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The National Health Fund (NHF) yesterday handed over a new ambulance to the Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth. Speaking at the event NHF Board Member, Raymond Brooks observed that the new vehicle would provide much needed service not only to the hospital, but also to the wider Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA). "This is all part of NHF's support...

The Manchester Chapter of the Mico Old Students Association has presented a cheque valued at $250,000 to the Mico College outreach care centre, which caters to the needs of children with learning disabilities who reside in central Jamaica. Speaking at the presentation ceremony held at Golf View Hotel recently, President of the Association, Ruddy Brown said it was his hope...

The St. Ann 4-H Club has embarked on a number of projects this year, which are geared at providing training for its clubbities as well as to boost membership within the parish. "Among the programmes that have been introduced by the 4-H is the junior leaders league, where the leaders of the various clubs are being trained to become peer...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, has invited Canadian businesses to consider investment opportunities in Jamaica. Minister Davies, who was speaking to members of the Canadian Jamaica Business Council yesterday (Feb. 14) at the Knutsford Court Hotel, indicated that opportunities existed for the Canadian business community to collaborate with the Jamaican government on a range of activities, including foreign...

Managing Director of the Export-Import (EX-IM) Bank, Pamella McLean, has commended the move by Dr. Andre Gordon, to take a temporary leave of absence as President of the Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA), to tackle the problem affecting the exportation of ackee. The Bank has expressed concern about the delays being experienced by ackee processors in exporting their product. Mrs. McLean...

Chairman of the Audit Commission, Leighton McKnight today (Feb.15) encouraged internal auditors to "keep the light of scrutiny shining", as "internal audit is one of the important tenets that is going to encourage good corporate governance." Noting that the "issue of good corporate governance is very topical, not only in Jamaica, but in the rest of the world today," Mr....

Labour and Social Security Minister, Dr. Horace Dalley, has said that government would be taking steps to ensure that future productivity incentive schemes developed for Jamaican workers, including tax exemptions and benefits, would be certified by the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC). "That is where we want to go; we want to have this unit, this body, this organization, this structure...

The United States Senate on Tuesday (February 14), unanimously approved a Bill authored by Congresswoman, Barbara Lee (D-Oakland, CA), to designate June as Caribbean American Heritage month in the USA. The Bill acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of Caribbean-Americans to the United States since the inception of the country. "Establishing a Caribbean American Heritage month will help pay tribute to...

Professor Gerald Lalor, Director of the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS), has been requested to conduct a study to identify the factors, which have led to the intolerable levels of the toxin, hypoglycin, in ackee for the export market. This was announced today (February 15), by Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, in an interview...

Three computers worth approximately US$2,500 were presented to the Hanover Parish Library on February 14 by the Trench Foundation, which is based in the parish. This resulted from a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) report, which noted that the parish library, located in the capital, Lucea, was broken into by burglars in July of last year and four computers were...

A contract valued at US$538,011 (approximately J$34,432,704) has been awarded to LASCO Distributors Limited to provide anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients under the HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention and Policy project. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman who made the announcement at yesterday's (Feb. 13) post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, informed that the contract would result in...

Executive Director of Versan Educational Services, Sandra Bramwell-Riley, has pledged to assist persons afflicted with kidney problems stemming from diabetic complications, and living in the parishes of St. Mary, Portland and St. Thomas, by offering them the services of a mobile dialysis unit. Mrs. Bramwell-Riley told JIS News that the mobile unit is expected to become operational by June, and...