SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie has confirmed that infirmaries across Jamaica will have a member of staff trained to provide residents with mental health support as…
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Surge in admission to infirmaries since lifting of restrictions — McKenzie
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Nine months after the ban on infirmaries and golden age homes accepting new residents was lifted, there has been a surge in admissions. The ban, which was implemented in 2020,…
‘People are on edge’
BEHAVIOURAL specialists say the series of brazen attacks on Beryllium security teams in recent times is undoubtedly shredding away at any scintilla of safety and peace the average Jamaican would have been holding…
Domestic dispute blamed for deadly Greenvale shooting
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Police here say a gun attack, which left one man dead and three people injured on Sunday morning in Top Greenvale, stemmed from a domestic dispute. Head of the Manchester…
FAMILIES FEUDING
WITH 1,121 cases of domestic violence and 12 murders emanating from domestic disputes in the St Catherine North Police Division last year, Deputy Superintendent of Police Jacqueline Dillon says communities in the upper…
‘I am consistent, reliable and dependable’
GLENDEVON, St James — “I have never really left the road. I have always been engaged with the public,” asserted Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who made it clear on Sunday that he will…
Accused conman used money to pay for his filing, court hears
A man, who reportedly defrauded a woman looking to obtain a bus for a trip, said he used the money to pay for his overseas filing. O’mar Neil was hauled before senior parish…
Gov’t working on increasing funding to USF
GLENDEVON, St James — Government is currently working on ways of increasing funding to the Universal Service Fund (USF), the agency mandated to further Jamaica’s access to information and communication tools, as the…
Sangster Airport to see fast-tracking of master plan
MONTEGO BAY, St James – The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has announced an acceleration of plans to resume significant parts of the master plan programme at the MBJ-operated Sangster International Airport (SIA)….
Patricia Green | Are residential developments a nine-headed Hydra?
In Greek mythology, Hydra was a gigantic, nine-headed, water-serpent monster with one of these heads being immortal. Herakles [Hercules], the most legendary hero, was sent to destroy Hydra. When he decapitated one head,…