The 50th biannual seminar of the Nurse Practitioners, will be held on July 7 - 9, at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande Hotel, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, under the theme,...

Beginning today (July 1) until August 28, members of the public will be able to access free diabetes screening test at all 26 branches of Courts Jamaica Limited across the...

A two-day conference to highlight the achievements of Jamaica's Adolescent Reproductive Health Project (Youth.now), in positively reforming the sexual behaviors of teens, is now underway at the Jamaica Conference Centre...

From July 12 to 24 the Registrar General's Department (RGD) will conduct several outreach meetings targeting Jamaican nationals living in major North American cities. Initially, a six-city tour, covering Miami,...

The Accident and Emergency Department of the Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth is to be renovated at a cost of $29,989,202. Cabinet has approved award of the contract to...

Minister of Health John Junor has revealed that more than 50 per cent of deaths among the Jamaican population was attributable to chronic non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke,...

The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) has reported that a wider range of chemical residue has been found on imported vegetables, as compared with local vegetables. News of the findings has...

The South Eastern Regional Office of the Registrar General's Department (RGD) has outgrown its current location on Half-Way-Tree Road and will be relocating to 4 Trevennion Park Road, as of...

The Government is moving to amend the Road Traffic Act Regulations to allow for persons who are hearing impaired to apply for a driver's licence. Minister of Labour and Social...

The Jamaican Consulate in New York, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, will host a health fair for Jamaican women in the tri-state area on Sunday, May 16, at...

For the last 50 years they have been the eyes of Jamaica's visually impaired and blind. Their motto, "The worst thing is to be born sighted and lack vision" is...