Member of the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA), Mr. Dalton Yap (left) is pictured here with staff members from the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester (2nd left to right), Nurse Sharon Riley-Brown, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Mrs. Arlene Watson Chantiloupe, Nurse Rhodell Knott and CEO Mr. Alwyn Miller, following a recent donation of hot meals to frontline workers at the...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, is reporting a reduction in major crimes of between 10 and 20 per cent over last year, with murders down 1.9 per cent and shootings 1.7 per cent lower than the corresponding period in 2019. He noted that there has been an eight per cent increase in clear-up rate for homicides, which is...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) continues to focus on dismantling criminal gangs. He noted that the ongoing operations are intended to “degrade gangs sufficiently to the point where they don’t just splinter into other gangs but we take out enough of them that they are rendered ineffective”. “That process continues. We...

The Black River Hospital (BRH) in St. Elizabeth received a donation of medical equipment, valued at $2.9 million, from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI, Mona), Medical Class of 2019. The donation which includes a defibrillator, 2 transport stretchers, a plaster saw, a diagnostic set, 3 forceps and a digital paediatric scale, was handed...

“The place is nice and clean and ready, except for one and two things,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, on Thursday (today) after she examined the facility that will serve as the first state-run shelter for victims of domestic abuse. The establishment of national shelters for women who need help to leave...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be rolling out a COVID-19 Youth Leaders Response Programme geared towards engaging the country’s young people in the fight against the virus. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in making the announcement at a virtual press conference on Thursday (October 15), said that the initiative will “promote positive behaviour response and effective...

General Surgeon at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland, Dr. Lincoln Cox, is urging men to check for breast cancer symptoms. He said that while the disease is rare in males, representing about one per cent of all cancer cases, it is important for men to remain aware and to report to their general practitioner any lumps on the breast or...