Residents of St. Catherine and surrounding parishes are set to receive improved healthcare services, as the Government is investing $5.5 billion to redevelop the Spanish Town Hospital. The multibillion-dollar project will usher in a transformed environment for both patients and staff, with the 430-bed hospital operating in a new state-of-the-art six-storey facility, spanning more than 17,000 square metres. Services to...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says Trelawny’s status as being among the highest producers of domestic crops and the number-one producer of yam makes the parish a top priority for the Government. He said that the Ministry has been working to increase access to irrigation in the parish, while also improving the condition of farm roads....

The Government is looking to use lands that were once under sugar-cane cultivation to boost the country’s agricultural production. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, said the Ministry has a programme in place to facilitate access by farmers to arable lands, including former sugar-cane lands, for crop production and livestock farming. "For years, old sugar-cane lands have...

The Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD) will host a free webinar to engage stakeholders in a discussion around the Disabilities Act. This will be held on Wednesday, February 28, under the theme ‘Communication Matters! Facilitating the Deaf Community’. It is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Executive Director of Jamaican Sign Language Bible Translation (JSLBT), Tashi Widmer, who will...

An estimated $195 million will be used to complete the establishment of a United Nations (UN) House in the upcoming fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Government-funded project began in 2017 and is scheduled to end in March 2025. It involves the renovation of Block 11 at...

Hot pepper farmers and other stakeholders who took part in pest surveillance training are hailing the sessions as useful and beneficial to their farming practices. A total of 169 farmers, input suppliers and nursery operators benefited from guidance to reduce the prevalence of pests in hot pepper cultivation under the Improving the Phytosanitary Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along...

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) has received funding of US$400,000 to procure speed monitoring devices and breath testing equipment for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), to assist in reducing road fatalities. Programme Coordinator of the NRSC, Victor Anderson, told JIS News that some of the money will also be used for administration of the project, improvement in data capture...