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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry’s non-communicable disease (NCD) Programme Review and Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James, recently. Seated (from left) are Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie; Minister of State, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; and Permanent Secretary, Dunstan Bryan.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry’s non-communicable disease (NCD) Programme Review and Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James, recently. Seated (from left) are Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie; Minister of State, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; and Permanent Secretary, Dunstan Bryan.

Human Behaviour A Key Factor In Dealing With NCDs – Dr. Tufton

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...
Members of the i-doc Concierge Wellness Services team (front, from left), Managing Director, Dr Sherridene Lee; and Director, Dr. Jacqueline Chambers, and (back, from left), Director, Dr. Witold Radomski; and Partner Doctors, Dr. Alvin Wong; and Dr. Garfield Chapman.
Members of the i-doc Concierge Wellness Services team (front, from left), Managing Director, Dr Sherridene Lee; and Director, Dr. Jacqueline Chambers, and (back, from left), Director, Dr. Witold Radomski; and Partner Doctors, Dr. Alvin Wong; and Dr. Garfield Chapman.

i-doc Concierge Wellness Services Looking To Expand
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (right), looks at the condition of a section of the Bamboo main road in St. Ann, during a tour of the parish on Tuesday, July 27. Looking on are Member of Parliament for Northwest St. Ann, Krysral Lee (left) and Councillor for the Dry Harbour Division, Councillor Carlton Rickets.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (right), looks at the condition of a section of the Bamboo main road in St. Ann, during a tour of the parish on Tuesday, July 27. Looking on are Member of Parliament for Northwest St. Ann, Krysral Lee (left) and Councillor for the Dry Harbour Division, Councillor Carlton Rickets.

Repairs To Roads, Drains And Bridges In St. Ann
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COVID-19 update for Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Public Relations Officer, Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emeleo Ebanks.
Public Relations Officer, Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emeleo Ebanks.

Malicious False Fire Calls Costly – JFB

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Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson.
Gender Affairs

Over 60 Adolescent Parents To Receive Scholarships And Bursaries

More than 60 adolescent parents will receive bursaries and scholarships valued at some $3.9 million from the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), to help with their educational expenses. The presentations will be made at the third staging of the Advancing Secondary, Tertiary, Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) awards ceremony on Thursday (July 29), at the WCJF’s headquarters in Kingston. The...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, stresses a point while addressing a virtual press conference on Monday (July 26).
Coronavirus

PM Appeals To Unvaccinated Persons

With the country in the early stages of a third wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is again appealing for Jamaicans to take the vaccine once it becomes available to them. He warned that the country’s unvaccinated population “could become the foundation on which the third wave [is] carried”. “Therefore, I think every...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), tours the Porus Market in Manchester on June 23 with Mayor of Mandeville, His Worship Donovan Mitchell (right) and Councillor for the Porus division Claudia Morant Bake (in the background).
Local Government

Minister McKenzie Looking At Measures To Revitalise Porus Market

Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that the Ministry will be exploring ways to breathe new life into the Porus Market in Manchester. The facility has experienced a decline in economic activity since the closure of the abattoir some years ago. The Minister, who stopped at the market during a tour of South Manchester communities on...
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The new Adelphi Health Centre being built in St. James.
Health & Wellness

Residents Of Adelphi Await Completion Of New Health Centre

Residents of Adelphi and its environs in St. James are eagerly awaiting the completion of the new modern health centre being built in the community. The project is being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of more than $40 million with funding made available through a grant from the European Union (EU). Construction is close...
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Customer Relations Officer at North Eastern Parks and Markets (NEPM) Waste Management Limited, Donasha Biggs (right), helping workmen to load 35 bags of plastic bottles onto a Recycling Partners of Jamaica truck in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Friday (July 23).
EnvironmentLocal Government

More St. Ann Communities Join Plastic Bottle Separation Drive

Customer Relations Officer at North Eastern Parks and Markets (NEPM) Waste Management Limited (NEPM), Donasha Biggs, is reporting that more St. Ann communities have joined the plastic bottle separation drive. She told JIS News that since the initiative’s launch in the parish in February 2020, several other communities have come on board to participate and raise awareness. “This initiative started… in...
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