the misinformation that will go around,” Mr. Chuck said....

The Police are advising motorists that there is no change in the law regarding roads governed by time-bound signs. Speaking during the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA) podcast, ‘Pon Di Corner’, Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, emphasised that these signs, which state the times allowed for right or...

Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the proposed new toll rates for the East-West segment of Highway 2000, which are slated to take effect on July 6, are necessary to ensure sustainability of the road infrastructure. Speaking during Wednesday’s (June 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister Vaz said the toll road is a vital...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced a multimillion-dollar road rehabilitation project in St. Elizabeth. The main road from Santa Cruz to Leeds is being rehabilitated and will be under construction for the next eight months. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says that work valued at just under 116 – million dollars is being done...