More than 200 Jamaicans have benefited from scholarships and courses offered by the Government of China this year. “I am very happy to note that since the beginning of the year, more than 200 persons have benefited from these opportunities for training,” Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, said. She was speaking at...

A sum of $331 million has been allocated to support mitigation works across the island as the Government ramps up efforts to contain the dengue outbreak. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure while speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 3). He said that $96 million will go to the municipal...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has initiated its Dengue Outbreak Mitigation Plan, which involves search-and-destroy operations, clinical management, workforce management, surveillance, and public education. “The aim of the plan is to reduce the impact of the dengue outbreak on the population,” said Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. “Already, approximately 500 temporary vector-control workers have been engaged and...

All efforts should be made to sustain the culture of women operating in leadership roles in the Maritime Industry across the world, which is on the rise. This was the message from Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Darryl Vaz, at the sixth Annual General Meeting of the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC) Regional Conference. His message...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended five students of B.B. Coke High School for their heroic actions in seeking medical attention for their severely injured schoolmate, enlisting them as ‘Ambassadors for Good’. The youngsters – Leon Barnes, Khari Green, Garry Bartley, Daejuan Gordon and Dejaun Powell – were each presented with a laptop and a certificate of...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting a 13 per cent reduction in major crimes since the start of 2023 Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, who made the disclosure during the JCF’s virtual quarterly press briefing on Tuesday (October 3), said the reduction covers the period between January 1 and September 30. “Murders were down 12 per cent, which...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will stage its inaugural ‘At Your Service’ exposition on October 4. The event, slated for the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., will showcase the main services offered by the Ministry. Director of Customer Service, Rory Stennett, told JIS News that the expo’s inaugural staging, being held...