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Director of Nutrition at the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards, has said that priority attention needs to be paid to nutrition to ensure the health of the population. She said that while under-nutrition is on the decline, "our levels of overweight and obesity are skyrocketing and we have problems with anaemia and some vitamin deficiencies". Mrs. Edwards was speaking on...

Scores of residents from the community of Islington in St. Mary, benefitted from free HIV testing and counselling, at a health fair, organised by the St. Mary Health Department. The event, held recently at the Islington Community Centre, was part of activities to mark World AIDS Day. HIV positive persons were sensitised about the importance of following the medical advice...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports has expressed the view that sports journalism, like entertainment journalism, has always been critical to the commercial success of the media. Addressing the Press Association of Jamaica's Annual Veterans' Luncheon yesterday, Minister Grange said for years sports journalism had been considered as not quite up to the level...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, will be the guest speaker at the annual fund-raiser of the Florida chapter of the Jamaica Ex-Soldiers Association (JESA). Under the patronage of the Consul General of Jamaica, Sandra Grant Griffiths, the event will be held on Saturday, December 6, at the Hilton Airport Hotel in Davie, in the USA. Proceeds from the...

The Steering Committee of the Child Protection Audit has proposed a number of new and innovative measures, designed to provide greater security for child victims and witnesses. The Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, and members of the Committee met with Prime Minister Bruce Golding, at Jamaica House recently. During the meeting, the proposed new measures were presented and discussed by British...

Manager of Corporate Affairs at the Administrator General's Department (AGD) Ava Dean Martin, is encouraging Jamaicans to come out for the AGD's legal fair on Thursday (Dec. 4). The event is slated for the UDC's Information Centre, which is located on the ground floor of the Office Centre building, 12 Ocean Boulevard downtown Kingston, between the hours of 9:00 a.m....

The Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA), will hold a public forum on crime in Clarendon, on Thursday, December 4, at the Versalles Hotel, May Pen, Clarendon, beginning at 5:30 p.m. One of the primary goals of this initiative, is to foster better relations between citizens and the Police. It will also assist community members to acknowledge the responsibility they have...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has said that the preservation and protection of the human rights of Jamaicans, remains a priority of the Government. "The relationship between citizen and human rights has been and continues to be a priority issue for the Government and so we share the view that the citizens of Jamaica must have...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, has welcomed plans by the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), to launch the Jamaica Press Institute. Plans for the institute were outlined by PAJ President, Byron Buckley, when he visited King's House on December 1. The Governor-General said it is fitting that the PAJ should launch a training and research...

A Ministry Paper on the revised Government of Jamaica Handbook of Public Sector Procurement Procedures, was tabled in the House of Representatives, by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, on December 2. According to the Ministry Paper, the Handbook is now structured to serve as an operating manual for procurement staff and all persons concerned with procurement....

Single mothers are being urged to reach out to the fathers of their children, to help in the nurturing of their offspring. "My highest regard to the mothers playing a dual role, but guess what mothers, we cannot train boys to be men", said Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Education's Region 6, Yvette Dennis. "We've got to put...

The proposed National Minerals Policy should result in efficient and timely rehabilitation of lands after mining, and clear regulations on mineral tenure, revocation, penalties and compensation. This was outlined recently by Chairman of the National Minerals Policy Committee, Oral Rainford, when he addressed a meeting of the Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART) Community Council, in Nain, St. Elizabeth. "The Government...