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The Ministry of Health’s vector control programme in the Corporate Area has been intensified in the wake of a sporadic case of the mosquito-borne disease malaria.

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Doggone it! Respect due to turn cornmeal
Jamaica’s ‘shameful’ culinary secret comes to light in delicious new ways 
“Old habits die hard.
Take the case of my friend Paulette who now lives in New York City. Ever since she has known herself, Paulette understands that turn cornmeal goes to the dogs. Her grandmother did it, her mother [...]

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Hollywood , FL, November 1, 2007: Jamaicans.com once again partners with the Florida based non profit organization, Eye on Jamaica Project, to host their fifth annual Internet Toy Drive during the holiday season for children living with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. Their mission is to bring joy and toys to children living at AIDS [...]

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Source: jamaica-gleaner.com
Space is a major problem. Doctors are attending to very ill patients in every crevice into which they and the patients can be squeezed. Those who cannot fit are attended to on chairs. Forget privacy.

Sometimes they are attended to on the floor. There aren’t enough beds or space to hold beds. And it is [...]

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Source: jamaica-gleaner.com

Despite billions of dollars spent to rehabilitate several hospitals in the 1990s, currently, many of these facilities operate under the burden of poor infrastructure and non-functioning or missing medical equipment. Even facilities built or renovated a year or more ago lie idle due to a lack of equipment.

Sections of the Falmouth Hospital, which [...]