Two ambulances and a panel van, acquired at a cost of more than $33 million, have been handed over to health facilities by the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), which oversees the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland. During the handover ceremony, held on Wednesday (January 18), at Ocean Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios, St. Ann,...

The public health system has received a donation of hygiene and sanitisation supplies valued at $10.5 million from technology company Konnexx Services Limited. The items, which include electrostatic sprayers, sanitisers and sanitiser dispensers, sanitiser mats, and hygiene supplies, will be distributed to 26 hospitals to aid in the fight against viral and bacterial infections. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it is important for persons involved in representational politics to leave lasting legacies that will benefit future generations. The Prime Minister, who was speaking at a fundraiser at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay on January 14, said a good example of the type of legacy to which he refers is...

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) will be taking steps to assist FSC-regulated institutions to strengthen their mechanisms to detect and prevent fraud. This was disclosed by Executive Director, Everton McFarlane, against the allegations of fraud at investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). Speaking during a press conference at the EX-IM Bank Business Centre in Kingston on Wednesday (January 18),...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), speaking with outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Chile, Her Excellency, Constanza Figueroa, during a farewell call and luncheon hosted in her honour at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Wednesday (January 18).

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has committed to making full public disclosure of the outcome of investigations and other interventions into the incident of alleged fraud reported at investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). FSC Executive Director, Everton McFarlane, gave this undertaking during a press conference at the EX-IM Bank Business Centre in Kingston on Wednesday (January 18). He...

The National Health Fund (NHF) approved subsidy payments of $6.41 billion for more than 4.3 million claims made in the 2021/22 fiscal year. The statistics were provided during a press conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 17) to provide details of increases to NHFCard Benefits. Five conditions accounted for 78 per cent of the...