The Government has announced a $2.5-billion scholarship fund for the training of more professionals in the health sector. Making his contribution to the 2024/25 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 7, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the Dr. Barry Wint Memorial Scholarship and Development Fund will be offered over five years...

The transition to renewable energy is necessary, as the consequences of inaction are “too grave to ignore,” says Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz. Delivering the keynote address at the commissioning of solar plants for the Caribbean Broilers (CB) Group, at their Peninsula Farms, in Banbury St. Catherine, on May 7, the Minister said Jamaica is...

The Government has spent $3.5 billion on all three phases of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) rehabilitation project, to date, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. He was making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 7). Dr. Tufton explained that there was additional expenditure for the relocation...

The Government has increased the country’s public health budget by 143 per cent to $145 billion over the past eight years, to improve services and transform the healthcare sector. Making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 7, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, noted that in 2016/17 the budget...

A total of 1,588 surgeries have been completed under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Code Care project. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2024/25 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on May 7. The programme was implemented in 2022 to reduce the backlog of surgery cases in hospitals due...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, has the attention of grade-four students at the Mocho Primary School in Clarendon as he reads to them during his visit to the institution on Tuesday (May 7) for Read Across Jamaica Day activities.

Volunteer, Jodeane Bailey reads a book to students at the opening of the sixth ‘Di Corna Library’ in Cassava Piece, St. Andrew, on May 7, which was observed as Read Across Jamaica Day.  Di Corna Library is a sustainable community initiative aimed at providing a variety of books and school resources to under-served communities. Under the initiative, conceptualised by education...