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Head of the HIV/AIDS Projects Coordination Unit in the Ministry of Health, Dr.Yitades Gebre has said programmes aimed at reducing stigma and discrimination were critical if the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica was to be stemmed. Dr. Gebre said stigma and discrimination caused by a lack of understanding about HIV and AIDS was still one of the major factors affecting the...

Come Sunday (August 21), commuters travelling on the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses will begin paying a flat fare of $50. The increase is applicable to bus riders in both the Kingston and St. Catherine zones, and replaces the previous fare of $30 for travel in Kingston, and $40 to Spanish Town and Portmore. While general commuters will now...

The 15 participants in the Ministry's of Justice's Financial Crimes Investigators course, where presented with certificates of completion yesterday (Aug.18), at the graduation ceremony held at the Wyndham Rose Hall Resorts and Country Club in Montego Bay. The course, which was held at the HEART Trust's regional office in St. James from May 16 to August 5, marked the first...

When Adlyn Astley landed a job at the new Tastee Patties location in May Pen in May, she had no idea that within a month, she would have risen from cook to supervisor, to now being the assistant manager of the establishment. While some may credit her meteoric rise to pure good luck, the young wife and mother attributes it...

To be educated at an illustrious, quality-centered institution is the dream of many well-thinking Jamaicans. However it is sometimes difficult to find a reputable institution, and even more difficult to afford the tuition. The Management Institute of National Development (MIND) Mandeville Learning Centre, established in 1979, has been the institution of choice for many public and private sector workers. It...

In its effort to promote healthy lifestyles, the Ministry of Health, in association with the Social Development Commission (SDC), will be hosting a one-day 'Community Sport and Talent Extravaganza'in the parishes of Kingston and St. Thomas this weekend (August 20 and 21). "Due to the recognition that something needed to be done regarding the matter of at risk youth and...

A five-year scholarship valued at $100,000.00 has been awarded to Camille Wedderburn, a graduate of Supreme Preparatory School in Montego Bay, who did exceptionally well in her GSAT examinations. The scholarship, which has been made available through Churches Co-operative Credit Union in Montego Bay, is being presented for the ninth year to top performers in pre-high school examinations. As part...

The letter informing her that she has been awarded the Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service came as a complete surprise to Joan DaCosta Robinson. "I was so shocked, I thought that they had made a mistake, that someone was playing an April's Fool joke on me in August," she told JIS news in an interview. But she also feels...

Custos of St. James, Clarence Nelson has called on the Justice Ministry to assign more court-related responsibilities to Justices of the Peace (JPs), noting that they could preside over minor traffic cases. "Probably the time has come to suggest that the minor traffic cases be given to the Lay Magistrates.I think it would be good value for money," he stated,...

A representative of the Clarendon Police Youth Club, Whendy Johnson, won the national title from a field of 13 contestants on Sunday (August 14), at the crowning held at the Little London High School in Westmoreland. Speaking with JIS News, Miss Johnson, a 19 year-old pharmacy technician student at the University Hospital of the West Indies, said that she was...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be meeting with the residents of Port Royal in east Kingston as well as workers at the Norman Manley International Airport on Saturday, August 20 to review the proposed bus timetable for Route 98, the route that services that area. Route 98 goes from Port Royal to Downtown Kingston via the Norman Manley...

Residents of Prospect in St. Thomas have taken a bold step forward towards achieving greater development within their community through the launch of a Benevolent Society to see to the management of projects in their area. The first venture to be managed by the new Society is the construction of a Sanitation Project valued at $11 million approved by the...