Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has appealed to Jamaicans to wholeheartedly support the annual Poppy Appeal, a time-honored tradition that helps to raise funds to support ex-servicemen. He made the call while addressing the Jamaica Military Band in Concert 2023 at the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday (August 13), which...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) celebrates Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Week 2023 from August 21 to 25, under the theme ‘When Seconds Count, Count on CPR’. Persons are being invited to participate in several activities to be hosted by the HFJ, which aim to heighten public awareness about the life-saving technique. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’...

Jamaica has received a donation of intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs), from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to boost the work of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB). The IUCD is a highly effective method that affords women of childbearing age the opportunity to delay and space their pregnancies, thereby avoiding unwanted and mistimed births. Speaking at the handover ceremony...

The Atlanta Jamaica Association (AJA) has been charged to implement a youth travel and mentorship programme – Upliftment, Learning and Intervention through Foreign Travel (UPLIFT). This was requested by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, as she addressed the organisation’s Annual Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards, held at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel, on Saturday (August...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is moving to reform the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) to make it more responsive. PATH is the most critical arm of the Government’s social protection programme, currently serving more than 284,000 vulnerable Jamaicans. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the Ministry is aware that there are some persons...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has awarded students in State care who completed the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and will be matriculating to high school. The top girl was placed at Bishop Gibson High School in Manchester, while the top boy will be attending Jamaica College in Kingston. Speaking during the PEP Workshop and Awards Ceremony at...

A beneficiary of the Child Diversion Programme has shared that it has changed his life, because before the programme, “he was just seeing darkness”. As recounted by Acting Director in the Child Diversion Branch of the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice, Venisa Clarke, the beneficiary told her that he did not want to talk to anyone and...