The Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, is prioritising children as it places increased focus on protecting vulnerable road users. Acting Director of the Unit, Deidre Hudson Sinclair, said that nine children have been killed on the roads as at June 7. She noted that the number of child road fatalities, to date, while two less...

Cabinet has approved four contracts totalling approximately $1.25 billion for various projects in the education sector. The projects include the provision of textbooks at the primary level, data processing service for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and construction activities at Kingston College and the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), in Portland. Addressing Wednesday’s (June 9) post-Cabinet press briefing...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is reminding manufacturers that they must seek permission to use the country’s national symbols to sell or market a product. “Most manufacturers or sellers tend to use the national flag. Now when this is used, we ask that you seek permission, which is a letter from the Office of the Prime Minister to say...

Cabinet has given approval for the award of a $453.4-million contract to Arel Limited for the supply and installation of six X-ray machines for health facilities of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA). This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during Wednesday’s (June 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The facilities to...

Hundreds of residents of communities in West Central St. Catherine, will now have improved access to health services at the newly rebuilt Kenneth Baugh Health Centre. The facility, upgraded at a cost of $42 million through funding from the National Health Fund (NHF), offers a number of services, including curative, maternal and child health, dental, family planning, mental health, pap...

The High Commission of India is hosting a series of activities in observance of International Yoga Day, being observed on Monday, June 21. This is the seventh International Day of Yoga, which is observed across the world. India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui, told JIS News that a yoga activity will take place at the High Commission...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says visitor arrivals for June are estimated at 150,000 as the sector continues to rebound. “So far, for the month of June, in seven days we have 37,000 visitors. That means we’re running at just over 5,000 per day,” he noted. The Minister was speaking at a virtual meeting of the Kiwanis Club of...