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Regional Technical Director at the Southern Regional Health Authority, Dr. Michael Coombs has challenged stakeholders in Clarendon to join the campaign to reduce the transmission rate of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Coombs was speaking at the Clarendon Parish Health Review for the year 2004 held at the St. James Methodist Church Hall in May Pen recently."I think all of us by now...

Think JAMAL and most persons will automatically conjure up images of older men and women learning to read and write the simplest of words. The Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL) Foundation is making a determined effort to dispel that myth, having evolved into a high tech learning organization that offers cutting edge education programmes that are relevant...

Regional Technical Director at the Southern Regional Health Authority, Dr. Michael Coombs has challenged stakeholders in Clarendon to join the campaign to reduce the transmission rate of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Coombs was speaking at the Clarendon Parish Health Review for the year 2004 held at the St. James Methodist Church Hall in May Pen recently."I think all of us by now...

Think JAMAL and most persons will automatically conjure up images of older men and women learning to read and write the simplest of words. The Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL) Foundation is making a determined effort to dispel that myth, having evolved into a high tech learning organization that offers cutting edge education programmes that are relevant...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Dr. Barbara Carby has urged Jamaicans to take responsibility for mitigating the impact of unpreventable disasters, particularly as the hurricane season approaches. In a recent interview with JIS News, Dr. Carby said that whilst that there were some disasters such as hurricanes that occurred as a result of...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Dr. Barbara Carby is urging Jamaicans to use their Labour Day activities on Monday, May 23 as the springboard for general preparedness activities for the rest of the year. The Director General's appeal came against the background of the theme for this year's Labour Day, 'Prepare for Disaster...

The National Health Fund (NHF) has donated some $40 million to carry out repair work at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon. Chairman of the Board of the Southern Regional Health Authority, Faye Bell, noted this at Clarendon's Parish Health Review for 2004 held at the St. James Methodist Church Hall in May Pen recently. "I've gotten approval from the...

Florida-based Spirit Airlines has announced plans to provide non-stop service between Fort Lauderdale and Jamaica's two main airports beginning later this year. Speaking at a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on May 19, Spirit Airlines' Vice President of Sales and Distribution, Marc Cavaliere, revealed that Spirit's service to Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport would commence on December 15,...

The cleaning of the Simon Gully drain in the community of Enfield has been designated as this year's parish Labour Day project for St. Mary as preparation for Labour Day activities gathers momentum in that parish. In an interview with JIS News, Coordinator for the St. Mary Labour Day Committee, Jeanette Rose-Bryan said the parish project was one of 45...

It cost the May Pen Hospital some $8.6 million in 2004 to treat cases, which resulted from acts of violence for the year 2004, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Nadia Nunez-Howe has disclosed. Mrs. Howe was speaking on the topic 'Crime: It's Impact on Health and Socio Economic Development in the Parish of Clarendon' at a panel discussion...

Approximately 130 Labour Day projects have been registered with the Labour Day secretariats in the parishes of St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland. Checks made on Friday, (May 20) revealed that Westmoreland leads the way with 55 registered projects, St. James follows with 52 while Hanover has 30 projects planned. With the fever of volunteerism running high within these western parishes,...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Dr. Barbara Carby has urged Jamaicans to take responsibility for mitigating the impact of unpreventable disasters, particularly as the hurricane season approaches. In a recent interview with JIS News, Dr. Carby said that whilst that there were some disasters such as hurricanes that occurred as a result of...