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Youngsters participate in a group discussion at a Dispute Resolution Foundation summer camp in Kingston in July.

Students Benefitting from Supervised School Intervention Programme

The Supervised School Intervention Programme by the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF) was born out of concern for the well-being of youngsters who have been suspended from school and were often observed partaking in idle activities for the suspension period. The initiative,...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), emphasizes a point to Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the National Works Agency, Earl Patterson (left), during Wednesday’s (August 9) contract signing ceremony for the US$4.4 million Barbican Road Improvement Project, at Jamaica House. Looking on is State Minister in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington.

Jamaica to Benefit from Road Developments

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (2nd left), officially opens the Annotto Bay Computer Resource Centre in St. Mary on Thursday, August 10. Others (from left) are Councillor for the Annotto Bay Division of the St. Mary Municipal Corporation, Hugh Bryan; Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, Dr. Winston Green; Port Maria Mayor, Councillor Richard Creary; and representative of the Annotto Bay Community Development and Environmental Benevolent Society, Ruel Francis. The $3.5-million facility, established by the Universal Service Fund (USF), is the 256th Community Access Point (CAP) to be developed across the island and the seventh in St. Mary.

Community Access Point Opens in Annotto Bay

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) participates in the National Youth Summer Employment Programme, at the official launch of the initiative on August 10 at Jamaica College, St. Andrew

PM Launches Youth Summer Employment Programme

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (FILE)

Grange: Athletes are Doing Their Best

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

9 years ago Local Government

Minister Calls for Strengthening of Local Government Regime in Region

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is calling for the strengthening of the local government regime in the region. “There is a lack of a coordinated effort between countries in the region that actually practise local (governance). There are only a few countries that have such a system,” the Minister noted. Mr. McKenzie told JIS News...

Director of Health Services Planning and Integration in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence (left), listens as Senior Medical Officer of the National HIV/STI Programme, Dr. Nicola Skyers (right), makes a point, at the official launch of the ‘Test and Start: Get on yu meds and get on wid life’, social-marketing campaign at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on August 10. Others (from second left) are Director of Health Promotion and Protection, Dr. Beverley Wright and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sara Buchanan

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Campaign Launched for Persons Living with HIV to Take Medication for Life

A social-marketing campaign has officially been launched by the Ministry of Health to encourage persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) to take their medication and to continue to do so for life. The campaign, which has been dubbed, ‘Test and Start: Get on yu meds and get on wid life’, goes further to encourage persons to get tested...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), emphasises a point while addressing Wednesday

9 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterTransport

Barbican Road Improvement Project to Commence in Two Weeks

Work on the J$564.7-million (US$4.4-million) Barbican Road improvement project in St. Andrew is slated to commence in two weeks. The four-month project, being implemented under the Administration’s Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) with funding support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China, entails significant upgrading of 1.1 kilometres of the 3.75-kilometre Barbican Road. This will involve major improvements...

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) global charities, Dr. Jesse Hunsaker (left), explains the features of lens used in laser eye treatment to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals, Errol Greene (centre) and Human Resource Director for the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Pauline Roberts. Occasion was the symbolic handover of a state-of-the art laser machine for the treatment of glaucoma and cataract at the hospital in downtown Kingston on August 9. The piece of equipment, valued at US$70,000, was donated by the LDS global charities.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

KPH Gets Laser Eye Treatment Machine

Patients affected by the eye conditions glaucoma and cataract will have improved access to corrective surgeries at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). This is through the donation of a state-of-the art laser machine to the facility by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ (LDS) global charities. Valued at US$70,000, the machine provides Selecta Duet Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)...

The Government of Jamaica signed a partnership agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) yesterday (August 9) for the Barbican Road Improvement Works project. Pictured are (R-L) Mrs Audrey Sewell, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation; Prime Minister Andrew Holness; His Excellency Niu Quingbao, Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica; Mr Lui Xiangang, Project Manager, China Harbour Engineering Company.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Jamaica Has Never Been a Xenophobic Society, PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is reassuring the country that the Government will act in the best interest of the Jamaican people while remaining open to foreign investment in the country. The Prime Minister made the comments as the Government signed a partnership agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) yesterday (August 9) for the Barbican Road Improvement Works project. “The...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

9 years ago Local Government

More than 2,300 Young People to be Employed

More than 2,300 young people are to be employed under the National Youth Summer Employment Programme, which will be officially launched today (August 10) at the Jamaica College Auditorium, Old Hope Road, St. Andrew. The young people, from across the island, will be engaged in the auditing of street lights and identifying vulnerable persons within communities who may require assistance...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (left), test drives one of three fire trucks donated to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) by the Government of Japan through its Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots and Human Security Project. Looking on is Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano. The fire trucks, along with an ambulance, were handed over during a function held at the CMI, Palisadoes Park, yesterday (August 9).

9 years ago Transport

CMI Receives Emergency Vehicles

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) has received one ambulance and three fire trucks from the Government of Japan, valued at J$9.6 million (US$79,721). Provision of the units was facilitated under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Project (GGP), through partnership with the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy. The vehicles, which were handed over yesterday (August 9),...