As Jamaica observes Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September, the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) is urging men, particularly those over the age of 40 years, to be proactive and do the necessary screening for the disease. In an interview with JIS News, Consultant Urologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies and Lecturer and Head of Urology at the...

More than $20 million has been spent by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to support coastline clean-up activities since 2008. This was disclosed by Senior Project Administrative Officer at the TEF, Michelle Clayton-Brown, at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. Mrs. Clayton-Brown said that since 2008, the TEF has been the major sponsor of the Coastal Clean-up Day activities, being co-ordinated...

The Ministry of Health is embarking on a programme to allow persons living with HIV/AIDS, as well as Jamaicans with other illnesses, to access their medication in a timely manner. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey, said this involves the redesigning of the pharmacies in the public health system, as well as the pending implementation of new software...

The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining is finalizing Jamaica’s draft cyber security strategy. State Minister, Hon. Julian Robinson, anticipates that the document will be completed within two weeks of the Ministry’s two-day cyber security validation workshop, currently underway at Jamaica House, after which, “we move forward, in terms of implementation.” He made this disclosure during an interview with...

After 42 years, veteran teacher and administrator, Valerie Wade is still in love with the profession she has chosen. The principal and operator of the Bright Horizon Basic School in Montego Bay, St. James, is proud of her more than four decades in education, and notes that teaching is one of, if not the most respected profession. She says teaching,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has pointed to a raft of development programmes for her South West St. Andrew constituency including additional housing and training for employment in logistics operations and port services, as well as to start micro businesses as barbers, hairdressers and chefs. Addressing a meeting at the Caribbean Palms community centre on Spanish Town...

With almost 140 projects registered for International Coastal Clean-up Day on September 20, local organisers, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), is expressing pleasure at the response of Jamaicans to the activity. Programme Co-ordinator at JET, Suzanne Stanley, told JIS News that the support for this year’s coastal clean-up campaign has been better than projected. “It’s quite an overwhelming response. Last...