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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (September 19).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (September 19).
Education

Maritime Institute to Officially Become University on September 28

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will officially become Caribbean Maritime University on World Maritime Day, September 28, at an official Charter Day ceremony to be held at the National Arena in Kingston. This follows passage of relevant legislation in Parliament...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 12).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 12).

House Approves National Identification and Registration Bill
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in dialogue with (from left): Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye; PAHO/WHO Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; FAO Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and UNICEF Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly, at the launch of the 2017 National Breastfeeding Week & Conference, held at Jamaica Conference Centre on September 19.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in dialogue with (from left): Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye; PAHO/WHO Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; FAO Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and UNICEF Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly, at the launch of the 2017 National Breastfeeding Week & Conference, held at Jamaica Conference Centre on September 19.

Health Minister Says National Infant Feeding Policy Coming
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy; Retired Vice-President, Marketing, Sponsorship and Advertising, Calgary Flames, Jim Bagshaw; and Olympian, Veronica Campbell-Brown, at the opening ceremony for the two-day regional conference on the strategic use of intellectual property in sport at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 19.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy; Retired Vice-President, Marketing, Sponsorship and Advertising, Calgary Flames, Jim Bagshaw; and Olympian, Veronica Campbell-Brown, at the opening ceremony for the two-day regional conference on the strategic use of intellectual property in sport at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 19.

Athletes Urged to Sign Up for Insurance Plan
Principal Director in the Energy Division of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Fitzroy Vidal, addresses the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) Energy Services Committee Members’ Forum held recently at the General Accident Meeting Room in Kingston.
Principal Director in the Energy Division of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Fitzroy Vidal, addresses the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) Energy Services Committee Members’ Forum held recently at the General Accident Meeting Room in Kingston.

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Local Government

Cabinet Approves Relocation of Local Government Ministry

Cabinet has approved the relocation of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development from its current location on Hagley Park Road in Kingston. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during the recent sitting of the House of Representatives. He was responding to questions posed by Opposition Spokesperson on Local Government, Noel Arscott. Minister McKenzie indicated that...
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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (right), is in discussion with Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan, Shinichi Yamanaka (left). Occasion was the opening ceremony for a week-long capacity-building workshop for Caribbean Small Island Developing States on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on September 18. Looking on at (centre) is Programme Officer of Science, Assessment and Monitoring at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Junko Shimura.
Economic Growth & Job Creation

Jamaica Taking Action Against Invasive Alien Species

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Oral Khan, says Jamaica is taking action to protect the country’s biodiversity against the threat of invasive alien species. He noted that the island is affected by more than 120 such species. These are invasive non-native plants, animals, pathogens and other organisms that may cause...
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Senior Advisor to the Minister of Transport and Mining, Mr. Bindley Sangster (right); and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dr. Janine Dawkins (centre), listen to Chairman of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Mrs. Corah-Ann Robertson Sylvester (left), at the MAJ’s 16th anniversary awards ceremony, held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. Seated is Mr. Sangster’s wife, Janet.
Transport

Transport Minister wants Jamaica Re-Elected to IMO Council

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, has signalled his intention to get Jamaica re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Jamaica, through the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), is seeking to regain a seat in Category ‘C’ of the prestigious governing body of the IMO in December. In his remarks, read by his Senior Advisor,...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (3rd left) and Quality Education Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello Greenland (2nd right), observe as grade-seven students at Cumberland High School complete a written activity. (FILE)
Education

Education Ministry To Make Physical Activity Mandatory For Schools

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that schools across the island will be mandated to institute a physical activity programme for students at all levels. “They must have... a programme for exercise that promotes good, healthy lifestyles for all grade levels. From grades seven right through to 13, and certainly at the early-childhood institutions, we...
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Minister of Health, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), converses with (from left) Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO)/WHO) Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly. Occasion was the National Breastfeeding Week conference and launch at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 19.
Health & Wellness

The Breast is Best

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton has reiterated calls for mothers to consider exclusive breastfeeding of their babies for the first six months of life in order to reduce infant mortality and morbidity rates. He noted that appropriate breastfeeding practices have the potential to lower infant mortality in children five years old and younger by 14 percent, while...
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Energy

JPS to Produce 45 Per Cent of Power From LNG By June 2019

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says that by June 2019, 45 percent of the energy it supplies to the country will come from cheaper, cleaner liquefied natural gas (LNG). By then, the power company’s Old Harbour and Jamaica Aluminium Company (Jamalco) plants will come on stream to join the Bogue facility in St. James, which received its first shipment of...
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