Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (second right), tours the chicken farm at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St. Catherine, during a visit to the facility on Friday (April 8). He is joined by (from left): Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams; Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Gary Rowe; and...

Forty-one new midwifes have been equipped to provide essential support to women, mothers and babies, following the successful completion of training at the Cornwall School of Nursing (CSN). At a graduation exercise held on Thursday (April 7) at Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay, four batches of basic and post basic midwifery graduates received their diplomas after reciting the Midwife’s...

New matron’s quarters are to be constructed at the Hanover Infirmary in Lucea. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, who made the announcement during a visit to the institution on Friday (April 8), said that the project will represent the final phase of the upgrading of the infirmary. He noted that the previous facility was destroyed...

Lucea in Hanover has been refreshed to provide a more aesthetically pleasing environment for locals and visitors. The improvement was done under the ‘Paint the City, Paint the Town’ project, which was officially launched in the parish capital on Friday (April 8), by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. The works included sprucing-up green and recreational...

The Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) in Granville, St. James has partnered with the Kiwanis Club of Montego Freeport, to provide support and training services for parents and caregivers of children with learning and intellectual disabilities. The entities have launched a parent support group and training series, which will better equip parents to care for their special needs children. Special...

Avis Morrison of Second Street in Greenwich Town, St. Andrew was overcome with tears of joy as she received the keys to her new home from Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness on Friday (April 8). She is the latest beneficiary of improved housing under Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). The new three-bedroom unit, which Ms. Morrison will...

The Ministry of Justice will be ramping up its Child Diversion programme in schools, as it seeks to implement increased use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods in these institutions. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, made the disclosure during the official opening of the Greenwich Town Restorative Justice Centre, at the Greenwich Town Resource Centre, St. Andrew, on Friday (April...