The Government will be boosting the staff at health facilities across the island, with up to 1,000 health aids and other professionals to be recruited. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure while speaking with medical personnel at the Annotto Bay Hospital in St. Mary on Saturday (May 9). He said that the objective...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, has donated $100,000 to the Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland to support the institution’s initiative in providing worksheets to students, who do not have internet access. Under the initiative, spearheaded by Principal of the institution, Keron King, assignments are delivered weekly to the students, a...

Two companion Bills, aimed at revolutionising the country’s land-titling system, are expected to be passed during the next sitting of the Senate. These are the Registration of Titles Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 2020 (SPA); and the Registration of Titles (Amendment) Act, 2020 (RTA). Leader of Government Business, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, who piloted the...

Unicomer (Courts) Jamaica Limited is the latest company to lend its support in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), with the donation of 20 state-of-the-art hospital beds to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The beds, which are valued at $3.5 million, were handed over on Friday (May 8), at the Unicomer Distribution Centre in Kingston. In his address at...

As the country deals with stemming the spread of  the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging Jamaicans to engage in physical activity to preserve their health.                In an interview with JIS News, Senior Health Education Officer at the Ministry, Charmaine Plummer, said this is recommended for the complete physical well-being of individuals....

Jamaica is ranked first out of 14 Caribbean countries in terms of the overall number of tests administered for the coronavirus (COVID-19).  This was disclosed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who commended healthcare professionals for the critical role they play in facilitating the country’s increased testing capacity. He was speaking at a digital press...

Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness at the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Ornella Lewis, says that preparations have started for the 2020 Hurricane Season, which begins on June 1 and runs until November 30.  “Our parish disaster committee has been activated since March 13. We have been looking through our shelter list and some of the challenges that we have been facing,...