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Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre), along with personnel from Grocers of Jamaica, shares a moment with children from the Harbour View and Bull Bay communities in St. Andrew, who were presented with gifts and care packages on Wednesday (December 16) at St. Benedict’s Primary School in Harbour View.
Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre), along with personnel from Grocers of Jamaica, shares a moment with children from the Harbour View and Bull Bay communities in St. Andrew, who were presented with gifts and care packages on Wednesday (December 16) at St. Benedict’s Primary School in Harbour View.

PHOTOS: Hon. Juliet Holness Presents Gifts And Care Packages To Children From Harbour View And Bull Bay

   
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), accepts a tablet from General Manager, Berger Paints Jamaica, Shashi Mahase, during his visit to the Ministry
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), accepts a tablet from General Manager, Berger Paints Jamaica, Shashi Mahase, during his visit to the Ministry's offices in Kingston, on Friday (December 18). The occasion was the ANSA McAL Foundation's (Berger Paints) presentation of 100 tablets for students islandwide, in support of the Ministry's ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child Initiative’.

PHOTOS: Ministry Of Education, Youth And Information Receives Tablet Computers
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the virtual signing ceremony at Jamaica House, on Thursday (December 17), for the five-year US$13-million Portmore Co-management Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Programme.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the virtual signing ceremony at Jamaica House, on Thursday (December 17), for the five-year US$13-million Portmore Co-management Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Programme.

Prime Minister Urges Persons With Illegal Water Connections To Regularise Their Service
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), is joined by Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Hon. Bishop Conrad Pitkin (left); and Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, in the ribbon-cutting exercise to officially open the newly upgraded PICA office in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (December 18).
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), is joined by Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Hon. Bishop Conrad Pitkin (left); and Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, in the ribbon-cutting exercise to officially open the newly upgraded PICA office in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (December 18).

PICA Opens Newly Upgraded Office In Montego Bay
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing a recent Think Tank at the JIS
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing a recent Think Tank at the JIS's head office in Kingston.

Tourism Ministry Ensuring Full Compliance With COVID-19 Protocols

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), looks at a life jacket, which was among fishing gear and equipment on display at a ceremony for the handover of grants to fishers from St. Mary at the St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church in Annotto Bay on Thursday (December 17). Others (from left) are President of the South East St. Mary Fisherman’s Group, Natalee Lynch; Minister of State for Industry, Investment and Commerce and Member of Parliament for St. Mary South Eastern, Norman Dunn; and Board Chairman, National Fisheries Authority, Leuitenant Commander George Overton.
Fisheries

St. Mary Fishers Receive Grants To Purchase Equipment

Thirty fishers from St. Mary, who have been hit hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, have been provided with cash vouchers valued at $30,000 each to acquire fishing gear and other inputs. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, handed over the vouchers during a ceremony on Thursday (December 17) at St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church in Annotto Bay....
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Newly appointed Opposition Senator, Peter Bunting (left), takes the Oath of Allegiance during the swearing-in ceremony at Friday’s (December 18) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. Administering the proceedings is Deputy Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis. Senator Bunting has also been appointed Leader of Opposition Business in the Upper House.
Senate

Peter Bunting Takes Seat In The Senate

Peter Bunting was sworn in to the Upper House on Friday (December 18), to complete the slate of eight Opposition Senators. Senator Bunting, who will become the new Leader of Opposition Business, was welcomed by his colleagues after taking the Oath of Allegiance during the brief ceremony held at the start of the sitting of the Upper House. President of...
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Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (centre), presents Superintendent A at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Ivan Randall (second left), with a care package for inmates at the facility. Also pictured are members of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Kingston chapter, (from left) Secretary, Dr. Paulette Francis-McGregor; President, Lt. Col. (Retd), Euken Mills; and Treasurer, Davel Bell. More than 200 packages were handed over for inmates at Tower Street and female wards at the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre by the LMAJ Kingston chapter, during separate ceremonies on Thursday (December 17).
National Security

Kingston JPs Donate Care Packages To Inmates

More than 200 care packages, valued at approximately $1.5 million, were handed over for inmates of the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre and female wards of the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre in Kingston on Thursday (December 17). The packages, which contain toiletries, sanitisers, face masks, among other items, were provided by members of the Lay Magistrates Association...
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CEO of the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Alwyn Miller (left), and Lions Club member, Rupert McGhee, unveil the sign for the new histopathology lab at the Mandeville Regional Hospital on Thursday, December 17. The lab will serve the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth.
Health & Wellness

Histopathology Lab Opens At Mandeville Hospital

The Southern Regional Health Authority now has a histopathology lab, which was funded jointly by the Lions Club of Mandeville and the CHASE Fund. The building was completed at a cost of $83 million, with the CHASE Fund donating $52.6 million of that amount. Speaking at the official handover of the building, which is located on lands adjoining the Mandeville...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the virtual ceremony held at Jamaica House on Thursday (December 17) for the signing of a contract between the Government, through the National Water Commission (NWC) and global water utility company Miya Water Jamaica to undertake the five-year, US$13-million Portmore Co-management Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Programme. The initiative is aimed at reducing water losses and improving the efficiency of the NWC.
Water

Gov’t To Spend US$13 Million To Tackle Non-Revenue Water Loss In Portmore

The Government is to spend US$13 million over the next five years on a major project aimed at reducing water loss and improving supply of the precious commodity to residents of Portmore in St. Catherine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (December 17), signed the contract for the Portmore Co-management Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Programme, during a...
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Customers purchase produce at the Social Development Commission
AgricultureCommunity

Small Farmers And Business Operators In St. James Benefit From SDC Community Fair

Thirty-five small farmers and 26 operators of local economic initiatives (LEI) in St. James got the opportunity to market their goods during a community market and business fair staged by the Social Development Commission (SDC) on Thursday (December 17). The event, held at Montego Park Estate in Ironshore, was the third for the parish and targeted businesses under the SDC’s...
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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

PAHO Receives Major Donor Support In Fight Against COVID-19

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the entity has received major donor support for efforts to ensure that member countries have equitable access to safe and effective coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines when one is approved. Among these, she said, is the Government of Canada, which has committed CA$255 million through the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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