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To encourage breastfeeding among new mothers, the Ministry of Health has officially certified 10 hospitals and health facilities around the island as being baby friendly. They are the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Spanish Town, Linstead, Princess Margaret, Cornwall Regional, Andrew's Memorial and Doctor's Hospitals, Bustamante Hospital for Children, University Hospital of the West Indies, and the Faith Maternity Centre. Speaking to...

Come Monday, October 3, persons wishing to use the Premium Service offered by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), will need to have a Smart Card in order to do so. Jacqueline Darwood, Manager of Service Planning and Network Development at the JUTC, told JIS News that this initiative comes at a time when the company is seeking to resolve...

Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has called on social institutions including the church, to become more involved in setting the standards and values, which were needed for a quality education system. "Even with government input in education, we need other social institutions to pitch in," Minister Henry Wilson said, yesterday (Sept. 21), as she addressed a public lecture...

National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips has said that there would be no letting-up of pressure on criminal elements, noting that increased focus would be placed on the "men of violence" in communities. "We are going to sustain the pressure and we are going to diversify our focus and put the spotlight clearly on the main men of violence, who...

Registration is now on for companies, organisations and individuals involved in the water sector that are interested in participating in the technical exposition, which forms part of next month's Fifth Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management. Charles Buchanan, Corporate Public Relations Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC) and a member of the Dialogue Organising Committee, told JIS News that there...

Member of Parliament of North Central St. Andrew, Karl Samuda has called for more expeditious removal of inoperative companies from the register of the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC). Mr. Samuda, who was speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Sept. 20), argued that the move would enable business-ready companies, wishing to use a name that is...

A 31-page fictional novel titled, 'Land of the Mermaids', has been written by Jamaican author, Maxine Hylton, for children six to 10 years of age. In the book, Miss Hylton, who resides in South Florida, tells the story of how the island of Jamaica acquired its name. 'Land of the Mermaids' is her first attempt at publishing children's books, and...

Minister of State for Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd, has called on Jamaicans to hold firm to the ideals of truth and integrity and respect for life and self, noting that these were essential features of a peaceful and caring society. He noted that as a country, "we cannot continue to conduct our affairs with hostility and coarseness...

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund has donated some $27 million to assist with the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for the newly renovated ambulatory suite at the National Chest Hospital in Kingston. The suite has been equipped with bronchoscopes, an endoscopic tower, a C-arm fluoroscope and a cardio pulmonary exercise stress test unit. In addition to the...

A $6 million road rehabilitation project is underway in Clarendon to repair the Savannah Cross Road in the Mineral Heights Division in May Pen. Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Milton Brown, told JIS News that the programme would bring back into operation, about 0.2 kilometre of roadway. "The rehabilitation work on the Savannah Cross road started three years ago where...

Port Antonio and surrounding communities in Portland are to benefit from a water quality project to be implemented by the Portland Environment Protection Association (PEPA). Called the 'Pollution Reduction and Water Quality Programme for the Port Antonio Marine Park', the project is expected to begin in November and will involve the coastal area between Snow Hill and Fairy Hill. Machel...

In three weeks, Jamaica will host hundreds of water experts and other participants from across the Caribbean and the Americas, at the Fifth Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management. The water management dialogue, which is scheduled for October 9 to 14 at the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, will provide the opportunity for the transfer of technology and knowledge...