Consultant psychiatrist and therapist, Professor Wendel Abel, says more Jamaicans are becoming receptive to the idea of seeking counselling and treatment for their mental health issues. Professor Abel says there's need for more professionals supported by the...
The Minster of Agriculture, Floyd Green says he's up for the challenge, amid the serious issues affecting the sector. Minister Green led the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry from September 2020 to September 2021. More in this report from Abigail Bartley. On Monday,...
Newly appointed Minster of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says despite the challenges facing the agricultural sector, he's up to the task. Mr Green was a Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister. But he assumed the Agriculture...
Minister with responsibility for the Environment and Climate Change, Senator Matthew Samuda, says the government came close to achieving its target of planting 10-thousand trees as part of national Labour Day projects. Many of the trees planted are food producing and...
Children's Advocate of Jamaica & National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons at Office of the Children's Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, says volunteers now outnumber full time staff members at the 24/7 child help line, SafeSpot. Mrs Gordon Harrison made the...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Caribbean is facing consequences as a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Mrs Johnson Smith noted that the Caribbean remains a region which promotes...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, is warning that the city of Kingston is on the verge of climate departure. Climate departure refers to a point in time when the average temperature of the coolest year after 2005 will be warmer than...
Former PNP candidate for West Rural St. Andrew, is taking issue with the suggestion that the low pay, which Members of Parliament received before, impacted the quality of candidates who sought to be elected. She was reacting to the massive salary hike for...
Founder and Executive Director of the Jamaican Association for Debating and Empowerment (JADE), Germaine Barrett, says a higher degree of accountability must be imposed on political representatives in light of their massive pay increase. According to him, there's a...
Mayor of May Pen, and President of the Association of Local Government Authorities of Jamaica, Winston Maragh, is welcoming the increase in salaries for Mayors and Councillors. The new salary scale will see mayors earning up to $9.8 million effective April 1 next...