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National Health Fund (NHF) health promotion agents, Carla Blake (left), and Chianne Grosbie (second left), point out information in an NHF brochure to President of the Paul Mountain Police Youth Club, Joseph Johnson, at a recent health fair held at the Paul Mountain Primary School in St. Catherine.

Paul Mountain Residents Benefit from Free Health Fair

Scores of residents of Paul Mountain in rural St. Catherine have benefited from a free health fair. Children and adults recently gathered on the grounds of the Paul Mountain Primary School, where they received medical and dental checks and were...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator, the Hon Ruel Reid, addressing the Accessible Americas V: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for All at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James Wednesday (November 28).

Gov’t Boosting Internet Access in Primary Schools and Early Childhood Institutions

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks on the restructuring of building fees at a meeting with local government representatives at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on November 27.

Gov’t Looking to Restructure Building Fees

The cover of the Tourism Linkages Network’s ‘Christmas in July’ 2018 Corporate Gift & Souvenir Catalogue.

‘Christmas in July’ 2018 Catalogue Now Available

The Accountant General’s Department’s Communication and Customer Service Director, Tanisha Weir Grant, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s head office in Kingston.

AGD Hosting Government Pensionsers’ Forum on Nov. 30

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), speaks with Maria Wheatle (left), a patient at the Greater Portmore Health Centre in St. Catherine, prior to her eyes being tested for diabetic retinopathy in the facility’s newly opened screening room. Looking on (from second left) are Chief Executive of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, Dr. Astrid Bonfield; and Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Maureen Golding. The screening room for diabetic retinopathy was opened during a ceremony on Wednesday (November 28), at which the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme was officially launched.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Persons with Diabetes Urged to Get Screened for Diabetic Retinopathy

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is encouraging persons with diabetes to get screened for eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, to prevent vision loss. Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness, resulting from damage of the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissues at the back of the eye (retina). The Minister made the appeal during the launch...

Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on November 28, where it was announced that the Electoral Office of Jamaica has embarked on a Dead Elector Removal Exercise to update the national voters’ list.

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Electoral Office Removing Over 260,000 Deceased Persons Names from Voters List

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has embarked on a ‘Dead Elector Removal Exercise’, to remove the names of persons on the voters’ list who have died since 1998. Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, says the exercise aims to delete the names of in excess of 260,000 deceased electors. He was speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre, back row), with Youth Mayors at a luncheon hosted for them by the Ministry at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on November 28.

7 years ago Local GovernmentYouth

Gov’t to Initiate Proposals from Youth Mayors’ Forum

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says proposals made at the recent Youth Mayors’ Forum will be documented for implementation. “I have instructed the team to ensure that we place them on the website of the Ministry of Local Government and that we use them as a part of the way… forward,” he stated. He was speaking...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), converses with Director of the Mona Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy Centre, Professor Hopeton Dunn (centre); and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, at the sixth staging of the National Cybersecurity Conference at the Regional Headquarters of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on November 27.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

NIDS Will Bring Jamaica in Line with Developed Nations – Dr. Chang

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says Government’s implementation of the National Identification System (NIDS) will ensure that Jamaica becomes a technologically secure country comparable to more developed nations. “This system will propel Jamaica’s drive (towards) digitisation, comparable to countries such as Spain, Colombia, Peru and Estonia,” he said. Dr. Chang added that NIDS will assist in mitigating the...

International Spinal Symposium Chairman and Head of the Kingston Public Hospital’s Orthopaedic Department, Dr. Ian Neil.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica to Host Inaugural International Spinal Injury Symposium

Jamaica will host the inaugural International Spinal Injury Symposium, slated for The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on December 2. The event, to be staged under the auspices of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), will feature presentations from some of the foremost authorities on the subject. They include Professor Michael Fehlings and Professor Charles Fisher from Canada. Professor Fehlings is...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis.

7 years ago Local Government

Old Shoe Market in Mobay to be Transformed into Modern Arcade

The Old Shoe Market located on the corner of St. James and Strand Streets in Montego Bay is to be transformed into a modern arcade at a cost of some $100 million. Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, said that ground will be broken early 2019 for the development, which will...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda (third left), turns on a pipe to officially commission the Spring Gardens water system in St. James into service on November 23. (From left) are: Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of Rural Water Supply Limited, Councillor Homer Davis; Councillor for the Welcome Hall Division Gregory Wint; and Councillor for the Maroon Town Division, Everest Coke.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentLocal GovernmentWater

Citizens Urged to Pay Water Bills

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda, is imploring citizens to pay their water bills, as this contributes to the continued development of the country’s water infrastructure. “I am going to appeal to those who will benefit from these systems, that when the water is supplied, you must make your contribution. You...