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Since the Government of Jamaica abolished user fees for children under 18 in 2007, the Bustamante Hospital for Children has seen an increase of 30 per cent patients visiting the accident and emergency department, and another 12 per cent increase in admissions. "These figures are a clear indication of the frightening reality that there were parents who were previously unable...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has reiterated that the campaign for consumers to support locally produced foods, is about keeping afloat a number of other economic activities in the local economy. The Minister who was addressing the 7th staging of the Eat Jamaican Campaign, held Thursday (November 25), at the Denbigh Show Ground, Clarendon, stated that...

Guidance and Counselling Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Sonia Benjamin, is urging parents to look for signs of grief in children and to seek support from the school in helping them cope with death, violence or other traumatic events. She was addressing the Old Harbour Development Area Committee-organised parenting workshop held on Monday (November 22) in Old Harbour....

The Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) has been transferred to the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture as Government moves to ensure that the programme more adequately meets the needs of the country's young people. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the announcement on Wednesday November 24 at the opening of the Yute X 2010 Conference put on by the Jamaica...

Six Jamaicans, who have completed a mentoring programme facilitated by Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), will receive certificates at an awards ceremony scheduled for tomorrow (November 23), at the Jamaica Pegasus, in Kingston. Presenters who have also trained mentors over the years will be honoured for their contribution to the programme. Guest speaker is Group Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Money...

To help boost the micro business sector in St. Elizabeth, the bauxite and alumina company, Alpart, has provided grants totaling some $900,000 to nine persons in and around its operating areas in the parish. To be eligible for the grants, recipients were required to submit invoices from reputable suppliers, or from businesses that could provide the equipment or material requested...

The Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) will host a special consultation with children on remand, in observance of Universal Children's Day, which is being celebrated on Saturday, November 20. The consultation will take place at the St. Andrew Juvenile Remand Centre in Stony Hill, commencing at 9:30 am. In an interview with JIS News, Public Education Manager at the...

Jamaicans in South Florida and friends of the island, turned out in their numbers on Sunday November 14 to celebrate the island's rich culinary heritage, at the ninth annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival held at Markham Park at Sunrise in Broward County, Florida. Billed as the largest Caribbean food festival in the United States, the fair showcased a wide array...

The Ministry of Justice is developing a National Child Diversion Policy that will establish and sustain a justice system in which the best interests of the child is paramount and the rule of law is maintained. This initiative is a part of the National Plan of Action on Child Justice being spearheaded by the Ministry of Justice. The Implementation and...

Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, Dr. Donald Markwell, says he is hoping the Rex Nettleford Fellowship in Cultural studies will help to deepen understanding of Caribbean culture, through the promotion of scholarship in the area. The Fellowship was established in 2004 to mark the centenary of the Rhodes Scholarships. It is intended to honour the contribution of the late professor,...

Kingston, November 16, 2010 - After a very successful year of contributing to the revitalisation of the national cultural programme in her role as Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Grace Silvera is completing her secondment with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. Ms Silvera, who will end her secondment on December 31st, 2010, has received...

The Washington based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), has conferred the prestigious 2010 Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award on Rita Marley, widow of Reggae superstar, Bob Marley. The award was presented to Mrs. Marley by Founder and President of the ICS, Dr. Claire Nelson, at the 17th Annual Caribbean American Heritage Awards Gala on Friday, November 12, at the J.W....