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Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De la Haye.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De la Haye.
Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health Urges Caution Against Pink Eye

PRESS RELEASE - The Ministry of Health is issuing a caution to the public as our surveillance network has received reports of cases of conjunctivitis, otherwise known as ‘pink eye’, in some communities. The signs and symptoms of pink eye...
DDP-2 (4):- Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second right) and Member of Parliament for St. Ann North Eastern; and Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), with (from left): Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Sylvain Fabi; Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Malgorzata Wasilewska, and the Custos of St. Ann, Norma Walters, at the opening of the Justice Parish Centre in St. Ann’s Bay on July 6.
DDP-2 (4):- Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second right) and Member of Parliament for St. Ann North Eastern; and Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), with (from left): Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Sylvain Fabi; Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Malgorzata Wasilewska, and the Custos of St. Ann, Norma Walters, at the opening of the Justice Parish Centre in St. Ann’s Bay on July 6.

Justice Minister says JPs Have Critical Role to Play in New Law to Fight Crime
High Commissioner, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan (second left), with (from left), owner of the Boisdale Restaurant, Mr. Ranald MacDonald; Ms Elizabeth Fox of the Jamaica Tourist Board; and Mr. Lawrence Jones, European Regional Manager for Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), at the official opening of the Jamaica Garden Terrace in London on July 3.
High Commissioner, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan (second left), with (from left), owner of the Boisdale Restaurant, Mr. Ranald MacDonald; Ms Elizabeth Fox of the Jamaica Tourist Board; and Mr. Lawrence Jones, European Regional Manager for Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), at the official opening of the Jamaica Garden Terrace in London on July 3.

Jamaica Garden Terrace Opens in London
Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, speaking during the agency’s quarterly media briefing at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in New Kingston, on July 5.
Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, speaking during the agency’s quarterly media briefing at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in New Kingston, on July 5.

CAC Developing Mobile Apps to Heighten Public Awareness
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth Ramocan (seated 10th right); Deputy High Commissioner, Angella Rose Howell (seated 11th left); and Counsellor, Political and Economic Affairs, Carol Lee-Lea (left), share a photo opportunity with Jamaican scholars in the UK at a special luncheon at the High Commission in London on July 6.
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth Ramocan (seated 10th right); Deputy High Commissioner, Angella Rose Howell (seated 11th left); and Counsellor, Political and Economic Affairs, Carol Lee-Lea (left), share a photo opportunity with Jamaican scholars in the UK at a special luncheon at the High Commission in London on July 6.

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, addresses the official opening of the St. Ann Parish Justice Centre in St. Ann's Bay on July 6.
Justice

More Courts to Receive Video-Link Equipment

More courts across the island are to receive video-link and digital evidence recoding equipment to enable vulnerable witnesses to give evidence remotely. Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Carol Palmer, said the second part of a shipment valued at approximately $226 million is expected to arrive in the island by the end of July. “We got the first part of...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), is in light conversation with Chairman of the Labour Market Reform Commission (LMRC), Dr. Marshall Hall (left), while LMRC Commissioner, Dr. Michael Witter, looks on. Occasion was the LMRC’s End-of-Project Forum on Friday (July 7), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.
Economic Growth & Job CreationLabourVision 2030

Labour Market Reform Key to Economic Growth – Minister Robinson

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says transformation of the labour market is crucial for the Government’s economic growth programme. She said the reform process seeks to achieve greater levels of efficiency, equity, growth, social justice, full and satisfying employment as well as high levels of production and productivity. Delivering the keynote address at the End-of-Project Forum...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), emphasises a point as he addresses the post CARICOM Press Conference on Thursday (July 6) in St. George's, Grenada. Others (from left) are: Prime Minister of Grenada, and incoming CARICOM chairman, Dr. The Hon. Keith Mitchell; and President of Guyana, and outgoing CARICOM chair, His Excellency David Granger.
Prime Minister

PM Urges CARICOM Leaders to Partner in Addressing Crime

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging partnership among CARICOM member states in addressing crime and violence in the region. “I think that if our Governments were to pool our collective resources in terms of analysing the problem, looking at the epidemiology of the problem we may be able to put in place synergistic solutions that could attenuate...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (right), presents the keys to one of four preowned cars to Superintendent Wayne Cameron of the Mandeville Police Station at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on July 6. The Minister also addressed the Manchester Chamber of Commerce meeting at the same venue.
National Security

More JCF Recruits to be Accommodated

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says repairs will be carried out on two dormitories at Twickenham Park, and four rooms are being built at Harmon Barracks to accommodate more recruits for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). “That would give them (Harmon Barracks) the capacity for 200 recruits, and with two batches per year, this would give them 400...
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