The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is urging business operators to use armoured vehicles to transport large quantities of cash and other valuables. Speaking with JIS News, Sergeant Shawnjaye Mitchell of the JCF’s Corporate Communications Unit, said business transactions are heightened during the festive season, and thieves will use this opportunity to rob persons. “We are advising business owners to employ...

Christmas came early for more than 50 wards of the State and their caregivers at the Mustard Seed Communities-run Mary’s Child facility in Kingston and Yadel Home for Girls in Old Harbour, St. Catherine. Owner and Operator of Bella Day Spa in Kingston and Shades of Elegance in Old Harbour, Treacha Reid-McCalla, along with 13 members of her team, took...

Residents of Clarendon are hailing the Ministry of Health’s implementation of the Public Sector Pharmacy Partner Programme in the parish. The initiative, which is being piloted over the next three months, aims to reduce the waiting time for medication at public hospitals and clinics. It is being spearheaded by the National Health Fund (NHF) and involves collaboration with select private-sector...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is encouraging entities and individuals to consider making donations of cash or kind to early-childhood institutions (ECIs), especially during the festive season, in order to help them to meet certification standards. The Commission is working to certify 100 more ECIs by August 2017. Eighteen institutions were certified this year. Acting Executive Director of the ECC,...

With the Christmas and New Year’s festivities fast approaching, Jamaicans are being encouraged to eat healthy during the season. Persons, especially those living with non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, are being urged to watch what they consume, in order to maintain a balanced meal. A balanced meal should include items from the six food groups in the Caribbean...

The Management at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) is assuring the public that the airport is open for business, following a freak accident on Sunday (December 18). Senior Director, Commercial Planning and Development for the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)/NMIA, Alfred McDonald, told JIS News that operations at the airport were not affected by the incident, which took place...

Twenty residents of Caribbean Terrace in East Rural St. Andrew, whose homes were destroyed by the passage of hurricanes Ivan in 2004 and Dean in 2007, are to benefit from the construction of housing units in Harbour View. They will receive houses from the 96 units which are being constructed by West Indies Home Contractors Limited (WIHCON) in Harbour View,...