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Cabinet has approved four contracts totalling $112.782 million to procure anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients, under the Treatment Prevention and Policy Project. Making the announcement at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, yesterday (December 11), Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan said the contracts were awarded to: Abbott Laboratories of Puerto Rico in the...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that food security must be placed high on the national agenda, and strategies and policies should be developed to combat vulnerability. Speaking today (Dec. 12) at the official opening of the national training workshop on food security and vulnerability analysis at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Mr. Clarke stated that the workshop,...

Twelve of the island's top parents, as decided by an islandwide adjudication process covering six regions, were honoured by the Ministry of Education and Youth, yesterday (December 11). Speaking at the awards function, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, Chairman of the National Parents' Month Steering Committee, Sharon Wolfe, applauded the parents, noting that they had mastered the...

A nurturing, stable and facilitative parent-child relationship can foster good neurological development and influence the level of aggression and maladjustment in today's youth, says Executive Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, Dr. Maureen Samms Vaughn. Speaking at a National Parents' Awards ceremony in Kingston yesterday (December 11), the Chairman stresses that Caribbean early childhood stakeholders are concerned about how well...

Residents of four parishes, who were adversely affected by the recent heavy rains that lashed the island, causing severe flooding in some areas, will soon receive assistance to recover part of their losses. Addressing yesterday's (December 11) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan explained that Cabinet has taken a decision to offer assistance...

Cabinet has approved four contracts totalling $112.782 million to procure anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients, under the Treatment Prevention and Policy Project. Making the announcement at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, yesterday (December 11), Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan said the contracts were awarded to: Abbott Laboratories of Puerto Rico in the...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that food security must be placed high on the national agenda, and strategies and policies should be developed to combat vulnerability. Speaking today (Dec. 12) at the official opening of the national training workshop on food security and vulnerability analysis at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Mr. Clarke stated that the workshop,...

Twelve of the island's top parents, as decided by an islandwide adjudication process covering six regions, were honoured by the Ministry of Education and Youth, yesterday (December 11). Speaking at the awards function, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, Chairman of the National Parents' Month Steering Committee, Sharon Wolfe, applauded the parents, noting that they had mastered the...

A nurturing, stable and facilitative parent-child relationship can foster good neurological development and influence the level of aggression and maladjustment in today's youth, says Executive Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, Dr. Maureen Samms Vaughn. Speaking at a National Parents' Awards ceremony in Kingston yesterday (December 11), the Chairman stresses that Caribbean early childhood stakeholders are concerned about how well...

The benefits that could accrue to communities adjacent to Sabina Park are tremendous, with the venue slated to host some preliminary matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. In light of this, the Social Development Commission (SDC), through the Lift-up Jamaica Programme, is partnering with the Greater Allman Town Benevolent Society to create a Culture Plaza at a...

The Ministry of Health continues to implement strategies for early detection and diagnosis of malaria, prompt treatment, vector control and public education, using an inter-sectoral approach. This was stated by Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry, when she addressed a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, yesterday (December 11). She pointed...

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse has announced that some 75 per cent or 43 of the 59 confirmed cases of malaria in the island, have been treated successfully. Addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (December 11), to provide an update on the malaria situation, following...