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As part of the ongoing Jamaican Justice System Reform Programme, the Ministry of Justice has embarked on a number of major projects across the island, to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of justice. According to Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator A. J. Nicholson, a good working environment is essential to the efficient and effective dispensation of justice,...

Citizens from Savanna-la-Mar and adjoining communities in Westmoreland, participated in a hurricane preparedness forum yesterday (June 21), at the Methodist Church Hall in the town, where they were educated on key parish disaster initiatives in order to be proactive in their advance planning for the 2007 hurricane season. The forum, which was the third in a series of seven such...

Older residents of St. Mary recently displayed their athletic prowess at the Senior Citizens Sports Day held at James Bond Beach in Oracabessa. The event, sponsored by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), featured the seniors competing in track and field events including sprint races, javelin, shot put and discuss. Health personnel from the North East Regional Health Authority...

The benefits of the Co-production Treaty with the United Kingdom (UK), were actively promoted this week by Jamaica Trade and Invest, formerly JAMPRO. Led by Trade Commissioner, Del Crooks, a Jamaica Trade and Invest team participated in the Broadcast Live Showcase in London, which is a premier business conference and exhibition for professionals working in all areas of video content,...

For this financial year, a number of major projects will be carried out at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH). As outlined in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House on June 19 by Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, the projects include the expansion of the Renal and Cobalt Units, the procurement and installation of...

The St. Ann's Bay Hospital benefited from several improvements during the last fiscal year, including the renovation and expansion of its male medical ward. As contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, the refurbished ward, which was increased from a capacity of 23 beds to 40 beds, including a...

Statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate that obesity in children has become an increasing problem in Jamaica. According to the Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey 2006, one out of every four adolescents between the ages of 15 to 19 years is overweight. This finding is also supported by the monthly clinic summary report from hospitals and clinics across the...

The Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation (JDCF) has launched the 'We A Go Help De Pickney Dem' Fund, which is designed to raise money to improve sanitary conveniences in 600 basic schools across the island. The initiative was launched at the Jamaica Diaspora Day celebrations held last week at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto. Treasurer for the JDCF, Clive Banton, said the...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has called on the United States and other countries responsible for deporting thousands of persons to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries in recent years, to cooperate with the country and the region in implementing measures to cut off the flow of guns to Caribbean countries, and in devising programmes for the rehabilitation, reintegration and monitoring...

Dr. Pauline Mullings, Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), has appealed for more Jamaicans to invest in the nation's children. "We will definitely reap what we sow and it is our [NCMC] belief that if we put in them [children] what we expect to get out of them, that is what we will get out of them and...

The government, during the current financial year, intends to spend millions to improve the public health sector. The scope of work will include the construction of several health centres, undertaking upgrading work and procuring medical equipment. Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, who made this disclosure during his contribution to the 2007/08 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June...

In continuance of its mandate to provide care and protection for all children living in Jamaica, the Child Development Agency (CDA) will be seeking to expand its integrated response project during the 2007/2008 fiscal period. This has been outlined in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House on June 19, by Minister of Health, Horace Dalley. According to the document,...