Regional Medical Epidemiologist at Western Regional Health Authority, Dr. Moung Aung, says the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James remains the go-to location for public access to comprehensive cancer care and services. Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James on July 31, Dr. Aung outlined that the Type...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) has announced that its National Community Cricket Competition will be staged as planned. “We are going to do the National Community Cricket Competition starting August 23 to December 13, with strict protocols and the blessing of the Ministry of Health (and Wellness) and the Government at large. There are 207 teams registered and we are...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the new Ministry of Labour and Social Security building on Windsor Road in St. Ann’s Bay could be named after the late Minister, Mrs. Shahine Robinson, who died on May 29. Speaking to JIS News following an inspection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s two new mobile units that were...

Social Development Commission (SDC) Executive Director, Dr. Dwayne Vernon, says a 79 per cent increase in the agency’s operating budget over the last four years has enabled the entity to strengthen engagement with communities across the island. “We are looking at $730 million in 2016 to now $1.2 billion in 2020/2021. We are now seeing a 79 per cent increase...

Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Simone Spence, is encouraging women planning on having children to ensure they are in good health prior to conceiving. This, Dr. Spence says, is in order to ensure the best outcomes for mother and baby during and after pregnancy. She was speaking during a Jamaica Information...

The Church Corner community in St Thomas has now been placed under quarantine for the next 14 days, following an outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-2019) in the parish, which has, so far, seen 28 persons testing positive in the last four days, including 13 from the area under quarantine. “That led the authorities to go into the parish and do...

Board Director, HOPE Opportunity Charity Limited, Stephen McMorris (third right), presents a cheque valued at $1 million to National Coordinator of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Colonel Martin Rickman (third left), for the homeless housing project, during a ceremony held at Jamaica House on August 5. Others (from left) are Board Member, HOPE Opportunity Charity Limited, Ester...