The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has launched its Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), which aims to improve access to empirical data to inform decision-making for community development. The Index is an initiative under the entity’s Community Renewal Programme, which benefits from capacity development support from the European Union (EU). Speaking at the launch on Tuesday (March 30), during the...

Patients at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston are to benefit from an initiative by the institution to further improve their mental well-being, through a reading project on every ward. “You know how hospitals are and you have some patients who are here for a long period of time. I think something like this could benefit them to keep their minds...

Parish Manager for the St. Elizabeth Health Services, Sean Brissett, says the parish continues to meet and exceed daily expectations regarding the COVID-19 vaccination rollout to priority groups. “I believe that we are doing very well and on most days we have surpassed our targets by sometimes 100 per cent,” Mr. Brissett told JIS News. He noted that the successful...

Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the...

The annual Speed Networking event, hosted by the Tourism Linkages Network, will be held on Wednesday (March 31), beginning at 9:00 am. The virtual event, which will take place via the website www.tlnspeednetworking.com, will feature a series of 15-minute prescheduled meetings throughout the day between executives of supplier companies and managers of properties, restaurants, attractions and other tourism entities. Director...

The Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme is working to develop more partnerships with entities that will create opportunities for employment and engagement of young people, particularly in environments that allow for physical distancing. “In other words, we want to place them in areas where they are no longer confined to a physical office space,” said National Coordinator of...

For the 2021/22 fiscal year, the National Water Commission (NWC) will continue the implementation of strategic initiatives and capital projects geared towards improving operational efficiency, expansion of coverage areas as well as service reliability. Among them is the Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) non-revenue water (NRW) programme, which is slated to be completed by December 2021. As stated in the...