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(FILE) Executive Director of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD), Kimberley Sherlock Marriott-Blake (right), addressing a JIS Think Tank on August 21. Ms. Deniese Badroe, Business Development Division Director of the JAD looks on.

Persons Encouraged to Check Their Hearing Annually

The Jamaica Association for the Deaf is encouraging citizens to take care of their hearing by avoiding extremely loud noises and having their hearing checked annually. “We recommend that persons test their hearing annually as we are exposed to high...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and Principal of Comfort Castle Primary and Junior High School in Portland, Dalmain Moore, display cheque for $343,350, which has been donated to the school by Canadian charity, the Tamara Gordon Foundation. The Minister handed over the cheque at the Ministry, in New Kingston, on Tuesday (August 27).

Portland School Gets $343,350 from Canadian Charity

Corporate Jamaica Encouraged to Have Workers Trained in Sign Language

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), observes as NCB Capital Markets Limited Chief Exective Officer, Steven Gooden (left), greets New Forest Energy’s Chief Financial Officer, Chris Guinta, during a bond signing ceremony between the entities at the AC Marriott Hotel, in Kingston, on Tuesday (August 27).

Jamaicans Have Appetite to Invest in Energy Sector – Minister

Pesticides Control Authority Registrar, Tamara Morrison, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

PCA Says Revised Labels Should Result In Proper Use of Pesticides

Head of the St James Police, Superintendent Vernon Ellis (right), speaks to officers during a School Resource Officers’ Seminar at the Freeport Police Station in Montego Bay on Wednesday (August 28).

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Resource Officers for High Schools in St. James

Commanding Officer of the St. James Police, Superintendent Vernon Ellis, says 30 resource officers have been selected for high schools in the parish, as the police anticipate a smooth start to the new academic year on September 2. Speaking with JIS News during a School Resource Officers’ Seminar at the Freeport Police Station in Montego Bay on Wednesday (August 28),...

Chairman of the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI) Board, Trina Delisser, addresses stakeholders during the launch of the CUMI Come Run 10K and 5K Run/Walk, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 27. The event is slated to be held at the Tryall Club in Sandy Bay, Hanover, on September 21.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

CUMI Run Sept. 21 to Assist Mentally Ill

The 11th annual CUMI 10K and 5K Run/Walk will be held on September 21 at the Tryall Club in Sandy Bay, Hanover, beginning at 6:30 a.m. The event is staged to raise money for the day-to-day operations of the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI), located in St. James. Speaking at the official launch of the event...

Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Simone Spence, addresses journalists at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Conference, at the Ministry, in New Kingston, on August 27.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry to Launch PrEp Pilot Programme

In an effort to reduce new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to zero, the Ministry of Health and Wellness will be launching its Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) pilot programme before the end of the year. This announcement was made by Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Simone Spence, on August 27 at the Ministry’s...

Residents of New Market, Westmoreland and surrounding communities, will have several social services brought to them on Thursday, August 29, through the Social Development Commission

7 years ago Community

SDC to Stage Social Event for Communities in Westmoreland

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is seeking to address unemployment and youth engagement in New Market Oval, Westmoreland, through its Parish Inter-Agency Networking Programme. Public Relations Manager at the SDC, Mandel McKulksy, said the programme will bring together several communities in Savanna-la-Mar and present them with the opportunity to access important services to enhance their lives. The New Market Social...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (standing, right), observes as representatives from the University of Technology (UTech), the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the Scientific Research Council (SRC) sign memoranda of agreement (MOA), which formalise their collaboration to carry out tests on specific food ingredients at the upgraded laboratories of the SRC and BSJ. They are (seated from left), President, UTech, Professor Stephen Vasciannie; Executive Director, BSJ, Hopeton Heron; and Manager, Product Research and Development, SRC, Dr. Charah Watson. Also pictured (standing from left) are Management Accountant, UTech, Marlene Salmon; Professor of Public Health Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, UTech, Professor Fitroy Henry; and Director, George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, Caribbean Institute for Health Research, University of the West Indies (UWI), Barbados, Professor T. Alafia Samuels. The signing took place during a ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (August 27).

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Labs Upgraded to Analyse Sugar, Salt and Fat in Food Products

For the first time, Jamaica will have the capacity to analyse the sugar, salt and fat content of food products. This follows the upgrading of laboratories of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the Scientific Research Council (SRC), to conduct these tests, at a cost of $20 million, through funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada....

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), addresses the media at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing, held on Tuesday (August 27), at the Ministry’s head office in New Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary, Dunston Bryan

7 years ago Health & Wellness

24-Hour Helpline Soon to Assist Persons Living With Mental Illness

A new 24-hour toll-free helpline will soon be launched by the Ministry of Health and Wellness for persons living with mental illnesses and those affected by the condition. This announcement was made by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at the Ministry’s quarterly press briefing, held on August 27, at the Ministry in New Kingston. The...

7 years ago Energy

Proposed Law Will Address Activities Related to Emerging LNG Sector

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says activities related to Jamaica’s emerging Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sector will be addressed under the proposed Petroleum (Downstream Activities) Act, being developed by the Government. These, she outlined, include receipt, storage, processing and distribution, adding that “the legislation will also treat with the licensing, construction, and operation of natural gas terminals...