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Minister of Health, Horace Dalley has stressed the importance of ensuring that every child is educated and has access to health care and the love and guidance of parents and guardians. He said that although progress had been made in improving the conditions of the nation's children, there were still too many children who were not getting the care that...

The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow. Some 40 million people, their families, and their communities, are now living with HIV. Effectively tackling this epidemic remains one of the world's most pressing public health challenges. In August this year, at the XVI International AIDS Conference, 30 000 of us came together in Toronto in reply to the Conference's call to action....

More than 119,000 Canadians visited Jamaica between January and October 2006, compared with just 85,000 during the same time period last year.Ms. Sandra Scott, the Jamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) Regional Manager for Canada, said the figure represents a "fantastic increase of 32 percent over last year." She was addressing travel partners attending the JTB's 2006/2007 Winter Destination Product Launch held...

Operators and prospective operators of early childhood institutions are being reminded that the construction of any new complex must have facilities to accommodate children with disabilities, in keeping with the 2005 Early Childhood Act and its regulations, which will be enforced in 2007. Speaking to JIS News, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission, Merris Murray, noted that the provision...

As of 2007, all staff members, including teachers and auxiliary workers, who care for children in an early childhood institution, will be required, on an annual basis, to be certified by a registered medical practitioner. This is a requirement of the 2005 Early Childhood Act and its accompanying regulations. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the Early...

Minister of Health, Horace Dalley has stressed the importance of ensuring that every child is educated and has access to health care and the love and guidance of parents and guardians. He said that although progress had been made in improving the conditions of the nation's children, there were still too many children who were not getting the care that...

More than 119,000 Canadians visited Jamaica between January and October 2006, compared with just 85,000 during the same time period last year.Ms. Sandra Scott, the Jamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) Regional Manager for Canada, said the figure represents a "fantastic increase of 32 percent over last year." She was addressing travel partners attending the JTB's 2006/2007 Winter Destination Product Launch held...

Operators and prospective operators of early childhood institutions are being reminded that the construction of any new complex must have facilities to accommodate children with disabilities, in keeping with the 2005 Early Childhood Act and its regulations, which will be enforced in 2007. Speaking to JIS News, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission, Merris Murray, noted that the provision...

As of 2007, all staff members, including teachers and auxiliary workers, who care for children in an early childhood institution, will be required, on an annual basis, to be certified by a registered medical practitioner. This is a requirement of the 2005 Early Childhood Act and its accompanying regulations. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the Early...

In response to the anticipated increase in activities at the island's airports during the yuletide season, the Jamaica Customs Department is taking a number of steps to ensure that visitors and incoming cargo are processed speedily. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Public Relations at the Department, Anneke Rousseau, said the passenger processing system had been modified and that cargo...

Government pensioners, including their spouses and dependents are scheduled to receive an increase in payouts come next month. A sum of $300 million has been earmarked to pay these increases retroactive from July 2006, Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies announced in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Nov. 28). "Increases will range from $500 (more) per month for...

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a Jamaican-inspired resolution to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Some 160 countries, including former colonial powers, United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as all countries on the African continent, supported the resolution on Tuesday. By the adoption of the resolution, spearheaded by Jamaica and tabled...