Healthcare service delivery at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St. James, has been bolstered with the donation of 20 nebulisers by the V. Mansukhani Foundation. The medical equipment, valued $300,000, were handed over to the hospital on Thursday (December 22) and was facilitated by Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin. The paediatric department...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) wishes to advise the public that the data collection for the 2022 Population and Housing Census which was previously scheduled to end in December 2022, will be extended into the first quarter of 2023 to ensure maximum coverage of the Jamaican population. Data collection commenced in September 2022 on a phased basis. Since then,...

Approximately 30 farmers in St. Catherine West Central have received knapsack sprayers from the Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The presentation of the equipment was made at a farmers’ market held on Wednesday (December 21) at the Green Acres Commercial Complex in the parish. The knapsack sprayers are used by farmers for spraying different...

Members of the local entertainment and cultural industries will soon have a dedicated health insurance scheme. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the disclosure at the Rebel Salute media launch on Wednesday (December 21) at the ROK Hotel, downtown Kingston. She said that local actuarial consulting firm, Eckler Limited, has been engaged to assist in...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is committed to reviving Jonkonnu in Jamaica to create avenues for exposure and retention of the art form. Jonkonnu is a Christmas tradition that taps into Jamaica’s African spiritual roots through the combination of costume, music and dance. The tradition dates back hundreds of years and was widely practised by the enslaved...

Partygoers are being implored to exercise caution when attending events over the festive season. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Stephanie Lindsay, said that “If you know that there is gang conflict and other things happening in [a] space and you see an event...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second right), joins Mayor of Kingston, Senator the Hon. Delroy Williams (right); and Custos of Kingston, Steadman Fuller (third right); at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation’s annual Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony and Concert at St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston on December 20. Sharing the moment (from left)...