Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says the recent expansion of the warehouse at the Ministry's Export Complex, at the Norman Manley International Airport, is an attempt...

A total of 44 complaints of abuse were received by the Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) for the period September to November, 2010. Speaking at a press briefing on...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon says the proposal to make the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) an independent body, come April 2011, will help to create...

More than 150 persons in St. Mary received free HIV testing, as the parish joined the rest of the international community in observing World AIDS Day, on December 1. The...

When the Gift of Life Cardiac Centre opens in 2011 at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), it will be the only one of its kind in the Caribbean. Chief...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasized that despite Jamaica's success in the fight against HIV/AIDS, there is no room for complacency. He expressed appreciation to the Global Fund, noting that...

Since the Government of Jamaica abolished user fees for children under 18 in 2007, the Bustamante Hospital for Children has seen an increase of 30 per cent patients visiting the...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says that health and wellness tourism has great potential for development in Jamaica. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett Speaking at a reception to...

The Ministry of Health has commenced the procurement process to purchase twenty five (25) ambulances for the public health sector. The new ambulances are expected to replace the fourteen (14)...

As the country continues to strengthen measures to prevent the transmission of cholera into Jamaica, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, is again appealing to Jamaicans to do their part...

More than 600 persons from Montego Bay and adjoining communities, in St. James, benefited from the Cornwall Regional Hospital's Pharmacy Week Health Fair, which was staged at the medical facility...