Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Clarke, is imploring Jamaicans to get involved in physical activities, to ensure good mental and physical health. In...

The prevalence of vectors in Jamaica has made mapping the entire island for these organisms a challenging goal for the Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health (MOH). However,...

Wayne Blake and Esther Stephenson smile as they watch their infant son sleep in his hospital bed this morning (April 15) at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Somewhere in the...

Five-time Olympian, Raymond Stewart, will be honoured by Team Jamaica Bickle for his contribution to athletics, at the New York launch of Penn Relays 2009. At the event, set for...

Approximately $1.3 billion has been allocated to the Child Development Agency (CDA), in the 2009/10 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The CDA represents an amalgamation of...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, is encouraging young people to take up jobs in the tourism industry. The Minister, who was addressing the inaugural Tourism Youth Expo and Career Fair...

The Development of Sport and Recreational Facilities Project has received $600 million to continue to help preserve Jamaica's cultural heritage. The funds have been set aside in the Estimates of...

Youth development and empowerment is being given special attention in the 2009/2010 budget, with a total of $186.3 million allocated to these programmes. The Youth Development Programme (YDP) will spend...

Work will continue this fiscal year to increase the access of the youth to quality information, skills and services in order to reduce their risk for HIV infection. This will...

Twenty one, of more than 300 singers and songwriters across the island that entered the Festival Song 2k9 Competition have been selected to participate in the semi final round on...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has called on Jamaicans to begin to practise proper waste disposal in order to ensure a safer environment for the nation's children. "It is time for...