The JCF currently has ten centres in operation which are in the parishes of Kingston, Clarendon, St. Ann, St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth, St. Mary, St. Thomas, and Westmoreland. These centres are pivotal in bridging the trust gap between the police and citizens and serve as a critical tool to treat violence resulting from domestic feuds. Speaking at a recent JIS...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says Jamaica is seeking to increase production and expand the export base for Blue Mountain Coffee. These include targeting markets such as the United States, which currently accounts for 20 per cent of exports, he noted. Japan is Jamaica's largest importer of Blue Mountain Coffee, absorbing some 70 per cent of exports,...

Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, says her efforts in piloting the army’s role in Jamaica’s national security apparatus will be anchored in the military’s five pillars of transformation. These, as articulated in the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Strategic Defence Review, are capability development, human resource management, infrastructure, command, and control. “This will ensure that...

Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Wentworth Charles (right), makes a point to Public Relations Manager, Huawei Technologies Jamaica, Jesse Zhao (second left), during Thursday’s (January 20) presentation of 50 food packages by Huawai Technologies Jamaica, for distribution to front-line workers at the Bustamante Hospital for Children and the National Chest Hospital in Kingston. Looking on are Chief Executive...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is reporting that the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is now in 75 per cent of communities across the island, with 828 hospital admissions. Addressing a COVID Conversations Digital Press Conference held on January 20, the CMO said over the past two weeks the number of deaths has been climbing and warned that...

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be providing 100 life vests for the approximately 30 raft captains who operate on the Great River in Lethe, Hanover. Portfolio Minister, Desmond McKenzie, gave the commitment on Wednesday (January 19), after meeting with the raft captains to discuss their needs. The life vests will provide protection for the rafters and...

The genome sequencing machine at the National Influenza Centre (NIC) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is now being utilised for the testing of the first batch of samples for coronavirus (COVID-19) variants. The testing of samples is part of the training in the use of the machine, which got under way recently. Addressing Thursday’s (January 20)...