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Representatives from the Jamaica Kidney Care Foundation speak with parents at the Spanish Jamaican Foundation’s back-to-school health and information fair at the Spot Valley High School in St. James on Friday (August 21).

Hundreds Receive Free Health Checks for Back-To-School

Hundreds of students from the Rose Hall area in St. James have benefited from free health services in time for the start of the new academic year in September. At a free back-to-school health and information fair staged by the...

Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, MP

Three More Court Of Appeal Judges to Be Appointed

Minister of Investment, Industry and Commerce, the Hon. Anthony Hylton.

JaMFA Lauded For Its Support of Micro Financing Institutions

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill M.P.

Fresh Water Sources Will Be Protected – Pickersgill

Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable
Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P. — Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Congratulates Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

11 years ago Labour

Trade Unionist Hails Signing Of Wage Agreement

A high ranking trade unionist has joined in commending the Government and some members of the public sector for reaching an arrangement for the payment of wages and other benefits for the 2015-2017 contract period. Acting General Secretary of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Ray Howell, has said that public sector workers have endured the challenges of a...

11 years ago Governor GeneralJustice

Justice Dennis Morrison to Act as Court Of Appeal President

Appeal Court Judge, Hon. Justice Dennis Morrison, was today (August 24) sworn in to act as President of the Court of Appeal, during a ceremony at King’s House. His appointment follows the retirement of former President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Seymour Panton. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who presided over the ceremony, said...

11 years ago Transport

Parents Urged To Protect Children on the Roads

Education and Information Officer of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Cameal Stewart, is urging parents to pay keen attention to their children while on the road. “We want to encourage parents to be more cognizant of the road environment with their children. Do not leave them on the road to school. Walk with...

Charles Town Maroon Leader Frank Lumsden

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Portia Simpson Miller Pays Tribute to Charles Town Maroon Leader

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has expressed sadness at the passing of Colonel of the Charles Town Maroons in Portland, Frank Lumsden, noting that the Maroon leader has left an important legacy of public activism and an impressive track record of service to his people. In a statement on Friday, August 21, the Prime Minister noted that the Maroon culture...

Seventeen-year-old, Matthew Harvey, displays his high school diploma at his graduation from Cornwall College in July. Matthew holds seven Grade Ones and two Grade Twos in nine subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) level and dreams of one day becoming a Paediatrician.

11 years ago Education

High Achiever Wants To Fulfill His Dream

Seventeen-year-old, Matthew Harvey, is determined to fulfill his dream of becoming a paediatrician, as he believes wholeheartedly that this profession is his calling and purpose in life. It is no wonder he passed his favourite subject, Biology, with a Grade One in the May sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC), as this is the main subject area to...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses a town hall meeting at Mandela Park in Half-Way-Tree, St. Andrew yesterday (August 19). The meeting, which was hosted by the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) in partnership with the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), is part of an ongoing public education thrust by both agencies to spread awareness about vector-borne diseases and discuss prevention methods.

11 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Citizens Reminded To Clean Surroundings

Citizens are again being reminded that they have a personal responsibility to keep their surroundings free of mosquito breeding sites in order to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases. This comes against the outbreak of the Chikungunya virus (Chik V) last year, as well as the threat of the Zika virus (Zik V). Both diseases are transmitted by the Aedes...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), engages in light conversation with Opposition Spokesperson on Education, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (centre); and Principal of the Iona High School in St. Mary, Marva Humes Johnson. Occasion was the opening of the National Conference on Educational Leadership and Management at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (August 20).

11 years ago Education

Rev. Thwaites Urges Education Leaders to Address Critical Issues

Establishing term limits for school principals and possible changes to the method of their appointment, are among issues Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has proposed for discussion, at the National Conference on Educational Leadership and Management now underway. Addressing the two-day event, which got underway at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay on Thursday (Aug. 20), Rev....