Healthcare workers will be better able to offer cancer screening and awareness training in rural and underserved communities, following the handover of a bus to the Jamaica Cancer Society. The 15-seater, 2021 Toyota Hiace bus, which costs US$43,000, was donated through the collaborative efforts of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North and corporate Jamaica. It was handed over today...

Rehabilitation works at the Hope Valley Experimental and August Town Primary schools in St. Andrew are to be completed in the upcoming fiscal year under the Government’s Integrated Community Development Project II. The project, which has been allocated $796.2 million in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, seeks to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services and contribute towards increased...

Stakeholders within the Agriculture and Fisheries sector are invited to take advantage of new and existing services provided by the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine. The station, which has been undergoing rehabilitation work over the past five years, is committed to implementing changes, especially in the research arena, to boost agricultural production. Acting Principal Research Director in the Research...

The St James police are reporting that as at February 9, the parish had recorded a 35 per cent decline in shootings, a 40 per cent decline in robberies, and 100 per cent decline in break-ins. Head of the St James police, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vernon Ellis, said there has been a reduction in major crimes in the...

The Government, and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) have signed a 12-month Heads of Agreement for a four per cent increase in wages and allowances for the contract period April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, in his remarks at the brief ceremony at the Ministry in Kingston...

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation invites public participation in a virtual town hall on the Emissions Policy Framework and the updated Climate Change Policy Framework on Tuesday (February 22). The session will start at 6:00 p.m. and will be streamed on the Ministry’s Facebook and Twitter pages @megjc_jm and on the Jamaica Information Service Facebook page, YouTube...

The Government will be spending more than $1.1 billion to complete several aspects of the St. James-based Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), under its redevelopment project. The objective of the project is to improve service delivery in the public health system by rehabilitating the CRH to include ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP); information and communications technology...