Discussions will continue this year regarding front of package labelling, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The objective of front-of-package labelling is to provide the consuming public with information on the content of sodium/salt, fats, saturated fats, trans-fats, and sugar in pre-packaged foods, to assist persons in making healthy decisions and reduce the cases of...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), is in conversation with (from left) Deputy Postmaster General, Business and Regional Operations, Post and Telecommunications Department, Sophia Hamilton Brown; Postmaster General, Post and Telecommunications Department, and Chief Executive Officer, Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Lincoln Allen; and Chairman, Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Professor Felix Akinladejo, when they visited the Governor-General's...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to turn their creative ideas into innovations that can generate economic activity and contribute to development. “We are a group of smart creative people [but] if you are not translating your creations into a product or service that someone is paying for, then it doesn’t count as innovation,” said Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council...

There continues to be a steady reduction in the backlog of cases before the parish courts, with most cases now being completed within 12 months. Currently, fewer than five per cent of active criminal cases in the parish court jurisdiction are in a state of backlog, meaning that they have been in the court system for more than two years...

The Excelsior Community College is being hailed by Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, for its innovation and resilince in offering post-secondary-level training programmes during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She noted that the institution has been “agile in finding creative ways to continue with the business of educating our children”. “You have persevered and not lost sight of...

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An additional 1,000 surgeries will be conducted in the public health system over the next 10 months under a special initiative called ‘CODE CARE’. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the intervention is aimed at clearing the backlog of elective surgeries in many hospitals due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) priorities. “Since March 2020, many...