Government Activates $330-Million Dollar Housing Response Programme, Penalty for Possession of a Prohibited Firearm to be increased and JUTC Rolls Out Temporary Fare Reduction.
On Sunday November 19 the Swallowfield Chapel in Kingston hosted personnel from the Bureau of Gender Affairs for a commemorative service celebrating International Men’s Day 2023. Stay tuned for highlights as the Bureau makes much of the nation's men!
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has its sights set on improving the much-touted Labour Market Information System, LMIS, to facilitate greater access for job seekers and employers. The job matching on-line platform has over 50 thousand jobseekers registered to the system, with over one thousand employers. In today’s programme, we will examine some of the benefits of using...
The Ministry of Education and Youth on November 3 hosted its annual Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Awards Ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. This year the ministry provided bursaries to the 28 top-performing students in the 2023 PEP exams, worth between $100,000 and $180,000 over the course of the first five years.
Eating a healthy diet coupled with an active lifestyle are the components to good long-term health. But the reality is that not all persons are able to eat a healthy balanced diet, which puts them at risk of developing non-communicable diseases. Many children also fall into this category, and with this in mind the ministry of Health and Wellness is...
360 persons have been killed in road crashes since the start of the year, up to November 17. While this is a 14 percent reduction in road deaths, compared to the 420 persons killed for the similar period last year, it still poses significant economic and quality of life costs for the families involved, the health care sector, and the...
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