President of the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid, is calling for increased awareness of the disease, which can lead to early detection and access to treatment. This, as October is being observed as Lupus Awareness Month, under the theme ‘Children and Youth With Lupus: Saving Lives Through Knowledge and Support’. “Increased awareness in the population, in the health...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr says persons displaced during the passage of Hurricanes Ivan and Dean, have received first preference at a subsidized cost, to relocate to the Harbour Head Seascape Development. “The persons who were affected by [the] Hurricanes got the first option to integrate into this development. Some utilized...

The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) on Friday (October 1) paid homage to 103-year-old James Fagan of Wild Cane District, Mount Moriah, St. Ann, as the country marked International Day of Older Persons. International Day of Older Persons, which falls during the celebration of Senior Citizens’ Week from September 26 to October 1, 2021, in Jamaica, was observed under...

Jamaica Producers Group (JP) through its partnership with the Private Sector Vaccine Initiative (PSVI) successfully hosted its COVID-19 vaccination day on Thursday (September 30). The initiative, which was held in Annotto Bay in St. Mary, saw over 200 persons receive doses of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, with approximately half of the participants, from the company. Speaking at...

Long-awaited legislation aimed at tackling sexual harassment in Jamaica, has now been approved by both Houses of Parliament. Following extensive debate on Friday (October 1), the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act, 2021, was passed in the Senate, after being approved in the Lower House in July with 10 amendments. Endorsed by both Government and Opposition Senators with an additional...

Director, Economic Reform Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Richard Lumsden says open data is a critical component of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process. Open data is digital information that is made available with the technical and legal characteristics necessary for it to be freely used, reused, and redistributed by anyone, anywhere at any time. “It...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Road Jockey, a Montego Bay based food delivery service, Rajiv Maragh, says the company intends to eventually, get into the CARICOM market. “We feel like the Caribbean deserves the service that the rest of the world gets. We are really striving to just [improve] what we have, grow and just keep expanding as much as...