Around the Caribbean

LUCEA, Hanover — The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development will be assisting the Hanover Municipal Corporation with maintenance of Lucea Cemetery, which is currently in a horrific condition.

THE Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), which administrates public health care in the parishes of Clarendon, St Elizabeth and Manchester, will be strengthening its facilities to foster a healthier workplace environment and culture.

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders attending the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have participated in a pivotal high-level meeting of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti.

MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has underscored Jamaica's commitment to tobacco control as more young people fall prey to the drug and the world faces a ballooning noncommunicable (NCDs) diseases crisis.

IN a display of community spirit and service, several organisations joined hands to conduct a comprehensive eye and hearing screening initiative at Denham Town High School in Kingston, recently.

Calls are again mounting for Integrity Commission (IC) Executive Director Greg Christie to resign from that body, this time over his "ask the Government" retort to journalists who solicited his feedback to Thursday's gun attack on Ryan Evans, the commission's director of corruption prevention, outside the agency's New Kingston office.

Barbados senior women’s football team began their CONCACAF W Gold Cup Qualifying tournament with a bang as they thrashed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5-0 at the Wildey Turf on Friday.

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Two St James men who have been charged in connection with a 2019 double murder in Paradise Norwood, St James, have yet to settle their legal representation.

LUCEA, Hanover — The Hanover Infirmary is to get a new matron's quarters.

Barbados Light & Power says while electricity been has been fully restored across the island following Thursday’s seven-hour blackout, it admits the process has not been as seamless for some customers.