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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has launched a Physical Activity Bible in effort to help provide creative ways of engaging the public to adopt healthy lifestyle practices.

Forty-five residents from communities in West Central St. James were presented with their registered land titles, under the Housing Agency of Jamaica HAJ, National Land Titling Programme. The beneficiaries, who reside in Meadowsvale, Pitfour Phase three and Retirement Phases one and two, were presented with the titles during recent a handover ceremony.

A teacher is perhaps one of the first and most influential persons you have come across in your life. Teachers are facilitators of the future helping to nurture minds into the maturity of their aspirations. That’s why Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with oversight for the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Karl Samuda, is encouraging...

The ‘Jamaica Moves’ club at Petersfield Primary and Infant School is making strides in promoting healthy lifestyle habits among staff and students. Petersfield Primary and Infant is one of six pilot schools in Westmoreland and 100 across the island under the Ministry of Health’s Jamaica Moves initiative.

The water storage capacity at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Facility has been significantly improved with the donation of three black water tanks by Guardian Life Limited. The company also presented eight heavy-duty fans during a brief handover ceremony at the South Camp Road-based facility on Monday.

The delivery of primary healthcare to residents of Black River, St. Elizabeth has been boosted following the recent expansion and renovation of the Black River Health Centre. The facility now offers services relating to maternal and child health, as well as curative, dental, dressing, women’s health, nutrition, environmental health, mental health and child guidance.

The government is to spend approximately 50 million dollars to build four water shops in St. Elizabeth. St. Elizabeth is the latest parish to benefit under the Government’s initiative to construct water shops as a way of addressing water shortage in parishes that traditionally suffer severe drought conditions.

The Ministry of Health, through its Adopt A Clinic programme has been encouraging private sector organizations at home and in the Diaspora to build relationships with health centres across the island to help boost their capacity to provide quality healthcare to patients.

A new weather radar is to be installed at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, to enhance the agency’s ability to effectively monitor weather patterns. Set for completion by summer next year, the installation forms part of the Climate Data Project being implemented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica PIOJ.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday morning announced that a state of public emergency is now in effect for St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover. So how are residents of these parishes reacting to the news? We’ll find out from a few of them.

Staff of the St. Elizabeth Poor Relief Department and Municipal Corporation were presented with 18 computer tablets from Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie during a special meeting of the Municipal Corporation recently

The new 51-million dollar structure, built to replace the Campbell’s Castle Primary School in Manchester, is being welcomed by students, teachers and the wider community. The two-storey building comprises four classrooms, a computer laboratory, staff room, bathrooms, a storeroom, and other facilities, to serve the small student population.