Stakeholder partners have so far adopted 45 of the 100 public health centres being targeted by the Government under this arrangement. The latest is the Halse Hall Health Centre in Clarendon, which has been adopted by the United States (US)-based Atlanta-Jamaica Association (AJA). The partnership, being facilitated under the Government’s Adopt-A-Clinic Initiative, was formally announced by Minister of Health and...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will be boosting its partnership with the Agro Investment Corporation (AIC) to engage more of Jamaica’s farmers while providing them with resources and expertise to maximise their yields and profits. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, during the official opening ceremony for the 69th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show...

Acclaimed Reggae/Dancehall producer, Donovan Germain, is encouraging mainstream recording artistes to support the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) Festival Song Competition. Mr. Germain, who is Chief Executive Officer for Penthouse Records, produced the top three songs in the final of the just concluded competition. The 2023 winner is ‘Slashe’, whose given name is Donald Anderson, who topped the field of...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, greets Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emiliana Bernard Stephenson, during a courtesy call at the Ministry on August 3.

Students of Camperdown High School in Kingston perform a dance entitled ‘Flokarama’, during the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Mello-Go-Roun’ showcase at the Independence Village at the National Arena in Kingston on Thursday (August 3). The annual show features the best performances in poetry, drama, song and dance from the JCDC’s Festival of the Arts.

Young creative writers will soon have the opportunity to become Youth Poet Laureate of Jamaica, according to Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. She said many talented writers have been doing good creative work, and the Poet Laureate of Jamaica programme, which is administered by the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) in partnership with the Ministry...

Ambassador to the United States (US), Audrey Marks, is calling for increased support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for critical projects, particularly in addressing crime. She noted that Jamaica’s project support has been reduced to US$60 million for the period 2020-2025 from US$123.4 million for 2013-2020. “We have made tremendous progress but we still need a...