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The St. Ann's Bay Hospital in St. Ann continues to provide quality service to the patients who visit the institution, due in large measure to the user fees being collected. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lynden Buchanan told JIS News that members of the public have been playing an instrumental role in helping to maintain the top class service provided at...

Food and drink, fuels and other household supplies accounted for 85.8 per cent of the inflation in the October to December period, according to the Quarterly Monetary Policy Report released by the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), recently. Inflation for the quarter was 6.4 per cent as stated by the Governor of the BoJ, Derick Latibeaudiere, at the quarterly press briefing...

The development and implementation of a high quality early childhood programme, could very well be the best solution to Jamaica's social and economic problems, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission, Merris Murray has argued. In her address to members of the Rotary Club of Kingston at a luncheon on February 10 at the Jamaica Pegasus, Miss Murray noted that...

Executive Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), Ambassador Derick Heaven, has assured that Jamaica would be able to meet its quota for shipment of sugar to Europe, amidst current speculations that Jamaica might have to pay a fine to the United Kingdom for not meeting its target in the specified time. Speaking to JIS News, the Ambassador said that...

The Indian Government recently handed over pharmaceuticals valued at US$200,000 ($12.4 million) as part of post Hurricane Ivan assistance. The supplies include the antibiotic, Enhancin; anti-hypertension and anti-histamine medications. Speaking at the handing over ceremony on the grounds of the Health Corporation Limited in Kingston, Acting High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, Bimal Saigal said that the contribution was made...

The establishment of an executive mechanism for the Caribbean Community has moved a step closer with the presentation of a broad set of recommendations by the three Technical Sub-committees of the Prime Ministerial Expert Group on Governance. The executive mechanism is intended to serve as the process by which critical policy decisions of CARICOM Heads or Organs of the Community...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman has pointed out that the function of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) was different from that of the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ). He explained that the JIS provided government information, while the PBCJ, when it comes on stream in August, would produce programmes of a more general national interest. Senator Whiteman was responding...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has urged Jamaicans to support the agricultural industry by buying locally grown produce. Senator Grant, who was speaking at the opening of the 50th annual Hague Agricultural Show, held on February 9 in Falmouth, Trelawny, said that the JAS, through its central marketing system, was seeking to make these produce...

At least 20 families in the Old Harbour Bay community in St. Catherine are benefiting from an initiative by Habitat for Humanity Jamaica, to provide shelter for families still suffering from the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan in September last year. This is being done in collaboration with the Blackwood Gardens Citizens Association from Old Harbour Bay. Murphy Markland, Project...

The HIV/STI Prevention and Control Programme at the St. Catherine Health Department will be carrying out HIV/STI sensitization meetings in Naggo Head and Thompson Town over the next four days, as part of activities to mark Safer Sex Week. Community Relations Officer at the department, Dale Walker, told JIS News that the communities were being targeted, as they were considered...

More than 50 per cent of the 9,000 registered farmers in the parish of Hanover suffered losses as a result of Hurricane Ivan last year, but with assistance from government and international donor agencies, they are beginning to replant, with production of some crops back to pre-Ivan levels. "I must commend the farmers of Hanover, who are doing their best...

The Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC) has received a new vehicle valued at $2.5 million from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), to support its activities in promoting the rights of children. The unit was handed over on February 8 at the official launching of the 'Eat Right Smile Bright' Child's Rights Project at the Marliemount...