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Cabinet yesterday (Dec.18) approved an additional $58 million to fight the malaria outbreak, bringing to more than $88 million, the total allocated by government to the effort. Information and Development Minister, Donald Buchanan made the announcement at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He informed that the Ministry of Health and "the health teams, which are directly overseeing...

The Ministry of Health is currently reviewing its ban on mass gatherings in the parishes of St. Catherine, Kingston and St. Andrew, in the wake of the malaria outbreak. Although the ban will still stand for events in the affected areas, Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester said that a review was necessary,...

Acting Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester has said the extension of mosquito fogging to areas outside of the malaria-affected zone, was part of phase two of the malaria eradication programme and was not to be misconstrued as a spreading of the disease. Addressing journalists at yesterday's (Dec.18) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, the...

The Government has approved the award of a $23 million contract to undertake road rehabilitation works in Jackson, St. Mary. The works, which will be undertaken by Contract Enterprises Limited, will be financed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). "The rehabilitation of this road will have a major impact on this community, which will be contributing .some 10 per...

A special performance of the Father Ho Lung and Friends 'Caribbean Christmas', at the Jamaican High Commission in London, has raised more than

Cabinet has approved a contract for the procurement, supply and commissioning of three new CAT Scan machines for three of the island's hospitals within the next six weeks. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday(December 18), at Jamaica House, Information and Development Minister, Donald Buchanan said the machines are slated for installation at the University Hospital of the West...

State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, has called on the international community to move quickly to implement the United Nations Convention on protecting the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities. Senator Morris, who was addressing a recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, where the Convention was adopted by consensus,...

A group of unemployed young women from 16 communities in St. Thomas are now equipped with skills to enable them to start viable income generating projects. The women were presented with certificates at a graduation ceremony held on December 14, after completing a one-week skills training workshop on gluten and soy milk production and floral arrangement held at the Anglican...

The Registrar General Department's (RGD) has announced that it will be working closely with funeral directors islandwide to improve the collection of data relating to deaths in Jamaica. This collaboration will also support the efforts of funeral directors, as they seek to obtain death certificates on behalf of families who have lost loved ones. Chief Executive Officer of the RGD,...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) and IBM World Trade Corporation have signed a contract valued at $58.3 million, to improve the information technology (it) platforms at the organization. This project, which is slated to be completed within the next 15 months, will require IBM to construct, test, debug and implement several database systems; create and test database linkages, based...

A Resolution seeking an increase in the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) funeral grant from $40,000 to $50,000, was passed in the Senate on December 15. Leader of Government Business in the Senate, A. J. Nicholson said that, "based on the review of the actuarial evaluation and after consultation with the Ministry of Finance and Planning, the Ministry of Labour and...

Director of the Telecommunications Policy and Management Programme at the Mona School of Business, Dr. Hopeton Dunn has urged the Broadcasting Commission to begin preparing the industry for the entry of digital broadcasting. "Digital broadcasting has many possibilities.it is an emerging technology and we are not equipped. In many of the countries of the world they have already defined the...