A $20-million special welfare fund is being established for sports, culture and entertainment practitioners who fall on hard times. Making the announcement during her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 8, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the Fund will be managed by a committee led by Mike...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is urging parents to utilise services provided at its 74 Parenting Places, to ensure that they can manage demanding situations in child-rearing. Making the call at a recent mental health forum for parents and students, held at Paul Mountain Primary School in St. Catherine, Community Relations Manager at the Commission, Tanisha Miller, said once parents...

Jamaicans at home and abroad can participate in two thanksgiving services this weekend for the upcoming Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference. The first service will be held on Saturday, June 11, at Apple Creek Seventh-day Adventist Church in Markham, Canada, beginning at 11:00 a.m. while the other will take place on Sunday, June 12, at Waltham Park New Testament Church of...

Citizens will soon be able to access police records without waiting in long lines as the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Criminal Records Office continues to upgrade its technology systems. Details were shared during a tour of the Criminal Records Office on Duke Street, downtown Kingston, by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, on June 9. Dr. Chang pointed...

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Jamaicans are being implored to speak out against persons who are harming the environment by littering. Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, made the call as he addressed the opening ceremony of the National Environmental Awareness Week and World Ocean’s Day activities at Fisherman’s Beach in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (June 8)....

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is reminding persons to get immunised at the public health centres in the parish. “June is immunisation month, and so I just want to remind you that we continue to offer vaccines to persons of all ages in the parish,” she said, as she addressed the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland...