The Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth has received a donation of medical equipment and supplies valued approximately US$6,000 from the Parottee Enrichment Project (PEP) Inc. Among the items are walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, walking canes, a commode, surgical masks, isolation gowns and disposable hospital bed sheets. PEP, a United States-based non-profit organisation that was registered in 2020, focuses on enhancing...

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) has embarked on a public education campaign titled, ‘Champions for Change’, aimed at building awareness and promoting the reduction of stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV. The campaign was conceptualised against the background that despite stigma and discrimination-reduction efforts, these issues remain deeply rooted in the Jamaican social construct and continue to...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., will be visiting several farms under the Overseas Farm Work Programme in North America, amid investigations into recent allegations of victimisation. Five farm workers participating in the programme were repatriated to Jamaica on August 8. Speaking on the Nationwide News Network (NNN) radio segment, ‘Ask the Minister’, today (August 22), the...

Jamaicans applying to the HEART NSTA/Trust, especially following the removal of fees up to level four, are being assured that if batches for courses are full at the time of their application, they will be accommodated in a future cohort. Speaking recently on ‘Good Morning, Minister’, aired on Love 101 FM, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime...

Residents of Fairfield District in St. Elizabeth are benefiting from a $12-million water shop, commissioned into service by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on August 21. The facility will provide up to 16,000 gallons of potable water daily to some 1,000 residents in Fairfield and surrounding areas. It comes equipped with the technologies to filter...

The scenic, rural community of Mavis Bank in St. Andrew East Rural now has a new addition to its roster of interesting features in the form of free and safe community Wi-Fi. The service was brought to scores of residents by the Universal Service Fund (USF), which has been enabling community Wi-Fi service at dozens of town centres islandwide. Speaking...

The Bank of Jamaica ( BOJ) is projecting a continued reduction in domestic inflation during the last three months of this year and for most of 2024. This was disclosed by Governor, Richard Byles, during the Central Bank’s quarterly monetary policy media briefing at the BOJ Auditorium in downtown Kingston on Monday (August 21). The projection represents a continuation of...