KINGSTON, Jamaica — Several infrastructural projects, as well as human development activities, are slated to be undertaken this year under the Poverty Reduction Programme IV, with an allotment of J
GROUND was broken yesterday for the 36.3 megawatt wind farm at Malvern, St Elizabeth which government and investors say forms part of a concerted push to reduce Jamaica's US$2-billion oil bill thro
The Ministry of Health is reporting that of the notification of 14 deaths suspected to be related to chikungunya, two of those have so far been confirmed as having had the virus.
THE Climate Change Policy Framework and Action Plan will be tabled in the House of Representatives this month, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Robert Pickersgill told Tuesda
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging Caribbean countries to take urgent action to meet global targets to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
THE Government of Jamaica has signed an agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to allocate US$250,000 of grant resources to improve national surveillance, prevention and control o
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has announced the release of additional funds to tackle the outbreak of the Chikungunya Virus.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Community Development Noel Arscott is scheduled to open debate on the recently tabled Disaster Risk Management Bill in the House of Representati
