Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is urging increased support for the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s (WCJF) Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) Programme. “I again make the appeal to corporate Jamaica and to individuals to come on stream with the A-STREAM programme,” she said, noting that with substantial support “there is no limit...

Entities now have until September 30, 2021, to comply with the third phase of the ban on single use plastics following a further three-month extension granted by the Government. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. made the disclosure during a recent interview with JIS News. “Following discussions with the private sector stakeholders and...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, says that the crisis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) must be seen as an economic problem and a challenge for development more broadly. He said that the household burden of NCDs has pushed a significant number of people globally into poverty, noting that it has also affected labour productivity and the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (July 30) officially launched the Government’s $800 million Social Pension Programme, which provides a guaranteed income for vulnerable persons 75 years and older. Seniors targeted are those not currently in receipt of a pension, disability benefit or other retirement benefits, cash grants from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, is encouraging residents of communities slated for improvement works under the Government’s $650-million Rural Development Programme to embrace the initiative. He said for the works to be successful, persons need to “monitor the projects to make sure that what was said is what is being...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is accompanied by Councillor for the Porus division, Claudia Morant-Baker and Mayor of Mandeville, Donovan Mitchell, during a visit to the emergency shelter at the St. Jago Primary and Infant School in Manchester. The Minister toured sections of the parish recently.

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. is encouraging citizens to support businesses that have retrofitted their operations to be compliant with the government ban on single-use plastics. “I am encouraging citizens to be conscientious in their purchase of goods and services; seek out businesses that are environmentally friendly and using material derived from...