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Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica is looking to improve the capacity of the Jamaica Defence Force to respond to disasters domestically and within the region.

The Ministry of Finance and Planning is reporting that Government expenditure for the first four months of the current fiscal year totalled 194.7 billion dollars.

The government has established a mental health and suicide prevention helpline in effort to provide support to persons dealing with mental health issues in the society, The helpline was launched as part of the Ministry’s Speak up Speak now campaign, aimed at ending the stigma associated with mental illness. Join us to learn more. 

The Jamaica Banana Board is encouraging farmers to be more vigilant in protecting their crops against disease infestation. On today’s edition of Calling Farmers we share some tips on how farmers can keep their farms disease free.

Government exploring feasibility of building an airport in Mandeville, cocoa industry bounces back from frosty pod rot disease and helpline coming for children with mental health issues.

Bellevue Hospital to remain open; Government to surpass indigent housing target; and mental health and suicide prevention helpline to go live today.

On today’s edition of Urbanscope, The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Team celebrates National Tree Planting Day along the Port Royal Coastline. Stay tuned to find out more about this event

The girls at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre in St. Andrew, are set to benefit from expanded training opportunities, with plans underway for the construction of a multi-purpose facility at the centre by the end of December. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Rudyard Spencer says the building will facilitate additional educational, vocational and recreational...

Residents of St. Elizabeth have joined others in neighbouring parishes Manchester and Clarendon in benefitting from the Government’s Water Shop Initiative. The project involves the installation of water tanks in communities with severe water challenges. The tanks are then regularly serviced by water trucks and maintained by the municipal corporations in partnership with residents. Two new facilities were commissioned in Top Hill...

In 2004, it became a requirement for all civil aviation airports to become certified. Also in 2004, the Norman Manley International Airport began its journey of achieving the Aerodrome Operator Certificate. Fifteen years later, the certification has been achieved. The certificate validates that the airport is operating at a standard recognized and held by the international Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO, the...

A Registered Nurse, Midwife, Dairy farmer, and Santa Claus are just a few of the titles Mrs. Opal Maureen Edwards has picked up over the years. Mrs Edwards has over 40 years experience working in Jamaica’s health and education sectors. Trained at the Victoria Hospital in the United Kingdom in 1970 and at the University College Hospital of the West...

The Education Ministry says there have been no reports of a shortage of books and furniture in schools islandwide.