MORE MALARIA CASES - Airports to be monitored, overseas experts coming
Sections of Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine have been put on an official alert following the confirmation of four more cases of malaria and 23 other suspected cases. At least two children have been hospitalised, officials say.
Education Ministry stands by no condom policy in schools
Faced with an increasing number of students who are sexually active and at risk of contracting HIV /AIDS through sex, the Ministry of Education is refusing to back down on its stance against condom distribution in public schools.
Under surveillance!
Spurred by numerous complaints and overwhelming proof, the Government has launched a covert surveillance into the ill treatment of patients at hospitals and health centres in a bid to curb the many unfortunate incidents.
Shhh! PM warns public sector workers to uphold secrecy law
Despite Government's pledge to repeal the Official Secrets Act, which has left a legacy of secrecy in the public sector, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller sternly warned civil servants on Friday that they must abide by the tenets of the secrecy law.
'Suicide prevention needed in JCF training'
DR. GEORGE Leverage, psychiatrist in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) medical unit, has suggested that suicide prevention should be included in the curriculum taught at the police training school.
'Private security act toothless'
Roselyn Campbell, executive director of the Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA), says the 1992 act that governs the body, does not have enough 'teeth' to enforce regulations on private security companies.
Anne Shirley responds - Says she does much more than anti-doping assignent
Reneé Anne Shirley, senior adviser to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, has unequivocally stated that her anti-doping assignment is not all she does at the expense of taxpayers.
No cheap consultant!
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's chief adviser's salary is greater than that of the Minister of Finance, all the Cabinet and state ministers, the Speaker of the House and the Opposition Leader.
Alps - on verge of extinction
Delroy 'RAS D' Scott is a rustic naturalist who depends on Trelawny's Cockpit Country for survival. He is a farmer, self-proclaimed medicine man and a craftsman. He cuts twigs which he uses to weave baskets and to make wicker chairs and tables.
'Mining okay in Cockpit Country'
Environmental experts are rejecting comments by the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) that mining in the Cockpit Country will not destabilise biodiversity in the area.
Jamaican court system needs fixing
Although the Ministry of Justice is making elaborate plans to reform the justice system islandwide, the provision of simple handrails at the four jury boxes for the safety of jurors in the Home Circuit Court seems not about to happen any time soon.
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