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In response to the rising demand for health care services and pharmaceuticals in the Corporate Area, Health Corporation Limited has opened its first medical complex and eighth pharmaceutical facility under the Drug Serv Programme at Union Square, Cross Roads in Kingston. Health Minister, John Junor, speaking at the official opening of the facility this morning (May 4) said that it...

That area of Jamaican economic life, with which the public has a love-hate relationship - taxes - will come into full public glare at the upcoming Tax Services Exposition, to be held by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) and the Ministry of Finance and Planning on Wednesday May 5, at MIND's Old Hope Road campus. The exposition, which...

Dr. Murchison Callender, a retired Canadian professor of optometry, who has been providing much needed assistance to Jamaicans for the past 30 years, was recently honoured by the Canadian Friends of St. Thomas Healthcare (CFSTH). Dr. Callender, who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo's School of Optometry, has been taking optometry interns to Jamaica since 1974 and in...

Twenty-eight 'black' tanks valued at some $500,000 have been donated to farmers and institutions in Sturge Town, St. Ann, to improve water supply in the community. The tanks, which can hold 3,785 litres of water each, were donated by Carolyn Smith, citizen of the United States of America (USA), who is a friend of the community. Speaking at the handing...

Nine persons working with the St. Thomas Association of Community Development Committees (STACDC) and Development Area Committees (DAC) were awarded certificates and plaques on Saturday (May 1) for their service, loyalty and dedication to the organisations and their communities. The workers received their awards at a Gala Awards Banquet organised by the STACDC and held at the Morant Villa Hotel...

That area of Jamaican economic life, with which the public has a love-hate relationship - taxes - will come into full public glare at the upcoming Tax Services Exposition, to be held by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) and the Ministry of Finance and Planning on Wednesday May 5, at MIND's Old Hope Road campus. The exposition, which...

Dr. Murchison Callender, a retired Canadian professor of optometry, who has been providing much needed assistance to Jamaicans for the past 30 years, was recently honoured by the Canadian Friends of St. Thomas Healthcare (CFSTH). Dr. Callender, who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo's School of Optometry, has been taking optometry interns to Jamaica since 1974 and in...

Twenty-eight 'black' tanks valued at some $500,000 have been donated to farmers and institutions in Sturge Town, St. Ann, to improve water supply in the community. The tanks, which can hold 3,785 litres of water each, were donated by Carolyn Smith, citizen of the United States of America (USA), who is a friend of the community. Speaking at the handing...

Nine persons working with the St. Thomas Association of Community Development Committees (STACDC) and Development Area Committees (DAC) were awarded certificates and plaques on Saturday (May 1) for their service, loyalty and dedication to the organisations and their communities. The workers received their awards at a Gala Awards Banquet organised by the STACDC and held at the Morant Villa Hotel...

The Ministry of Industry and Tourism has set aside a $10 million grant to assist with funding of the Tourism for Prosperity Entrepreneurship Drive, which is aimed at encouraging more Jamaicans to take advantage of the business opportunities within the sector. State Minister in the Ministry, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, made the announcement at the launch recently, at the offices of...

Fifty computers were recently donated to Jamaican schools by the Virginia Jamaica Education Exchange Foundation (VJEEF). With this donation, more than 400 computers have been distributed to schools in rural Jamaican communities by that organization since the launch of its computer programme in Clarendon, in October 2000. Some 3,000 Jamaican students are expected to benefit from the programme, designed to...

Their school, situated in Western Kingston has been called "the oasis of the West", and for two weeks, 22 students from St. Peter Claver Primary School brought a little of that oasis to Canada, providing Canadians and Jamaicans alike with a little taste of the inimitable culture of Jamaica. The 15 boys and seven girls, who make up the award-winning...