The St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, in St. Ann, celebrated a significant milestone on May 8, as it received certification from the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). This initiative, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), aims to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding to ensure the health and well-being of mothers and their babies....

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is investing millions of dollars in several projects to benefit farmers in mining communities in Manchester during the current financial year. Director of Bauxite Lands at the JBI, Kemoy Lindsay, in providing details at a National Minerals Week conference at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville on May 6, said that among the initiatives is...

School boards across Jamaica are set to undergo a modernisation process, following the development of a revised set of procedures. The updated procedures are in keeping with the recommendations of the Professor Orlando Patterson-chaired Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), which has put forward some 365 actions for the improvement of the education sector. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval...

A total of 10,000 computers have been distributed to high schools as part of a programme to upgrade technology laboratories at the institutions. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure during her contribution to the 2024 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 8). She noted that the computers were facilitated through e-Learning...

Operators in the quarry sector now have a new application (app) to help them calculate costs, price their products, and determine profit margins. The Quarry Cost of Production (CoP) app was developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, and is available on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Addressing Tuesday’s (May 7) Minerals Sector Investment...

Cabinet has approved a new primary healthcare model that will include interventions to support heathy lifestyle and disease prevention and provide more treatment services at health centres. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in providing details during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 7, said the model will see...

CEO at the National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA), Mr. Leonard Francis, engages students at the St. Francis Primary and Infant School in a fun story titled "A Monsta in NEPA Village" for Read Across Jamaica Day on May 7, 2024." A Monsta in NEPA Village is a children's book that was created by the Agency to help young ones...