Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says testing has found no evidence of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus in Jamaica. Dr. Tufton made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 13). He was responding to questions posed by Opposition Spokesperson on Health, Dr. Morais Guy. The Ministry has arranged for the...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 13) approved the withdrawal of $255.69 million from the Capital Development Fund (CDF) to provide budgetary support to the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) for the 2021/22 financial year. In his remarks, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the JBI was established by the Government in 1975...

Jamaica and other Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Caribbean member states are expected to begin receiving shipments of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines soon, donated by the United States (US) government. PAHO Assistant Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., says the entity is collaborating with the US administration and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to facilitate the deployment of three...

The problem of children living and working on the streets is one of the issues to be addressed by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), through a series of targeted interventions. One key intervention will be undertaken through the agency’s overarching ‘Positive Parenting’ campaign, aimed at addressing all the ills the nation’s children are facing, including corporal punishment...

Three community projects, valued at $1.2 million, were recently approved under the Community Research and Development Programme for St. Elizabeth, says Parish Manager for the Social Development Commission (SDC), Alric  Miller. Addressing the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, in Black River, on July 8, Mr. Miller explained that the projects will each be allocated $400,000 and are to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (July 14) visited the community of Quarry in St. James to hand over the keys to a new home under the Government's new Social Housing Programme. Mr. Holness presented the keys to indigent resident, Marva Mason, who along with her four children have had their living conditions improved through a new three-bedroom...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is welcoming a salt consumption study, which was launched on Tuesday, July 13 at the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The Jamaica Salt Consumption, Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (Salt-KAP) Study, which is being funded by the National Health Fund, will be conducted by a team of investigators from the Ministry and the Caribbean Institute...