Senior medical officer at the Cornwall Regional Hospital Dr Derek Harvey is convinced that the wide-scale abandonment of mostly elderly patients at the facility is a reflection of how the society at large views the elderly. On Monday, Opposition...
“A real crisis” is how Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton described the situation as patients at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, have resorted to sleeping or resting on the floor as they await medical...
ST MARY farmers whose production has been slowed by the absence of a reliable tractor to help with land preparation over the past four months are soon to get some relief with the acquisition of two such vehicles for the parish. Chief executive...
Jamaican manufacturer and distributor of lighting, electrical and solar-energy products, FosRich, was not showcasing that side of the business, at the 69th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, held at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon...
GUEST JUDGE at the cattle competitions at Denbigh 2023, Casey Jentz, has recommended artificial insemination and the importation of bulls for breeding purposes among ways in which farmers can improve the quality of local beef herds. This follows...
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has committed to fully backing the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining’s ‘New FACE of Food’ initiative. Over the next three years, the effort will seek to bolster Jamaica’s food security, reduce food...
The fact that July 2023 was the planet’s hottest since records began – likely the hottest in 120,000 years – has not been lost on Lenworth Fulton, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS). Concerned that Jamaica’s antiquated farming...
THE PRESENTATION of five pounds of red peas to farmer Charles Lawton at the recent annual general meeting of the St Mary Association of Branch Societies (SMABS), at the Anglican Church Hall in Port Maria, was the first step in what is admittedly a...
Allegations of a “very flawed” delegates’ lists are among the thorny issues that the independent review panel appointed by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green will have to untangle, en route to coming up with recommendations...
Online sales which hit a high during the COVID-19 pandemic, and other innovations including digital transactions, are throwing up more challenges for the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC). Some of the challenges the commission is not yet equipped...
Norman Beresford Jarrett turned 100 years old on July27 and Janice Jarrett considers herself fortunate to have the benefit of her 82-year-old mother and centenarian father around so she can give back to them. She is particularly impressed with the...
‘Winston, the Conscious One in Kingston’ and ‘The Whip with The Solid Kick’ were just two of the titles accorded to legendary broadcast journalist Winston Mansfield Williams during a career that spanned over 50 years. However, according to Williams...
The Cabinet has approved an expanded staff structure consisting of 832 additional posts that were identified after an audit conducted by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), as well as...
It’s a picture he holds in high regard, preserving as it does the precious and enduring memory of his grandmother Winell Thomas filling out the absentee ballot to vote for him. Sadly, she died five days before the polls but her vote was counted...
The agenda of the 28th session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council, taking place in jamaica, has drawn the ire of a local civil society group bent on lobbying for a halt to any plan for deep sea mining. The meeting of the...
A year after the launch of the Development Bank of Jamaica’s (DBJ) Agribiz loan facility, for which $1 billion was allocated to on-lend to farmers through a network of approved large and microfinance institutions, borrowers continue to spurn what...
Almost four years after the Government accepted a recommendation that a total of $24.5 million in compensation be paid to hundreds of motorists whose vehicles were damaged during the 2015 bad gas saga, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has...
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has stoutly defended the decision to integrate the National Family Planning Board and the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) into his ministry, citing a strengthening of functions, with...
Elected as the 63rd Governor of Maryland and the first African-American to hold that post in the state’s 246-year history, Wes Moore is the third black person to be elected governor in the history of the United States. With that, he is well...
“COVID-19 is still very present in our population.” That statement from Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness, to the House of Representatives yesterday was not intended to alarm the population. Instead it was meant to be a gentle...
Jamaicans who spend most of the day outdoors working, such as construction workers and farmers, are being advised to be wary of the impact of the heat wave sweeping the island. According to Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness,...
JAMAICAN POLICYMAKERS need to have a much greater understanding and appreciation of the diverse circumstances under which members of the diaspora live and work, as well as other factors affecting their way of life, according to Dr Stephanie...
The three candidates in the race to be the next president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) are now out in the field, beating the bushes as they seek to drum up last minute support ahead of tomorrow’s election to replace incumbent Lenworth...
MEMBERS OF Parliament have been challenged to get involved in promoting health screenings for their constituents in an effort to arrest Jamaica’s worrying non-communicable diseases (NCDs) or lifestyle diseases which are directly related to the food...
AS HE looks forward to the possibility he may be asked to take over the day-to-day operations of the Missionaries of the Poor organisation from its founder Father Richard Ho Lung, Trinidad-born Vicar General Father Hayden Augustine is mindful of the kindness of...
