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State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second right), highlights the benefits of play through games, such as ‘Chinese skip’, during a forum focusing on the importance of play for children, at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home on Tuesday (November 6). Engaging in the game of ‘Chinese skip’ are students from the Seaward Primary and Junior High School. They are (in the foreground, from left) Shadae Salmon, and Latanya Graham. At right is media personality and host of the forum, Emprezz Golding.

State Minister Calls on Parents to Look for Signs of Abuse

State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is calling on parents, teachers and caregivers to not only encourage play amongst children, but to look out for the telltale signs of abuse during this activity. Mr. Terrelonge...

Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who is also Minister of Health, addresses the recent ceremony to break ground for the new $25-million Brown’s Hall Health Centre. He also spoke about several community development projects.

Back Pasture to Brown’s Hall Main Road to be Rehabilitated

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addressing students of Penwood High School in St. Andrew, during a motivational and empowerment session at the institution on Tuesday (November 6).

PM Calls On Youth to Reject Crime and Violence in Communities

Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan González Mijares (right), points out features of the "altar" display at the ‘Dia de los Muertos’ (Day of the Dead) celebration held on Thursday (November 1) at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, Mona, Kingston. Looking on are Minister Consular, Embassy of the Republic of Chile, Roberto Alvarez (left); and the Ambassador of Chile, His Excellency Francisco Bernales.

Jamaican Foods Included in Mexican ‘Dia De Los Muertos’ Celebration

Commandant of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), Colonel Errol Johnson, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

JCCF to Increase Membership to Over 10,000

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, shakes hands with Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes, during a recent Justices of the Peace training session held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingtson.

7 years ago Justice

Jamaicans Encouraged to Think First-Class

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is appealing for Jamaicans to start thinking first class. He said that “Jamaica will never achieve first-world status unless our people start thinking first class. We can only build a good society and a great nation if our people are good and think greatly.” Minister Chuck was speaking at a Justices of the Peace...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), who is also Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, enjoys a good laugh with Sales and Marketing Manager at Omni Industries Limited, Vincent Clarke (left), and Chairman and Managing Director of Kemteck Development and Construction Limited, Sylvester Tulloch (right), at the recent ceremony to break ground for the $25-million Brown’s Hall Health Centre in St. Catherine. The two companies are co-financing the project.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Brown’s Hall Residents to Receive Free Health Services

Residents of Brown’s Hall in St. Catherine and surrounding communities will be getting free health services at the soon-to-be-established Friends of the Brown’s Hall Health Centre. Chairman and Managing Director of Kemteck Development and Construction Limited, Sylvester Tulloch, who is co-financing the $25-million health centre, said persons will receive optical and dental services, mammograms, antenatal care, home visits from a...

Manager for the St. Catherine-based Spanish Town Skills Training Centre (STSTC), Ruth James (right), in discussion with former students of the institution (from left) Muriel Grant, Rahiem Bailey; and current student, Alexis Dixon.

7 years ago Youth

Spanish Town Skills Training Centre Serving the Community for 20 Years

For almost 20 years, the Spanish Town Skills Training Centre (STSTC) has been providing training for professionals, at-risk youth, non-certified and unskilled employees and employers, in partnership with the HEART Trust/NTA. Student at the institution, 19-year-old Alexis Dixon, has high praises for the opportunities being provided to her through the Centre. After leaving secondary school, Ms Dixon faced several job...

Voting stations where voters in the Los Angeles (LA) County, California, will cast their ballots today (November 6) during the Midterm Elections.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaicans in the United States Note Importance of Voting

Jamaicans living in the United States (US) are upbeat about today’s (November 6) midterm elections and note the importance of exercising their right to vote. Lurlene Madourie-Matthews, who lives in Connecticut, said that “this is where we call home, and if our vote can make the country better, then we should all do our part to make a positive impact...

A voter demonstrating how to cast a ballot using the new paperless electronic ballot the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in California will be implementing in 2020.The system was introduced to journalists on Friday (November 2), who are part of the Foreign Press Center’s International Reporting Tour.

7 years ago Foreign AffairsTechnology

LA County Develops New Digital Voting System

The Los Angeles (LA) County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in California has created a new voting system, to be implemented in 2020, which could influence a change in how persons vote across the United States of America. The new system, which will transform the way persons vote from a physical to a digital format and from paper to electronic ballots (though there...

Chair of the Friends of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Karla Hylton (second right, front row), leads the symbolic cutting of a cake as part of activities marking this year’s staging of the annual Dr. Leila Wynter Commemorative Conference. The event was held at the Hospital on Monday (November 5), under the theme ‘Disorders of Adolescence’. Others sharing the moment (from left, front row) are the Hospital’s Acting Departmental Manager, Denese Dacres Reeves; Acting Chief Executive Officer, Camile Wallen Panton; Ambulance Attendant, Everton Percell; patient, 11-year-old, Jayden-Kyle Coley; and Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson, and (back row, from left) Acting Director, Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health, Dr. Naydene Williams; and Bustamante Hospital’s Acting Manager, Patient Affairs, Jasmine Simmonds Henry.

7 years ago Youth

Lady Allen Implores Jamaicans to Safeguard Nation’s Youth

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen, is urging well-thinking Jamaicans to take the necessary steps to safeguard the society’s children and youth, and aid their holistic development. Noting that 33 per cent of the population are children and another 11.8 per cent are youth, aged 18 to 24, Lady Allen contended that “these are the...

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Clive Lai (left), greets Cervical Cancer Survivor, Juliet Davis, at a town hall meeting on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, at the Webster Memorial Church in Kingston, on October 31. At centre is Acting Director of the Health Ministry’s Family Health Unit, Dr. Melody Ennis.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Cancer Survivor Supports Health Ministry’s HPV Vaccine Drive

Cervical cancer survivor, Juliet Davis, is in support of the Health Ministry’s introduction of the bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine being administered to thousands of grade-seven students across the island. Mrs. Davis, who was first diagnosed with the cancer in 2009 at the age of 49, says the vaccine would have been useful in reducing her chances of getting the...