Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed a deep sense of regret at the passing of broadcaster, Dorraine Samuels. Dorraine Samuels passed away this afternoon. She was ailing for some time. Dorraine was a long-time employee of the RJRGleaner Communications Group. She entered Broadcasting on January 1981. "Dorraine Samuels has shaped the lives of so many who grew up listening to...

The Mico University College, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, is hosting the inaugural Mico International Mathematics Teaching Summit from March 25 to 27. It is a knowledge-sharing forum that seeks to explore, analyse and consolidate international best practices in the teaching of mathematics. It features several plenary sessions and workshops, led by local and international...

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) has launched the Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) Framework and Annual Implementation Plan to assist persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The globally recognised model puts infected persons at the centre of managing their health and well-being by linking HIV treatment, prevention, support and care issues within a human rights framework....

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says measures under the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) are generating the fiscal space to facilitate increased Central Government capital expenditure. This, he notes, is evident over the last five years, during which inflation-adjusted programmed expenditures have increased by 162 per cent between fiscal years 2014/15 and 2019/20. The Minister...

Some 5,000 farmers from the parishes of St. Thomas, St. Mary and Portland are to benefit from a €400,000 (J$5.6-million) project, aimed at increasing their capacity to implement climate-smart agricultural practices. Dubbed, ‘Accelerating the Uptake of Climate-smart Agriculture in Jamaica’, the project is to strengthen the resilience to climate extremes and improve agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers in...

The Government is undertaking a $12-million pilot project, aimed at expanding participation in the track and field discipline of hurdling among student-athletes. The project will target athletes in 25 secondary institutions across the island. Making the disclosure, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said that the Sport Development Foundation (SDF), in its development plan, has indicated...

The Jamaica Association of Professionals in Nutrition and Dietetics (JAPINAD) is hosting a week of activities from March 24 to March 30, in recognition of International Nutrition Month, under the theme ‘Taking Responsibility for Assessing Our Nation’s Nutritional Needs’. The week of events, which coincides with JAPINAD’s 17th anniversary, involves collaboration with the Jamaica Island Nutrition Network (JINN). Speaking to...