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Jamaicans suffering from pelvic floor dysfunction or urinary incontinence could soon find relief, with the official launch of the NeoControl pelvic floor therapy system in Jamaica on February 24. The non-invasive treatment is being marketed by Neotonus Inc., a United States-based company. Since gaining United States Food & Drug Administration (USDA) approval in 1998, more than 1.5 million NeoControl treatments...

Seven years ago, St. Elizabeth cattle farmer and mother of two girls, Donntte Ewars, decided to foster 10-year old Troy Sterling, whose mother was unable to care for him. Now 17 and getting high grades at the Lewisville High School which he attends, the young man has given Ms. Ewars no reason to regret her decision. "I have no regrets,"...

The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) will be hosting a workshop on mosquito and rodent control at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston from February 20 to 21. This will be the second workshop of its kind to take place this month, with the first held in Montego Bay on February 13, with some 35 pest control operators in attendance. Registrar...

An impressive line-up of female singers, deejays, dancers and poets have confirmed their participation in the first-ever all female fund-raising concert and telethon being planned by the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS) to mark International Women's Day, March 8 . The event is scheduled for the Courtleigh auditorium on March 8. The line-up will include Judy Mowatt,...

The Ministry of Health and Environment is asking workers at its 2-4 King Street offices not to turn up for work on Monday February 18, 2008. Dr. Grace Allen Young, Permanent Secretary said that a fire which started and was contained in the generator room has left the building without electricity. She said that the wiring and cabling of the...

Three entities in St. Thomas and Portland, which were involved in banana production and have since diversified their operations, are to benefit from $28.9 million in grants from the European Union (EU). Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton and Head of the EU Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemani, signed the agreement for the grants recently in Morant Bay,...

The National Advisory Committee on Local Government Reform has been given an additional four months to complete its work, said State Minister with responsibility for Local Government Reform in the Office of the Prime Minister, Robert Montague. Speaking at a meeting of the Committee at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (Feb. 14), Mr. Montague said that the...

The St. James Health Department has embarked on a special vector control programme to contain the mosquito and rodent population in Granville and surrounding areas. Chief Public Health Inspector for the parish, Herbert Cooke, while addressing yesterday's (Feb.14) monthly meeting of the St. James Parish Council, said that the programme, which started on Wednesday (Feb. 13), will continue for the...

Six Jamaican films including the iconic 'Harder They Come,' starring reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, will be featured during the Film Jamaica season at the Barbican Centre in London in March. The other Jamaican films to be featured during the festival, which will runs from March 12 to 30 are: 'Smile Orange', 'Rockers', 'One Love', 'Countryman' and 'No Place Like Home'....

The Stephen Lawrence Centre, in memory of the black teenager who was killed in a racially motivated attack at a bus stop in South East London in 1993, was officially opened recently in Deptford. Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone opened the building, which serves as an enduring celebration of Stephen's life. Jamaica's High Commissioner to London, Burchell Whiteman, was a...

The Broadcasting Commission is doing its part to crack down on the problem of payola in the broadcasting industry by putting in place new and revised regulations. These regulations will require broadcast media houses to keep and have ready for inspection, formal music sheets and music logs, and for entities to have in place, a music or programme coordinator. These...

A total of 200 Jamaican children have to date benefited from surgeries under the Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Programme. "Some children as young as six months have gone to Cuba for surgeries," said Liaison Officer for the programme based in Cuba, Delita McCallum. She said, however, that she would like to see more children receiving surgeries and is encouraging parents, who...