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Standing, JEP Group CSR Officer, Patrice Howell, leads the needs assessment meeting held at Repooh Restaurant with the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council in March. Other individuals photographed include Mr. Ian Jones, Fisheries Officer, National Fisheries Authority (at the table to Patrice’s right), Mr. Kevin Baker, President of Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left). Ms. Jacqueline Walker, Secretary of the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left taking notes). Other persons present were executive members of the council.
Standing, JEP Group CSR Officer, Patrice Howell, leads the needs assessment meeting held at Repooh Restaurant with the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council in March. Other individuals photographed include Mr. Ian Jones, Fisheries Officer, National Fisheries Authority (at the table to Patrice’s right), Mr. Kevin Baker, President of Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left). Ms. Jacqueline Walker, Secretary of the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left taking notes). Other persons present were executive members of the council.

Jamaica Energy Partners Group To Host Fisherfolk Training Session This Month

From Thursday, June 17 – 18 and Friday, June 24 - 25, 2021, private power-producing giant Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) Group will host its inaugural fisherfolk training programme for sixty fishermen and women from the Old Harbour Bay, Eastern and...
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the closing 2021/22 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 15), under the theme ‘Recovering Faster, Stronger, and Better’. In the background (from left) are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the closing 2021/22 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 15), under the theme ‘Recovering Faster, Stronger, and Better’. In the background (from left) are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Applications Accepted For Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme Sept. 1
National Coordinator for the Sickle Cell Programme at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Carol Lord.
National Coordinator for the Sickle Cell Programme at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Carol Lord.

Sickle Cell Coordinators To Monitor Paediatric Patients
Minister of Tourism and Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, closing the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the Lower House, on Tuesday (June 15). Also pictured in the background (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Minister of Tourism and Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, closing the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the Lower House, on Tuesday (June 15). Also pictured in the background (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Government On Track To Deliver Thousands Of Housing Solutions
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.

Social Security Ministry Continues To Respond To Needs Of Older Persons

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Industry

GSS Project Hosts Inaugural Talent Hub Fair

The Global Services Sector (GSS) Project will host its inaugural GSS Virtual Talent Hub Fair on Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 9 am to 5 pm, under the theme "Let's Talk Skills, Jobs, and Opportunities in the GSS." Through the Talent Fair, the GSS Project seeks to provide a virtual platform that will mirror a real career day while informing...
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Information

Consumer Price Index May 2021

The All-Jamaica Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.2 per cent in May 2021 as released today by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The increase in the inflation rate was impacted by a 3.4 per cent upward movement in the index for the ‘Housing Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels’ division. The index for the heaviest weighted division ‘Food...
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Acting Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Deidre Hudson-Sinclair. ​
Transport

Road Safety Unit Calls On Parents To Safeguard Children

Acting Director of the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Deidre Hudson-Sinclair, is calling on parents and guardians to take greater responsibility in ensuring the safety and well-being of their children. Her call comes in light of statistics that show that 30 per cent of child road fatalities since the beginning of the year took...
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Youth

Online Poster Competition For Children

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has launched its online poster competition targeting children five to 17 years. Administrator in the Child Labour Unit at the Ministry, Inka Perkins, said the objective of the competition is to raise awareness and to engage the children’s interest around the issue of child labour, while displaying their creative skills. She was speaking...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Targets Young Blood Donors

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that this year, special attention will be placed on the role of young people in ensuring a safe blood supply through voluntary donation. “In Jamaica, we have long set a national target to strengthen the voluntary blood donation system with a focus on youth. Persons between 18 and 24...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Health & Wellness

Work On Tobacco Control Bill Progressing Well

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the work of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the Tobacco Control Bill is progressing well. The Minister told JIS News that he has seen “progress” in the submissions from several interest groups and that the manufacturing company, Carreras Group, is scheduled to address the Committee. “We are...
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Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, point to Mrs. Binns Lawrence’s name on the Blood Donors Honour List. Occasion was the World Blood Donor Day Donor Awards held at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston on Monday (June 14).
Health & Wellness

Young People Urged To Give Blood

Director of the National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, is calling on young people to voluntarily give blood and to also encourage their peers to donate. “It has been well recognised that the best way of sustaining a blood donation system is through voluntary blood donors and so we are asking persons to donate.  In several territories, blood is given...
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