A new state-of-the-art elevator was officially commissioned into service at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (February 16). The project was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) as part of a $143-million initiative to instal eight elevators in hospitals across the South Eastern Regional Health Authority (SERHA). With the installation, the hospital now has two...

The State Opening of Parliament for Fiscal Year 2021/22 will take place on Thursday, February 18 at Gordon House, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Patrick Allen, will deliver the Throne Speech, in which he will outline the Government’s priorities for the new fiscal year, which begins on April 1. The 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure will...

Jamaicans are encouraged to become familiar with and to utilise a host of estate planning tools to improve the process of estate administration after death. In addition to making a will, persons can employ other strategies that will direct how assets are distributed. Deputy Administrator General at the Administrator General’s Department (AGD), Stacie Ann Carty, speaking at a JIS ‘Think...

A group of researchers is recommending the reclassification of the causes of pregnancy-related deaths, regardless of whether the complication was obstetric or medical. This is intended to help identify the human and other resources needed to end preventable maternal deaths, as women delay childbearing and present in pregnancy with pre-existing medical conditions, some undiagnosed. A study, entitled ‘New Maternal Mortality...

The National Water Commission (NWC) wishes to advise its customers that the Contact Centre has been temporarily closed to resolve a public health-related issue. This closure is out of an abundance of caution, and we are working to have the situation resolved in the shortest possible time. Customers may call the 888-CALL-NWC number (888-225-5692) to access our automated self-serve option...

Business woman and philanthropist Beverly Nichols, OD, through her Push Start Foundation has gifted 74 frontline healthcare workers, across the country, and who are directly involved in the fight against COVID-19, since March 2020, with US $25,000 for their personal use. Ms. Nichols explained that in April 2020 after the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic started to impact Jamaica,...

One thousand two hundred students are to receive tablet computers donated by persons in the diaspora, through a drive spearheaded by Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Wilson. The effort is spearheaded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, and the National Education Trust (NET). Addressing a handover ceremony at...