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Friday May 31 is observed internationally as World No Tobacco Day. The day is largely used to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocate for effective policies on reducing consumption of tobacco

Under the holidays with pay act there are 4 categories of paid benefits or entitlements. These are: holidays with pay or vacation, sick leave with pay, gratuity and sick benefit.

Ananda Alert, an initiative of the Ministry of Youth and Culture is a nationwide system designed to ensure a speedy and safe recovery of a child in the event that he or she goes missing.

The Jamaica Council for persons with Disabilities, JCPD, is the agency responsible for providing guidance to the government in the development of policies and programmes for persons with disabilities. The JCPD is an agency of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and is in its 40th year of existence, having become operational in 1973. To date, just about 12,000...

Facilities are being established in qualified communities for residents to access the Internet through the Universal Service Fund USF. The USF is in charge of setting up Community Access Points at different locations across the island.

Voluntary personal conservation can go a far way in reducing your water bill and even saving water for use by yourself or someone else in need. Jamaica is experiencing drought conditions; with the situation in some parishes catergorized as severe. As a result the National Water Commission is encouraging persons to practice water conservation

Drivers and Conductors of Public Passenger vehicles are required to display their badges while operating these vehicles.

Local businesses can attain internationally accepted certification for their management systems right here in Jamaica through the National Certification Body of Jamaica NCBJ.

The NHT Home Grant is a special offer of up to 1.2 million dollars to contributors now earning from as low as 5,000 to a maximum of 10,000 dollars per week, who do not own a home. The Grant may be combined with an NHT loan to purchase land or residential property, or to build on own land. Prospective home...

The Funeral Grant is one of the many benefits offered to contributors under the National Insurance Scheme NIS. The Funeral Grant is payable upon the death of an NIS contributor or pensioner, or the spouse of an NIS contributor or pensioner provided that the required contributory conditions are met.

The awards ceremony for the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence is to be staged in another few days. Several outstanding young Jamaicans are to be honoured for their contribution to Jamaica. 29 outstanding young men and women have been nominated for this year’s Prime Minister’s Youth Award for excellence. Obviously, not all will receive the Prime Minister’s Youth Award,...