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Young children pray during the National Child Month Committee (NCMC)- organised Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Nation’s Children and Families, held today (May 27), at the Faith Apostolic Ministries in Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged To Rise Up Against Child Abuse

Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Grieg Smith, is appealing for Jamaicans to rise up against violence and abuse of the nation’s children. Stating that the Registry has collected over 47,000 cases of child abuse over its...

Executive Director of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman.

Build Safety Net around Children

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), having a light conversation with Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen (left) and Legal Officer in the Ministry, Sheryl Dennis, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (May 27), where he announced the observation of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.

Health Ministry Continues No Smoking Crusade

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 27, at which he outlined strategies to be put in place to reduce the misery level of patients.

Gov’t Takes Action to Reduce Misery Level of Patients

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is surrounded by excited students of the Liberty Academy at the Priory in St. Andrew, who clamoured to greet her following her address at the institution’s ‘Girls Day’ event on May 19.

Prime Minister to Speak on Child Safety and Security on May 28

11 years ago Parliament

Parliament to Host International Conference on Legislative Oversight

The Houses of Parliament will next week host an international conference aimed at strengthening the capacity of Parliaments to carry out their oversight of public expenditure. The conference will be held from June 2-4, 2015 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and is being hosted in collaboration with the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ParlAmericas, Inter-American Development Bank...

Volunteers working at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, on Labour Day (May 25)

11 years ago CommunityLabour

St. Thomas Residents Happy With Work at Rudolph Elder Park

Residents of St. Thomas are happy with the work done on Labour Day (May 25) to beautify and rehabilitate the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay. “I am happy they chose our park for the National Labour Day project. It is full time now we have something like this in St. Thomas, because we too are a part of Jamaica,”...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), and Chief Executive Officer, Footprints Foundation, Lorna Owens, sign copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalising a partnership which will see over 1,000 health workers attached to primary and secondary health centres and hospitals islandwide, receiving advanced training in infant and maternal healthcare delivery, under the Health Ministry’s Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC). The signing took place on Tuesday (May 26), at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

More Than 1,000 Health Care Workers to Be Trained Under PROMAC

Over 1,000 health care workers attached to primary and secondary health centres and hospitals islandwide, are to receive training over the next six months, under a special Ministry of Health programme, to strengthen their capacity to deliver maternal and child health care. The training exercise, to be delivered under the Ministry’s four-year $2.8 billion (€22 million) European Union (EU)-funded Programme...

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (centre), looks on as Executive Chairman of Lasco Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin (right), hands the keys of a new Toyota pickup to Head of the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kevin Francis, during a ceremony at the Hope Gardens offices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, in Kingston today (May 26). Valued at over $4 million, the vehicle will be used to boost the operations of the Unit.

11 years ago Agriculture

Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit Recovers 130 Stolen Animals

More than 130 stolen animals were recovered during a major operation conducted by the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit in Clarendon on May 25. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Assan Thompson, is reporting that over 60 heads of cattle, and 70 goats were recovered by the police. “I was forced to send the mobile reserve overnight (to maintain custody of the...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, urging residents of St. James to pay their water bills, in order to reduce the $2 billion owing to the National Water Commission (NWC) by them. The Minister was addressing a ceremony in Gutters, Granville, in St. James, where a water supply system was officially commissioned into service on May 22.

11 years ago Environment

Minister Pickersgill Urges Residents To Pay Their Water Bills

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is urging residents of West Central St. James, in particular, and the parish in general, to pay their water bills on time. Addressing a ceremony in Gutters, Granville, in St. James, where a water supply system was officially commissioned into service on May 22, the Minister said residents of...

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t to Roll Out Vector Control Programme to Prevent Zika Virus

The Government will shortly roll out an integrated vector control programme to prevent the Zika virus from reaching the shores of Jamaica, and to step up a public education campaign on the disease. The virus, which has caused a recent health scare in the South American country of Brazil, is spread by the bite of an infected Aedes Aegypti mosquito....

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, lays a wreath in honour of National Hero, Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe, at a ceremony, held on Saturday, May 23, the anniversary of the execution of Mr. Sharpe in 1832. The function was held in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay.

11 years ago Local Government

Sam Sharpe Remembered May 23

National Hero and leader of the 1831 Christmas Rebellion, Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe, was honoured on May 23, at a floral tribute and ceremony, held in the square named in his honour in Montego Bay. The National Hero was among the more than 500 slaves who lost their lives for participating in Jamaica’s first organized industrial action, commonly referred to...