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Medical Epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Julia Rowe Porter.

Jamaica to Observe World Hypertension Day

Jamaica, on Monday (May 17), will join the rest of the word in observing World Hypertension Day, under the theme ‘Know Your Numbers-It Figures! Control It and Live Longer’. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Medical Epidemiologist with the...

Head of Neonatal Unit, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Dr. Yanique Brown (left), makes a point to Vice President, Employee Benefits Administration, Guardian Life Limited, Oneil Clarke (2nd right), at the handover of medical equipment valued at over $2.5 million to the VJH on May 12. The donation will boost neonatal services offered at the institution. The equipment was donated by the Guardian Life Limited and the Guardian Group Foundation, and include a touch screen incubator, a radiant warmer and a patient monitor. Others (from 2nd left) include: Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elise Fairweather- Blackwood; and Senior Medical Officer, VJH, Dr. Garth McDonald.

PHOTOS: Victoria Jubilee Hospital Receives Equipment

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addressing a recent press briefing.

Education Ministry Giving Voice to the Youth

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addressing the Senate on May 14.

DCS To Hire Senior Psychiatrist To Treat Mentally Ill Inmates

Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, at the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, on Thursday, May 13.

St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation And Police Partner To Improve Public Order In Townships

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Vaccinated Persons Urged To Maintain COVID Protocols

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is encouraging persons who have been vaccinated to continue practising the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols as stipulated by the Government. “We are encouraging persons to maintain their COVID-19 compliance just as everyone else, in terms of your mask wearing, consistently and correctly covering the nose and the mouth, practising hand hygiene, cough...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gives an update on the COVID-19 vaccination drive, during a virtual press briefing on May 13.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

146,147 Jamaicans Receive First Dose Of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says eight per cent of the targeted population has been inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Speaking at a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on May 13, the Minister said that of the 1.924 million persons in the targeted population, only 146,147 Jamaicans have received their first dose of the vaccine....

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, presents a tablet computer to grade-eight student at Ferncourt High School in St. Ann, Khadijah Edwards. Occasion was a ceremony at the school on Thursday (May 13), for the handover of 77 devices donated by past students.

5 years ago Education

Minister Williams Welcomes Donation Of Tablets To Ferncourt High Students

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has welcomed the donation of 77 computer tablets to students at the Ferncourt High School by the alumni. The devices were provided by the classes of 1975 to 1980 and the New York and Florida alumni associations. Addressing the handover ceremony held at the school grounds in Claremont, St. Ann on...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (JIS File Photo)

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Gender Minister Says There Is A Partnership With Justice Ministry To Protect Women

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says there is a partnership with the Ministry of Justice to ensure there are updated laws to protect the rights of women. The Minister, who was addressing a virtual forum with Justices of the Peace (JPs) on Domestic and Gender-based Violence, on May 13, lauded the Justice Ministry for its...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry’s virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on May 13.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica To Establish Facility To Test For Variant Strains Of COVID-19

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says local capacity to test for variant strains of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is to be established. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we were in discussions with them around getting the gene sequence to identify variant strains in the population. I am told that has been approved, so we...

Tourism officials listen keenly to Museum Designer, Sara Shabaka (right), as she explains plans to provide an improved visitor experience at the Alpha Music Museum, which forms part of the Alpha campus redevelopment project, at their South Camp Road campus. Also pictured are (from L to R), Acting Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson. The officials toured the facility yesterday (May 13) to examine the progress being made on the project, which is near completion. A total of $100 million has been contributed by the TEF to the redevelopment project.

5 years ago Tourism

PHOTOS: Tourism Officials Tour Alpha Campus Redevelopment Project

Tourism officials listen keenly to Museum Designer, Sara Shabaka (right), as she explains plans to provide an improved visitor experience at the Alpha Music Museum, which forms part of the Alpha campus redevelopment project, at their South Camp Road campus. Also pictured are (from L to R), Acting Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Executive Director, Tourism...