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The NHF’s Work It Out Challenge geared at helping persons to reduce a person’s risk of developing chronic diseases through diet and physical activity is entering its 10th year. It is open to teams of 5 persons, aged 18 years and older, with a Body Mass Index of 28 and above. Through this initiative, participants are given 24 weeks to...

Brand Strategists work closely with brand managers, marketing specialists, and social media managers to develop methods to enhance a brand’s visibility and market share. We sat down with Brand Strategist, Corve Dacosta who gave us some insight into the various elements that make up this career. Stay with us to hear more on today’s edition of Career talk.

Government has given a commitment to ensure the Jamaica National Children’s Home is quickly rebuilt in the wake the recent fire at the facility, which destroyed the dormitory area. No one was hurt in the blaze. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Youth, Karl Samuda, says the children have been relocated to another child care institution, and are in good spirits.

Following the wedding, the marriage register must be submitted to the Registrar General’s Department in order for the marriage certificate to be processed, produced and printed. Five signatures must be affixed to the marriage register to make the marriage valid, those of the married couple, the 2 witnesses and the marriage officer. The initial documents that would have been needed to carry...

Male students recorded higher percentage passes than females in four subjects, in the 2019 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. They are Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry and Music.

The Ministry of Labour & Social Security is advising PATH beneficiaries who collect their benefits through the Post Offices, that PATH cheques will be available for collection on Tuesday August 20.

Come August 19, the Clarendon Health department will be moving into a new location at 1-3 Jackson Street in Denbigh, Clarendon immediately beside the Denbigh Primary School. Parish Manager for Clarendon Health Services Joseph Grant says the move will allow the hospital to have more room to carry out its administrative operations. Mr. Grant notes however, that all other services including food...

The Ministry of Agriculture is looking to revise its original target of 5 million fruit trees to 15 million, based on Ethiopia’s model of 353 million trees in being planted in 12 hours. According to the CNN, that tree planting exercise, done on July 29, was part of a wider reforestation campaign dubbed Green Legacy, and was spearheaded by the country's...

Enhanced Vector control Programme Launched; Safety Audit for State Run Children’s Homes and Places of Safety complete; and Traffic Signals at Lakes Pen Municipal Boulevard intersection Temporarily Decommissioned.

Senator Pearnel Charles Junior and the Youth Committee of the Jamaica National Council for UNESCO have embarked on an initiative dubbed, Speed Mentoring. Now, you might have heard of speed dating, but speed mentoring, takes the concept to a whole new level.

Preliminary CSEC results show that males achieved higher percentage passes than females in Agricultural Science, Biology, Chemistry and Music.

The Ministry of Education says the preliminary report and analysis of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) show a 1.5 percent increase in overall passes.