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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management –ODPEM-, through its Emergency Affiliated Radio Services –EARS- programme, is ensuring that communities, particularly remote areas, can adequately communicate before, during and after a disaster

Rollington Town Primary School in Kingston has received over 40 workbooks to aid the students preparation for the Grade Six Achievement Test-GSAT.

Minister of Tourism and Environment, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, is encouraging citizens to play their part in the national effort to preserve the natural environment, including the island’s beaches.

Mayor of Falmouth, Garth Wilkinson, is calling for renewed energy among Justices of the Peace-JPs-, in the parish of Trelawny.

Creative Jamaicans, aged 12 to 25 years of age, are being encouraged to submit entries for the Ministry of Water, Land Environment and Climate Change’s logo competition.  

The Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ) is staging its annual 5K Walk Run this Sunday, September 21, as part of efforts to raise awareness about how healthy lifestyles and increased physical activity can reduce health care costs in Jamaica.

Steps have been taken to empower farmers in St Elizabeth to reduce the impact of Beet Armyworm on agriculture through a Beet Armyworm Pest management training.

Nearly five hundred students from early childhood institutions and primary schools in St James were recently entertained by the performances of members of the internationally-acclaimed Spanish humanitarian organization, ‘Clowns without Borders’ (‘Payasos sin Fronteras’), at Sam Sharpe Teachers College, in St James.

Ten teachers from the parish of St. James, whose individual years of service range from 38 to 46 years, were honoured recently by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC).

Four former wards of the State were presented with scholarships each worth 5,000 US by Children of Jamaica Outreach Inc. (COJO), at its annual scholarship awards luncheon, held recently.

A group of at-risk youth from the nearby St. Catherine communities of Tawes Meadows and Ellerslie Gardens aged 10 to 17 years, recently benefitted from a six week cadet corps training program. The community development program was launched from a need to address behavioural issues among the young men in the communities.

Jamaicans urged to contribute to the National Insurance Scheme NIS, NEPA asking persons to sign up for its beach cleanup day activity