The Government is expanding its suicide prevention programmes, through partnerships, strengthening of the Ministry of Health and Wellness team, and training of community persons to offer interventions. Making the disclosure during his contribution to the 2023/2024 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 3, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the programmes will...

A neglected community catchment tank in Ashton, Westmoreland, has been restored to serve the residents. It was commissioned into service on Thursday, April 27 by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. The 50,000-gallon tank was rehabilitated by Rural Water Supply Limited at a cost of $10 million. In addition to restoring the infrastructure, the entity also...

Over 950 surgeries have been completed under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Code Care Project. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on May 3. “With only 50 per cent of our surgery target met, we will continue Code Care this year, with...

The Government is undertaking three multimillion-dollar programmes to provide persons with limb replacement, dentures, and vision-saving services, including surgeries. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, announced the initiatives during his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 3). He said that a sum of $50 million will be made...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks with double amputee and pineapple farmer from Clarendon, Andrew Nelson (right), following the sitting of the House of Representatives on May 3. Mr. Nelson is the first person with a disability to be measured to receive prostheses under the ‘A Prosthetic Partnership Programme for Persons with Disabilities in...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (right), shakes hands with Ambassador of Germany to Jamaica, His Excellency Jan Hendrik van Thiel, during a courtesy call by the Ambassador at the Ministry’s offices in St. Andrew on May 2.

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Government is focussed on ensuring that small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMTEs) can command a larger share of the tourism dollar. “We are prioritising by creating strategic policies, programmes and initiatives that can aid in building the resilience and increasing the capacity of local SMTEs to earn more,” he noted. Minister Bartlett...