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Minister of Health, Horace Dalley has dismissed concerns that the Government cannot afford to provide the funds necessary for the Bustamante Hospital for Children, in light of the implementation of the new health care policy for 18 year olds and under. The new policy, which was implemented yesterday (May 28), stipulates that minors will be exempt from paying health care...

The 16-month old Town and Country Planning Authority (TCPA) has approved development projects valued at approximately $44 billion over the past year. The total includes $30 billion for large hotel projects and $14 billion for smaller developments, said Chairperson for the Authority, Dr. Ruth Potopsingh. She told JIS News that the Authority processed 233 of 266 planning and development applications...

The management of Air Jamaica yesterday confirmed that it will discontinue its service to London effective October 28 and will enter into a code share agreement with Virgin Atlantic, in which the Air Jamaica code will be placed on all Virgin Atlantic flights between Jamaica and London Gatwick. Passengers presently ticketed on Air Jamaica for travel after October 28 will...

Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson has called for a national debate on behaviour in schools, that will generate a consensus about standards in the classroom. "We need to have some common agreement as to what it is that we expect in schools," she told educators attending the 2nd Biennial Conference on Education and Behaviour Management presented by...

It is a signal honour to participate in this afternoon Passing-Out Parade as the Guest Speaker. I begin by congratulating each and everyone of you who has successfully completed the training programme. Indeed, this is a moment of which you deserve to beam with pride. I also wish to extend congratulations to the family members and friends of the graduates...

Friday, June 1 marks the start of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season and Evan Thompson, Head of the Weather Branch, has said that the season will be above normal, with meteorologists predicting at least 14 named tropical storms, with seven to become hurricanes. Mr. Thompson told JIS News that the Caribbean region may be affected by weather changes during the...

Government will supplement the projected $100 million shortfall in revenue at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, in the wake of the abolition of user fees in public health facilities for children up to 18 years old. The hospital, which is the only one of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, catering exclusively to children age 12 and under, is expected...

More than 300 persons visited the Registrar General's Department (RGD) booth at the Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas on Labour Day (May 23), to submit applications for birth, death and marriage certificates as well as to obtain additional information about the civil registration process. On hand at the booth to provide information and customer service was Nicole Robinson, Marketing...

Their Excellencies Governor-General, Professor Kenneth Hall, and Mrs. Rheima Holding Hall, yesterday (May 24) led a team of Government officials including Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies and Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun Assamba, on an extensive tour of infrastructure development works at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The tour also saw the Governor General's...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall has said that priority would be placed on human resources, international competitiveness, environmental sustainability, health, infrastructure and national security in Jamaica's new development plan. He pointed out that this plan was being prepared so that the country could achieve developed country status by the year 2030. "That plan calls on us...

Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry-Wilson on (May 25) announced plans for all educators to be trained to recognize behavioural disorders in children at an early age. With the help of teachers' colleges, the Ministry is moving to address the increasing incidence of violent behaviour among students in schools, Mrs. Henry- Wilson informed, during her keynote address at the...

Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, has said that the necessary mechanisms are being put in place at all the nation's public health facilities, to facilitate the abolition of user fees for children 18 years and under come Monday, May 28. "All hospitals have made certain arrangements to accommodate the implementation of this policy," he stated at a press briefing held...