The Government remains committed to the enactment of comprehensive legislation to combat the use and consequences of tobacco products. This is according to Chief Medical Officer of Health in the Ministry of Health and the Environment, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, who was speaking at the opening ceremony for the Caribbean Regional Workshop on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), being...

It is very difficult to follow in the footsteps of two outstanding sons of the Region in the persons of the Hon. Owen Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados and Dwight Nelson, himself a giant in the trade union movement and now Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, both whom gave the first two...

Sabina Park will be under heavy security surveillance when the first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 between the West Indies and Pakistan, bowls off tomorrow (March 13) at the stadium. According to Senior Superintendent of Police and Co-Chair of the Security Committee for the Jamaica Local Organizing Committee (LOC), Ealon Powell, the stadium would be covered...

Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill has said that the recent passage of amendments to the Road Traffic, and Transport Authority Acts, would better enable law enforcement personnel and the Transport Authority to crack down on the problematic issue of illegal taxis on the nation's roads. Speaking yesterday (June 22) at a meeting at the Hilton Kingston Hotel with representatives...

Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill has said that the recent passage of amendments to the Road Traffic, and Transport Authority Acts, would better enable law enforcement personnel and the Transport Authority to crack down on the problematic issue of illegal taxis on the nation's roads. Speaking yesterday (June 22) at a meeting at the Hilton Kingston Hotel with representatives...

In many ways, the nation's health took centre stage during the Financial Year 2004-5, not only for the Ministry of Health, but for various individuals, organizations and groups, as they focused on the sector. And rightly so.Because the fact is, that issues of health usually mirror many of the conditions we face. which, left untreated, could become emergencies or become...

In many ways, the nation's health took centre stage during the Financial Year 2004-5, not only for the Ministry of Health, but for various individuals, organizations and groups, as they focused on the sector. And rightly so.Because the fact is, that issues of health usually mirror many of the conditions we face. which, left untreated, could become emergencies or become...