The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be hosting a virtual three-part lecture series in June, under the theme ‘Festival of the Cloth –Conversations Across Continents, Cultural Retention and Mergers in Products and Processes’. Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Valerie Veira, said the initiative is a part of the organisation’s efforts to stimulate the textile ecosystem and to encourage local designers...

Public health officials now have faster and easier access to accurate data on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Jamaica through the full rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccination CommCare Software. The technology, which has already been introduced at hospitals, health centres and special vaccination centres across the island, provides the Health Ministry with information on vaccine doses and sites and enables...

As the nation recognised World Blood Donor Day today (June 14), the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) added two male blood donors, Mark Redwood and Franklin White, to its honour role of persons who have donated 50 units or more of blood. Annually, the facility recognises persons who have surpassed the goal of 50 units. Both men were awarded at...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security through the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) will host a webinar in observance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Tuesday (June 15). The international theme for the day is ‘Access to Justice’, which seeks to highlight the importance of fully addressing the needs of the elderly and also to empower senior...

Three hundred and fifty students attending tertiary institutions across Jamaica will receive the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Tertiary Education Grant for the 2021/2022 academic year. The grants are available to full-time undergraduates, 26 years and younger, who are enrolled at an accredited local tertiary institution and have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.75. Speaking at...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that the expansion work on the Portland Infirmary is “moving smoothly”. The Minister, who visited the institution during a tour of the parish on Friday (June 11), said that over the past three years, approximately $85 million has been spent on the upgrading project, which includes building male and...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that an additional water shop will be built in Commodore, Portland, to better meet the needs of residents. Speaking in the community on Friday (June 11), the Minister said that the new facility, which will be built shortly, will bring to two, the number of water shops serving Commodore....