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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton making his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton making his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Takes Action To Remove Trans Fats From Local Foods

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is taking steps to eliminate unhealthy industrial trans fats from the local diet and has started the process to determine how much of the foods consumed by Jamaicans contain the ingredient. Portfolio Minister, Dr....
ewly appointed Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Anthony Shaw (left) and Executive Director of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Imega Breese McNab (second left), present a cheque for $2 million to representatives of Medija Traditions, who are the winners of the DBJ’s 2022 National Business Model Competition (NBMC). The Medija Traditions representatives are Director of Finance, Shantay Siddo (third left) and Founder and Director of Marketing, Shasantay Jennings (third right). Also joining in the presentation are Executive Director of the Musson Foundation, Lisa D’Oyen (second right) and former DBJ Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds. The award ceremony was held at the Jamaica Pegasus in New Kingston on May 6.
ewly appointed Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Anthony Shaw (left) and Executive Director of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Imega Breese McNab (second left), present a cheque for $2 million to representatives of Medija Traditions, who are the winners of the DBJ’s 2022 National Business Model Competition (NBMC). The Medija Traditions representatives are Director of Finance, Shantay Siddo (third left) and Founder and Director of Marketing, Shasantay Jennings (third right). Also joining in the presentation are Executive Director of the Musson Foundation, Lisa D’Oyen (second right) and former DBJ Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds. The award ceremony was held at the Jamaica Pegasus in New Kingston on May 6.

PHOTOS: NBMC 2022 Awards Ceremony
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right), presents a Chromebook to Seaforth High School student, Sasheika Henry (third left). Occasion was a ceremony for the hand over of 1100 Chromebooks donated by Google to benefit students in St. Thomas, held on Friday (May 6), at the St. Thomas Technical High School. Sharing the moment (from left) are: Director at the St. Thomas Renaissance Foundation, Janet Harrison-Cousins; Director of the Mathematics Honours College porgramme in the parish, Beverley Hyatt; President of the St. Thomas Renaissance Foundation, Professor Malton Edwards; and Director of the Foundation, Christine Watson.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right), presents a Chromebook to Seaforth High School student, Sasheika Henry (third left). Occasion was a ceremony for the hand over of 1100 Chromebooks donated by Google to benefit students in St. Thomas, held on Friday (May 6), at the St. Thomas Technical High School. Sharing the moment (from left) are: Director at the St. Thomas Renaissance Foundation, Janet Harrison-Cousins; Director of the Mathematics Honours College porgramme in the parish, Beverley Hyatt; President of the St. Thomas Renaissance Foundation, Professor Malton Edwards; and Director of the Foundation, Christine Watson.

Google Donates 1100 Chromebooks To St. Thomas Schools
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses recent confrontations between the security forces and residents of Denham Town, during a ceremony for the hand over of a housing unit under the social housing programme in August Town, St. Andrew, on Friday (May 6).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses recent confrontations between the security forces and residents of Denham Town, during a ceremony for the hand over of a housing unit under the social housing programme in August Town, St. Andrew, on Friday (May 6).

Gov’t Committed To Ensuring Security Forces Respect Citizens’ Rights – PM

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rime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated second left); Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Floyd Green (seated left); Chief Executive Officer of Fujitsu Caribbean and Latin America, Mervyn Eyre (seated second right), and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (seated right), sign a contract for the digitisation of public records under the National Identification System (NIDS), at the OPM on Friday (May 6). Observing in the background (standing from left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane; Modernization of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth; and Programme Director for NIDS, Dr. Warren Vernon.
NIDSPrime Minister

Contract Signed For Digitisation Of Records At RGD

Approximately two million records at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) relating to birth, marriage, death, and adoption, created from 1930, are to be digitised under the National Identification System (NIDS). A contract was signed with Fujitsu Limited at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Friday (May 6) to facilitate the process. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness,...
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Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Government of Jamaica Will Not Allow Abuse of Our Citizens by the Security Forces – PM Holness

Citizens must also change how they respond to authority and law enforcement Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government of Jamaica absolutely rejects the abuse of Jamaica’s citizens by law enforcement. In response to recent videos that have surfaced of altercations between law enforcement and citizens in the Denham Town community, the Prime Minister said he has been in discussions...
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Office of the Prime Minister

President of the Republic of India His Excellency the Hon. Ram Nath Kovind to pay State Visit to Jamaica

The Government of Jamaica is pleased to welcome the President of the Republic of India His Excellency the Honourable Ram Nath Kovind to the island on a four-day State Visit. President Kovind will be in Jamaica May 15 to 18. The visit comes as Jamaica celebrates 60 years of political independence and also marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between...
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GovNet Project Manager in the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Luke Jackson.
Technology

Contracts Signed For GovNet Buildout

Three major contracts have been signed to advance the buildout of GovNet, the broadband network for the public sector. GovNet’s Project Manager in the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Luke Jackson, told JIS News that the contracts, which were signed recently, are for fibre-optic expansion with the National Works Agency (NWA), at a cost of US$895,996.80; for active network equipment with...
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Principal of the Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Dr. O’Neil Ankle (left), presents the Principal’s Award – Form Teacher of the Term – to teacher at the school, Krisan Thomas, on May 2.
Education

Staff At Jonathan Grant High Honoured

Several staff members at the Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, have been honoured for exemplary service and dedication to education delivery. Principal of the school, Dr. O’Neil Ankle, told JIS News that the awards scheme has been going on for eight of the 10 years that he has been Principal at the institution, as they had...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, converses with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, at the global launch of the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference at the Ministry’s headquarters located at 2 Port Royal Street in Kingston on Friday, May 6.
CultureForeign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference To Focus On Business Opportunities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that next month’s staging of the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference provides an opportunity to encourage more overseas Jamaicans to take advantage of the business and investment opportunities that the country offers. “I would love this conference, this year, to focus on the business opportunities here. Our capital markets, real estate, business process...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence
Agriculture

Restructuring of RADA Coming

The process to transform and rebrand the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) into a more modern organization has commenced, following Cabinet approval. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, told JIS News that a re-engineered RADA, will better serve an expanding technologically driven farming community. He informed that Cabinet has approved $23 million to engage consultancy...
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Minster of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right) holds the Queen’s Baton Relay during a presentation ceremony held at the University of the West Indies, Mona Regional Headquarters on April 16. Looking on (from left) are former track and field athlete, Donald Quarrie and President of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Christopher Samuda.
Foreign AffairsSport

JOA Welcomes Queen’s Baton Relay

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has welcomed the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay in anticipation of this year’s staging of the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham, United Kingdom (UK). The Baton arrived in the island on April 15, as part of its journey through 72 Commonwealth nations and territories, prior to the official start of the Games in...
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