New Horizon Project reaps success
THE NEW Horizons Project (NHP), which was introduced in 72 primary schools to address literacy and numeracy, has reaped success and is to be implemented in more schools across the island.

Simpson Miller urges Ja to push for new health order
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister Portia Simpson Miller has emphasised the need for the country to continue its advocacy for a new international order on health.

Monsignor Albert to get US award
MONSIGNOR RICHARD Albert is among this year's honourees of the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) Inc., which will hold its annual gala dinner on June 25 at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, South Florida.

Petroleum company gives millions to alternative education
THE PETROLEUM Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has pumped $1.8 million into alternative energy education at the Mona Institute of Applied Sciences (MIAS). MIAS, in collaboration with the Department of Physics at the University of the West Indies...

Gauging the silent killer - More funding, research needed for osteoporosis treatment
MORE FUNDING and research needs to be conducted to gauge the extent of osteoporosis in Jamaica, says Dr. Verna Brooks-McKenzie, president of the Jamaica Osteoporosis Society.

New award in honour of Shearer
THE HUGH Shearer Foundation has announced the first scholarship at the bachelor's level in remembrance of the former Prime Minister, Hugh Lawson Shearer.