Major Stories

Tourism Industry: Jamaica’s Low Vaccine Take-Up Worrying

One major player in the tourism industry is expressing concern about Jamaica’s low vaccine take-up. Only over three hundred (300, 000)…

3 years ago

Prime Minister Condemns Violence in Emancipation Speech

In the annual speech done on Emancipation Day, Prime Minister Andrew Holness condemns violence and says for a country to be…

3 years ago

JYAN: Youth Demand High Sugar and Fat Labels

A study is being conducted in partnership with UNICEF'S U-Report and the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN), to survey nutritional…

3 years ago

Jamaica Aims to Reduce Recidivism to 10% by 2030

For the past three to five years Jamaica's recidivism rate stood at 40%; by 2030, as part of the National…

3 years ago

Concerns of Delta Variant Amid 2020 Olympics In Tokyo

According to one Epidemiologist at the World Health Organization, there are many facets to the Delta variant. This as health…

3 years ago

More than 10,000 Vaccines Administered at Blitz Sites

More than ten thousand doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines were administered to Jamaicans at several blitz sites across the…

3 years ago

MOH: Report Any Adverse Effects from COVID-19 Vaccines

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis, urges persons to report any…

3 years ago

Police Clamp Down on Illegal Vending in St. James

A joint police-military team and the Municipal Police in Montego Bay St. James on Friday, July 30 to carry out…

3 years ago

Prostitution a Breeding Ground for Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is the recruitment, transporting, and harboring of an individual for the primary purpose of exploitation, such as prostitution,…

3 years ago

W.H.O: COVID-19 Cases Expected to Surpass 200 Million

Over 4-million COVID-19 cases were reported to the World Health Organization last week, according to Director General of the W.H.O…

3 years ago