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The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will be hosting its first in a series of sensitisation sessions for charitable groups, at the Girl Guides Association Headquarters, 2 Waterloo Road, tomorrow (September 29), at 5:30 p.m. Dubbed, 'COJ Meet the People series', the interactive sessions are targeted at churches, charities, service clubs, non-profit associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to learn more...

Parish Manager for the Manchester Health Services, Stanhope Scott, wants men to help promote breastfeeding for infants. "A father's support is critical to a successful breastfeeding, simply by listening to the mothers. It requires that you actively play a role in your partner's life without being invasive," he told a breastfeeding forum organised by the Manchester Health Department, on Thursday...

Fresh from his seventh Town Hall meeting in May Pen, Clarendon, on September 23, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding will continue to hear your views and get your questions answered on his monthly call-in radio programme, 'Jamaica House Live', on Wednesday (September 30). The monthly call-in radio programme is aired between 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. on seven radio stations,...

In an exciting nail biting finish, Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School defeated defending champion, Knockalva Agricultural High, and newcomer, Ebony Park HEART Academy, to win the second Pesticides Awareness Week Agricultural Schools Quiz Competition. The contest, sponsored by the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA), was held on Thursday (September 24) at Sydney Pagon Agriculture High, Elim, St. Elizabeth. The host school...

The Government has made available an additional $234 million to purchase motor vehicles and boats for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The sum was included as capital expenditure in the First Supplementary Estimates 2009/10, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 22), by the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw. National Security...

As further evidence of its determination to reduce police corruption, the Government has granted $500 million to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Anti Corruption Branch's recurrent budget, in the First Supplementary Estimates 2009/10. According to the Estimates, tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 22) by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, the sum...

A boost in the number of Pharmacy and Dialysis Technicians entering the health sector is expected to result from the opening of a training school at the Lionel Town Hospital, Clarendon. At a ceremony on Wednesday (September 23) on the grounds of the hospital, Technical Director for the Southern Regional Health Authority, Keith Shakespeare, said that the Southern Regional Health...

Minister of Health, Hon Rudyard Spencer, has commended the work of the National Health Fund (NHF) in advancing health care for Jamaicans. "I want to place on record my tremendous appreciation for what the health fund is doing to advance the cause of health care for the Jamaican people. I am proud of the National Health Fund and you should...

Olympic and World 100 metres silver medallist, Kerron Stewart, has expressed appreciation for the love and support shown to her and other athletes during the recent International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships, in Berlin, Germany. Speaking at a press conference held Friday (September 25) in the VIP lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Kerron thanked her...

The following public advisory was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on Friday (September 25): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is advising the public to ignore any advertisements for employment purporting to be from the United Nations Programme For International Cooperation and Development. There is no such entity. Anyone who has received job...

The Post and Telecommunications Department and the George Headley Centenarian Planning Committee launched a set of commemorative stamps marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of West Indian cricket icon, the late George Alphonso Headley, on Friday (September 25). The set, featuring stamps with images covering the career of one of the finest batsmen of all times, was formally unveiled...

Children's Advocate, Mrs. Mary Clarke, is urging adult Jamaicans to accommodate the "authentic participation" of children in activities in the society. Speaking Friday (September 25) at the National Child Month Committee's (NCMC) awards luncheon, for its essay and poster competitions, Mrs. Clarke said that if the country wants peace it has to promote child participation. At the function, at the...