Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is encouraging parents to become familiar with their children’s various developmental stages in order to better understand what they are going through and to be more patient with them. “We need to be guided by what is normal at different stages of our children’s development and try to put ourselves in his or her shoes....

The Ministry of National Security through its National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) will be hosting a virtual town hall on Friday (July 30) in observance of World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2021. The event, aimed at raising awareness among citizens about human trafficking, will be streamed on the Ministry’s social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @mnsgovjm...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), converses with President-designate of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma, during a recent meeting at the British High Commission in St. Andrew.

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, has said that the entity is negotiating with producers of n-coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines that have secured World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL), to acquire additional doses for Latin American and Caribbean member countries. “Our proposal for direct purchase of COVID-19 vaccines through [PAHO’s] Revolving Fund is intended...

Lands have been identified for construction of a new state-of-the-art correctional facility to replace the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre located in Kingston. The new structure is expected to cost at least $8 billion. This was revealed by Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, in an interview with JIS News following the orientation session...

The Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations continues to be supported by significant investments in both human development and physical transformation through the Government of Jamaica, non-governmental organisations and multilateral development partners, including the World Bank. So far, more than $200 million has been spent, with a further $80 million in new activities under active implementation. This expenditure has been...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says integrating behavioural science with clinical approaches is important in tackling the issue of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Dr. Tufton, who was addressing the Ministry’s NCD Programme Review and Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James recently, said that the experience of the coronavirus (COVID-19), has highlighted the importance...