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Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, said yesterday (Dec. 5) that the Ministry has put an emergency action plan in place to effectively prevent the spread of malaria in Jamaica. Mr. Dalley, who was updating members of the House of Representatives on initiatives to contain the health situation, informed that a multi-disciplinary team comprising emergency health staff, consultants, among other...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, has said that the outbreak of malaria in communities in Kingston was being treated as an emergency health situation and not an epidemic. An epidemic describes an infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people over a given period. While an outbreak involves smaller numbers of people or is more sharply defined...

Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley, has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to invest in their homeland and in so doing, contribute to the country's development. "Take another look at Jamaica. Now is the best time to invest. Jamaica has a quality about it. The environment - it is the most beautiful place on earth. Speak to...

The House of Representatives yesterday (Dec. 5) passed the Trafficking in Persons Act, which will provide for the prevention of human trafficking, especially that of women and girls, and punish those involved in such acts. National Security Minister and Leader of Government Business in the House, Dr. Peter Phillips, who piloted the Act, said the legislation was important, not only...

Shelters and rehabilitation projects for the homeless are to benefit from the proceeds of a gala concert, which will be held at the Stephanie Hall Auditorium, Holy Childhood High School on Sunday, December 10 at 7:00 p.m. The concert is being organised by the Sub-committee for the Homeless, under the Board of Supervision in the Ministry of Local Government and...

Jamaica has secured funding for a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Anthony Hylton has said, could significantly reduce the island's energy bill. Speaking at a meeting at the Jamaica High Commission in London on Tuesday (Dec. 5), Mr. Hylton said that after meetings in Norway, the appropriate technology was identified, while...

Jamaica has secured funding for a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Anthony Hylton has said, could significantly reduce the island's energy bill. Speaking at a meeting at the Jamaica High Commission in London on Tuesday (Dec. 5), Mr. Hylton said that after meetings in Norway, the appropriate technology was identified, while...

President of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Kathy Harrison-Tomlinson, has said that the group would continue to play its part in helping to build the country. In a message to delegates attending a meeting of the Eastern Region of the United States (US) at the Jamaican Consulate in Manhattan, on December 2, the President said that...

Lonnette Fisher Lynch, Manager of Copyright and Related Rights at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), has urged Jamaicans to adhere to the nation's copyright laws or face fines of prison terms. Mrs. Fisher Lynch, who was addressing a Ministry of Education and Youth organized workshop on the Copyright Act of Jamaica, yesterday (Dec. 4) at the Caenwood Centre in...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has awarded contracts valued at more than $77 million for the provision of classroom furniture for teachers across the island. The contracts, which were awarded to J and J Dabdoub, Rayton Electrical Commercial Equipment, and Barnett Metal and Fabrication Limited, will provide for the acquisition of 2,500 teachers' desks and chairs; 1,500 four-drawer filing...

Former Mayor of Mandeville, Cecil C. Charlton, has been honoured by the Jamaica Library Service and the Manchester Parish Library network for 48 years of service to the organization. The ceremony was held recently at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester, with scores of persons in attendance. In his tribute to Mr. Charlton, Custos of Manchester, Dr. Gilbert Allen, said that,...

President of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Kathy Harrison-Tomlinson, has said that the group would continue to play its part in helping to build the country. In a message to delegates attending a meeting of the Eastern Region of the United States (US) at the Jamaican Consulate in Manhattan, on December 2, the President said that...