KINGSTON, Jamaica — Health Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, says five hospitals have been shortlisted for upgrading over the next three to five years with loan funding of US$50 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). These institutions are the Kingston Public, Spanish Town, May Pen, Mandeville and St Ann's Bay
Nurse Crystal Gayle conducts pressure and blood sugar tests on Margerett Grove. Observing are, from left: Orville Johnson, executive director, Insurance Association of Jamaica; Joan Walker Nicholson, director of Nursing Service at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), and Dr. Natalie Whylie, senior medical officer at KPH. They were at
Nurse Crystal Gayle conducts pressure and blood sugar tests on Margerett Grove. Observing are, from left: Orville Johnson, executive director, Insurance Association of Jamaica; Joan Walker Nicholson, director of Nursing Service at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), and Dr Natalie Whylie, senior medical officer at KPH. They were at
The Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport of Mining is projecting that there could be at least 358 road fatalities by the end of the year. The unit revealed that at the end of November, fatalities had surpassed 322, the total number of people killed last year. "Some
World leaders have a laugh as they gather for a group photo at the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last Friday. From right, front row, are Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, South Africa's
Minutes after Dalton Harris was declared winner of the 2018 edition of UK talent show 'The X Factor', Prime Minister Andrew Holness congratulated the Jamaican singer on Twitter, sharing, "The entire Jamaica is proud of you. Your phenomenal talent is now unleashed on the world." Holness later said in a
amaica and Jamaican companies emerged the big winners at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Finale Gala Ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday night, winning eight of the coveted awards. Notably, Jamaica received the World's Leading Beach Destination and World's Leading Cruise Destination for 2018. In highlighting the significance of
Quick on the heels of rare profits not seen in almost a decade, regional carrier Caribbean Airlines Limited, CAL, is pushing ahead with big expansion plans that are meant to maintain its momentum, including a travel and tour subsidiary to be launched next year and refreshing its fleet of jets.
Financial empowerment advocate Rose Miller is urging Jamaicans to be frugal with their spending this holiday season in order to avoid compounding their debt, and so that they can position themselves to take advantage of improvements in the economy. Miller, who is grants manager at the JN Foundation, and who leads
The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) published the Life and General Insurance Industry 2017/2016 Statistics in its YEARBOOK published November 2018. CLICK BELOW LIFE & GENERAL INSURANCE STATISTICS 2017
