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Over 500 Jamaicans are to benefit from cataract surgeries at the Kingston Public Hospital KPH, performed by Chinese ophthalmologists from the Bright Journey Medical Mission.

A new water treatment plant is in the pipeline, and is expected to help satisfy the demand for water in the southeast end of the country.

Conditions at police stations across the island are set to be improved, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness recently announced plans to renovate 100 police stations at a cost of over 2 billion dollars.

The Housing Agency of Jamaica HAJ is looking to provide 500 land titles by the end of this financial year on March 31. Senior Manager for Community Development at the HAJ, Nakia McMorris says the agency has already finalized more than 400 land titles since April 2018, and work continues to increase that number.

Ninety-one unattached youth from several communities in Kingston and St. James are to benefit from skills training under a 50-million dollar Youth Empowerment Training Initiative. The initiative is being implemented by the Ministry of National Security and the Citizen Security and Justice Programme CSJP III, and will engage the youngsters in intensive training over a 12-month period.  

The Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) has embarked on a major restoration project of Negril’s coral reefs by establishing a coral nursery in the Orange Bay Special Fishery Conservation Area in Hanover.  

The HEART Trust/NTA will be expanding its presence in St. Elizabeth in order to provide increased access to training and certification for residents of the parish and surrounding areas.

As the Government looks to capitalize on the increased demand for bartenders by cruise lines and other entities, some 2,000 bartenders are to be trained in the next fiscal year.

Protecting and caring for the nation’s children especially those in state care is a priority for the government. In line with this, a pilot foster care project will be undertaken over the next year as the Government moves to place more children under State care in stable family settings.

Detecting cancer early is a big part of surviving this illness, which has claimed the lives of so many. That’s why the acquisition of a new and advanced mammography unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies UHWI is a major win for those at risk.

Talented Jamaican musicians and songwriters have until Friday, March 15, to enter the Jamaica Festival Song Competition. The competition, which was revamped in 2018, is a signature event of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission JCDC, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport.

Slowly but surely the wheels of change continue to turn as the Labour and Social Security ministry looks to make upgrades to its infrastructure. Labour and Social Security Minister Shahine Robinson says a number of parish offices across the island are to be upgraded and renovated in short order.