A healthy lifestyles programme, titled 'Live Life', which seeks to promote the increased intake of fruits and vegetables in one's diet, was officially launched today (February 18), at the University...

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Environment, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, has said that the Schools Blood Drive Competition will be a critical component in promoting the habit...

The National Chest Hospital in Kingston has benefitted from some $60 million in equipment and renovations, said Health and Environment Minister, Rudyard Spencer. Speaking at a media briefing at the...

Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, has announced the suspension of the Geographical Private Practice Privilege(GPPP) for consultant medical doctors at the National Chest Hospital, in Kingston. This provision...

A Schools Blood Drive Competition was officially launched yesterday (Feb. 11) at the Ministry of Health and Environment, King Street, downtown Kingston. The competition is aimed at the development of...

Members of the Health Promotion Team, in the Guidance and Counselling Unit, Ministry of Education, will host their second National Sexuality and Reproductive Health Expo, at the National Arena, in...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD), received 500 applications in its overseas outreach initiatives in the United Kingdom, United States (Florida),Canada and Cuba in 2008. Of the total, about 424, or...

Seventy-three grade six students from two primary schools in Portland's Rio Grande Valley, have been presented with health care packages to assist with their nutritional preparation for the GSAT examination....

Jamaicans are being implored to protect the island's wetlands, as the destruction of these ecological systems will adversely affect marine life, and ultimately, the human population. The urging came from...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness, has called for innovation in the public sector, as a way of ensuring accountability. "It is very...

The Thai Government has donated US$10,000 to the Mustard Seed Communities, which will go towards the welfare of children with HIV/AIDS, and repair buildings at Sophie's Place, which were damaged...