State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), converses with Medical Officer of Health, St. Catherine Health Department, Dr. Pauline Weir (right), while Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Errol Greene, looks on. The occasion was the St. Catherine Health Services Workers’ Appreciation Church Service at Phillippo Baptist Church in Spanish Town,...

Their Excellencies, Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (third left) and Lady Allen second (left); Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Executive Officer, Brigadier Markland Lloyd (left); and other congregants stand in observance of the JDF’s Standard Presentation. The procession was held during the JDF’s National Drumhead Church Service at Curphey Barracks, Up Park Camp, St. Andrew, on Sunday (July 24).

The National Identification System (NIDS) card will include a feature to verify Justices of the Peace (JPs). This will be denoted on the back of the card, which will save the Government some $7.2 million on not having to print separate IDs for the JPs. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, made the disclosure while speaking at a commissioning ceremony for...

Motorists will now have to ensure their contact information is accurate and up to date, in keeping with the amended 2018 Road Traffic Act. This stipulation is one of two additional amendments to the Act which were approved by the Senate during its sitting on Friday (July 22). The Bill was passed with no amendments in the House of Representatives...

Jamaica now has a Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (GCCSAP). The Plan’s development was guided by a national gender and climate change assessment, which provided an overview of the policy and institutional contexts for gender-responsive climate action. The assessment also facilitated an analysis of the practical gender and climate change linkages in Jamaica and recommendations for action....

A small business village will be a major new addition to this year’s staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon, slated for July 30 - August 1. The highly anticipated show, back after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is being used as a platform to drive the growth of micro, small and medium...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, N. Nick Perry, during a courtesy call by the Ambassador at the Minister’s Maxfield office in St. Andrew, on Wednesday (July 20). Mr. Perry is the first Jamaican-born person to be Ambassador to Jamaica.