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Heightened Road Construction Activities Set for Morant Bay

Activities have now ramped up significantly on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project and will remain so for the next three months. The heightened road construction works will be concentrated primarily in the town of Morant Bay, St. Thomas where...
Resident Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van GlaannenWeygel (second left) and Director of Training and Information at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), with ODPEM’s Training Officer, Kristen Rhone (centre) and Coordinator for the National Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Programme, Diamonette Syncon (second right), who both completed Basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training with the OAS. Both women were handed emergency kits with equipment to carry out fieldwork at a handover ceremony, held at ODPEM’s New Kingston Offices, on February 22. At left is OAS Administrative Technician, Kerry-ann Parchment.
Resident Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van GlaannenWeygel (second left) and Director of Training and Information at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), with ODPEM’s Training Officer, Kristen Rhone (centre) and Coordinator for the National Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Programme, Diamonette Syncon (second right), who both completed Basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training with the OAS. Both women were handed emergency kits with equipment to carry out fieldwork at a handover ceremony, held at ODPEM’s New Kingston Offices, on February 22. At left is OAS Administrative Technician, Kerry-ann Parchment.

ODPEM Training Officers Complete Certification Course
Beachfront property along a section of Jamaica’s coastline.
Beachfront property along a section of Jamaica’s coastline.

$400 Million Allocated To Strengthen Agricultural Sector

All In Place To Mark Birthday Of Bustamante On February 24
Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator at the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome-McIntyre, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, on February 22.
Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator at the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome-McIntyre, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, on February 22.

NFPB To Launch Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Campaign

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Tribute

Minister Grange Pays Tribute to Greta Bogues

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has released the following statement at the passing of Mrs Greta Bogues, member of the Gender Advisory Council. Minister’s Statement: “It is with the deepest sadness that we mourn the loss of this outstanding woman, Greta Bogues. As a one of the leading Business Executives in this country,...
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Budget 2021/2022Cybersecurity

$1 Billion Allocated To Cybersecurity Project

The Government has set aside $1 billion to continue the buildout of cybersecurity initiatives of the security forces. The programme aims to facilitate the security force’s enhanced use of technology to ensure national security. In the 2021/22 fiscal year, the money will be used to continue the procurement of software and hardware to build out the cybersecurity capability of the...
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Budget 2021/2022Health & Wellness

PROMAC Gets $75 Million

The Government has set aside $75 million to continue initiatives under the Programme for Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC) in Jamaica. The allocation will facilitate final payments on laboratory equipment and complete a training programme for nurses. Details are contained in the 2021/2022 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. PROMAC is being funded...
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Budget 2021/2022

$650 Million Allocated To Competitiveness And Growth Programme

An additional $650 million has been budgeted to continue work under the Jamaica Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Programme, during the upcoming fiscal year. This is set aside in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on February 18. The project, which initially ran from September 2014 to June 2020, is intended to strengthen...
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Environment

Youth Encouraged To Innovate

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is encouraging youth to innovate eco-friendly solutions, in light of the pending implementation of the third phase of the plastic ban. “This is not an end to life as we know it, but a call, particularly to our youth, to innovate and create viable business models and...
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Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King.
Education

Principal Of Little Bay Primary To Be Recognised

Principal of the Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King, is being recognised again for his outstanding contribution to the institution and the Little Bay community. Mr. King is one of 50 persons to be awarded at the Sagicor Community Heroes Awards ceremony, which is slated to be held on Friday, February 26, at The Jamaica Pegasus...
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