Medical Officer of Health for St. Thomas, Dr. D’Oyen Smith, is calling on parents to ensure that their children are adequately vaccinated. Speaking recently during the monthly sitting of the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation, Dr. Smith said there have been reports of an increase in measles cases in the Americas. “So, we’re doing our preparations just in case somebody comes...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information Maths Month celebrations culminate on Friday (March 28), with the inaugural Region 7 Mathematics Day extravaganza at the Glenmuir High School in Clarendon. More than 1,800 students and 300 teachers from public and private schools in the parish are expected to participate in the day’s activities, which are scheduled to start at...

Local tourism stakeholders are being encouraged to engage in networking at the global level to increase their visibility and profit margins. The advice came from Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Senator the Hon. Delano Seiveright, during his address at the launch of the ninth staging of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run held at Sandals Montego Bay...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says a rapid expansion of manpower and resources in the Haitian national police is urgently needed to combat gangs that have overrun sections of that country. “The extraordinary humanitarian, civil, and national security challenges in Haiti pose an acute threat to Haitians, regional stability and, indeed, to its close neighbours, including Jamaica,”...

United States (US) Secretary of State, Hon. Marco Rubio, has announced initiatives to support Jamaica’s law-enforcement efforts and further build the country’s capacity in combatting gangs. He said that the Joint Operations for the Logistics and Technology (JOLT) Fusion Centre, a collaboration between the countries’ law enforcement agencies to tackle lottery scamming and cybercrime, will be reactivated and further strengthened....

In a strategic move to boost affordable housing, the National Housing Trust (NHT) has implemented a reimbursement system in the Developers Programme, aimed at improving builders’ access to financing for housing projects. Speaking with JIS News recently, Senior General Manager for Construction and Development, Brian Saunders, said the initiative will compensate developers for the preliminary expenses they covered, such as...

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) says it is reaping rewards with the successful implementation of the Procurement Endorsement Database Management System (PEDMS). “In the past, people had to call and say how far is the processing in my application. Now the system allows them to track it as it moves from one phase to the next,” said Senior Director for...