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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, delivers statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 6).

Employers and Heads Must Have Sexual Harassment-Prevention Policy in Place by End of June

Employers and Heads of institutions that have not yet issued a policy statement in writing concerning the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace or institution, must take steps to have them in place by the end of June to...

Medical Officer of Health for Hanover, Dr. Kaushal Singh, reports that the Hanover Health Department has stepped up the drive to rid communities of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, in response to the increasing number of dengue fever cases being diagnosed over recent months.

Hanover Health Dept. Steps Up Action Against Dengue

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), cuts the ribbon to symbolise the opening of the Harbour View to Yallahs Bridge leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project on Tuesday (February 6). Joining him are (from left) Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Hon. Everald Warmington; St. Thomas Western MP, James Robertson; Permanent Secretary in the MEGJC, Arlene Williams; Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang; MP for St. Andrew East Rural, Most Hon. Juliet Holness; and Custos of St. Thomas, Marcia Bennett.

PM Dubs Harbour View to Yallahs Bridge “A Corridor of Development”

Minister of State, Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, addresses the launch of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Wellness Committee Health Fair at the St. Catherine Sports Club on February 6.

PHOTOS: Launch of the DCS Wellness Committee Health Fair

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, reads from a document in the House of Representatives on February 6.

Bill Passed to Integrate Political Ombudsman into ECJ

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (standing, second left); and Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Fermîn Gabriel Quiñones Sanchéz (left), observe as Cuban Ophthalmologist, Mauritza Perez Blanco, administers an eye test on patient George Scott. Occasion was a tour of the St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Andrew on February 6, which is one of two public health facilities where the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme operates. The other is the Kingston Public Hospital. Also looking on are Coordinator for the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme, Natasha Biggs (second right); and Cuban Ophthalmologist, Mayra Chaveco Almanza.

2 years ago Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

1,230 Procedures under Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme since September 2023

Jamaicans continue to benefit under the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme with 1, 230 sight-saving procedures conducted since September 2023. The programme, which has been operating in Jamaca since 2010, resumed last September after being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that since the resumption, 368 cataract procedures have been performed,160...

2 years ago EducationYouth

Secondary Students Invited to Enter WRA Essay Competition

The Ministry of Education and Youth in encouraging secondary-level students to enter the Water Resources Authority (WRA) 2024 Essay Competition, for which entry is now open. Students are invited to pen a paper of between 800 to 1,500 words on the topic ‘The water management strategies and technologies that can address climate issues in Jamaica’. The Education Ministry, in a...

2 years ago EducationYouth

National Observance of Play Day February 7

Wednesday, February 7 has been designated Global School Play Day, and Jamaica will join the rest of the world with a national observance – Play Day Ja. The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) is encouraging educational institutions across the island to organise activities in observance of the day. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry, it is stated that...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second right), participates in the ceremony for the listing of Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal) on the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE), at the offices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in downtown Kingston on February 6. Also taking part (from left) are Chairman, JSSE, Professor Neville Ying; Co-Chair, Project STAR, Keith Duncan; and Managing Director, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Dr. Marlene Street Forrest.

2 years ago CommerceCommunityFinance & Public ServiceIndustryInvestmentNational Security and Peace

Project STAR Listed on Jamaica Social Stock Exchange

Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal) is now listed on the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE). The JSSE provides a platform to assist social-sector organisations to attract long-term funding to make their projects sustainable. Project STAR is a social and economic transformation programme created by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), in partnership with the Jamaica Constabulary Force and...

Senior Manager, Health Services at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Monique Willis, RN, addresses a JIS Think Tank, today (February 6), on the activities for Heart Month 2024, which is being observed during February under the theme ‘Prevent Heart Failure. Get Screened. Keep the Beat’.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

HFJ Stages Several Activities for Heart Month

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is staging a series of activities for the month of February, which is being observed as Heart Month, under the theme ‘Prevent Heart Failure, Get Screened, Keep the Beat’. The Month was officially launched on Tuesday, January 31, at The Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, with the keynote speech delivered by General Family Practitioner, Dr....

A banner is unveiled for the launch of PACE - Positive Attitudes, Courtesies and Ethics - at Our Lady of the Angels Preparatory School in Kingston on Tuesday (February 6). Celebrating (front row, from left) are Lieutenant Governor for Kiwanis Division 23E, Stephan Rampair; Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams; Kiwanis Governor for Eastern Canada and the Caribbean, John Chave; Principal, Marcia Meredith; Head Girl, Kaelyn Lawes; Head Boy, Maliq Gibbs, and other participants.

2 years ago EducationYouth

Students to Benefit from PACE

Students of 300 early-childhood institutions and primary schools across Jamaica will benefit from PACE – Positive Attitudes, Courtesies and Ethics – over the next six to 18 months. An initiative of the Kiwanis Clubs in Jamaica, PACE aims to encourage positive values, attitudes, courtesies and a strong sense of pride among children and youth. PACE will focus on 20 values...

2 years ago Tourism

Major Inclusion of Ordinary Man and Woman in Tourism Value Chain

Government Senator, Abka Fitz-Henley, says there has been major inclusion of the ordinary man and woman in the tourism value chain. Closing the State of the Nation debate in the Senate recently, he said the Government has fine-tuned credit facilities at the EXIM bank for small tourism enterprises across Jamaica. “This facilitation has seen tourism loan disbursements via the bank...