Examination of Family Property Bill makes significant progress
UNLIKE LAST week when only three members were present for a sitting of the Joint Select Committee examining the Family Property (Rights of Spouses) Bill, a far more representative, 10 of 13 members, turned up for Wednesday's meeting.
SOS Kinderdorf legally recognised
SOS KINDERDORF International (SOS-KDI) is now legally recognised as an international mission, having signed an agreement to this effect with the Jamaican Government Wednesday at the Ministry of Health.
Appeal Court overturns decision to disbar lawyer
A DISBARRED lawyer was successful in his appeal on Tuesday when the Court of Appeal ruled that he should instead be suspended for two years.
Andrews Memorial to get epilepsy machine
IN HIGHLIGHTING the severe impact of epilepsy in Jamaica, Minister of Health, John Junor said funds have been approved for the purchase of a new specialised Video EEG machine for improving the treatment of the chronic disease.
'St Bess' embarks on mosquito eradication programme
BLACK RIVER: THE ST. ELIZABETH Health Department has embarked on a one-month mosquito eradication programme, aimed at covering several areas in the parish - among them, the flood ravaged community of New River.
Thieves targeting banana farmers
LINSTEAD, St. Catherine: BANANA GROWERS and other farmers in North East St. Catherine have complained to the Ministry of Agriculture as well as the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) that they are being plundered by praedial thieves.
Need for heightened awareness on diabetes
OWEN BERNARD, executive director of the Diabetes Association of Jamaica (DAJ) Outreach Programme, has said that there was a need to heighten public awareness regarding diabetes due to the high prevalence of the disease in Jamaica.
Technician killed in Clarendon
CLARENDON: A MAN was fatally shot on Sunday, November 9, about 1:15 a.m when he went to investigate strange sounds he heard coming from his vehicle which was parked outside his friend's gate.
'Powerful Men' for charity show
FIRST IT was the Jamaican powerful women who performed for Mustard Seed Communities; now a number of the island's male leaders have decided to display their talents on stage to benefit the charity.
Help for sufferers of heart attacks
THE FASTEST-GROWING branded high blood pressure treatment in the world, Diovan (valsartan), is also a potentially life-saving treatment after a heart attack, according to the findings of VALIANT...
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