The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is spearheading a Health Centre Expansion Programme, which should result in the rehabilitation of four health centres in St. James. Funded by the European Union (EU) at a cost of $154 million, the project is being done through JSIF’s Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). The Granville, Adelphi, Barrett Town, and Flanker Health Centres will be...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is again calling on persons to get vaccinated against influenza (flu). Speaking at a media briefing at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston on February 5, the Minister said persons should practise good hygiene, including washing hands with soap and water, and covering the mouth and nose while coughing or...

Hundreds of students and teachers from primary and secondary schools across the Corporate Area have benefited from a restorative justice youth forum and panel discussion organised by the Ministry of Justice. The event, held on Wednesday (February 5) at the Pembroke Hall Primary School auditorium in Kingston, formed part of this year’s Restorative Justice Week activities. It featured a multi-stakeholder...

The Government is implementing several measures to supply communities with water islandwide during the current period of drought. The Meteorological Service Branch has projected that the country will be experiencing near normal rainfall in some areas and moderately dry conditions up to at least April. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon....

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the restorative justice practices will be implemented in schools shortly. “We are hoping, beginning this year and over the next few years, to have restorative justice in every single school… we want to sensitise all the schools about restorative justice. We want to emphasise the need for teachers, students, parents to use restorative justice...

Member of Parliament for North East Manchester, Hon. Audley Shaw, is calling for resocialisation to assist in ending domestic violence across the island. Mr. Shaw, who is also Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, was reacting to the killing of two women in the parish on February 5. In an interview with JIS News at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has won the inaugural ‘Best Communication Initiative Award’ in the British-based Central Banking Publications’ seventh annual central banking awards. The award’s bestowal, which was formally announced on Thursday (February 6), is in recognition of the BOJ’s utilisation of reggae music in its communication strategy to simplify complex economic matters relating to inflation-targeting. In a statement...