Malaria alert! Kingston and St Catherine under investigation for mosquito-borne disease
Officials from the Ministry of Health are busy combing through sections of Kingston and St. Andrew in a desperate bid to ascertain whether four recently identified cases of the potentially fatal malaria disease were imported or contracted locally.
MacMillan calls for laws to ferret out corrupt cops
Opposition Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan has called for whistle-blower legislation for the police force to weed out corrupt cops, arguing that the elimination of corruption in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) would go a far way...
J'cans take advantage of HIV test
Kevin Greenwas one of hundreds of persons who turned out yesterday at Emancipation Park, St. Andrew, to participate in the Ministry of Health's free HIV/AIDS testing.
Gov't auditor cleared of fraud
Government auditor Andrea Phillips, who was employed to the Ministry of Finance and Planning, has been cleared by the Court of Appeal of her conviction, for conspiracy to defraud the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) of $680,000.
Gov't agencies miss Contractor General deadline
The deadline for public bodies to submit outstanding Quarterly Contract Awards (QCA) reports to the Office of the Contractor General expired at midday on Thursday and there are indications that some agencies are still delinquent.
Mobile HIV unit in MoBay Civic Centre
WESTERN BUREAU: The grounds of the Montego Bay Civic Centre in Sam Sharpe Square were transformed into a mobile HIV unit as scores of residents gathered for the free sex education, HIV testing and counselling which formed a part of the St. James...
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