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Supervisor of the Monitoring Unit, Policy Planning and Evaluation Division, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Wayne Grant.
Supervisor of the Monitoring Unit, Policy Planning and Evaluation Division, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Wayne Grant.

CPFSA Ensuring Sustained Monitoring Of Child Care Facilities’ Operations During COVID-19

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) continues to ensure that all State and privately operated child care facilities are adequately monitored, amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is being done through the Monitoring Unit of the CPFSA’s...
Members of the Titchfield High School community, including students and administrators, in attendance at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly paved Lloyd O. Chin Drive on the institution’s campus in Port Antonio, Portland, on November 11. The driveway is named in honour of the late former Principal, who served from 1976 to 1992.
Members of the Titchfield High School community, including students and administrators, in attendance at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly paved Lloyd O. Chin Drive on the institution’s campus in Port Antonio, Portland, on November 11. The driveway is named in honour of the late former Principal, who served from 1976 to 1992.

Titchfield High School Driveway Named In Honour Of Late Former Principal – Lloyd O. Chin
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), greets Pastor of the Constant Spring Road Church of God in Kingston, Reverend W. George Lewis. The occasion was the International Men’s Day service held at the church on Sunday (November 15).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), greets Pastor of the Constant Spring Road Church of God in Kingston, Reverend W. George Lewis. The occasion was the International Men’s Day service held at the church on Sunday (November 15).

Men Urged To Wear Masks To Safeguard Their Health Against COVID-19
Custos Rotulorum for Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury (second left), displays medical supplies that were donated to the May Pen Hospital by proprietor of National Self-Serve, Stephen Liao (centre). The items, along with plaques, were presented during a handover ceremony at the hospital on November 11. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the May Pen Hospital Management Committee, Baron Stewart; and the hospital’s Customer Service Manager, Faith Sterling, and Chief Executive Officer, St. Andrade Sinclair.
Custos Rotulorum for Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury (second left), displays medical supplies that were donated to the May Pen Hospital by proprietor of National Self-Serve, Stephen Liao (centre). The items, along with plaques, were presented during a handover ceremony at the hospital on November 11. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the May Pen Hospital Management Committee, Baron Stewart; and the hospital’s Customer Service Manager, Faith Sterling, and Chief Executive Officer, St. Andrade Sinclair.

PHOTOS: Medical Supplies Donated to May Pen Hospital
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), hands over a report on the implementation of the ‘Jamaica Strategic Corrections Partnership Project’ to United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad, during a brief presentation ceremony at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston on November 11. The project, which was initiated in 2017 with funding support of £620,000 from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and concluded recently, was undertaken to improve the Department of Correctional Service’s (DCS) operational capacity, reduce recidivism among offenders, and provide ex-offenders with community reintegration support. All 11 of the island’s correctional facilities and several ex-offenders benefitted from the donation, which was channeled through the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund that operates globally. Looking on is Commissioner of Corrections, Lt. Col. (Retired) Gary Rowe.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), hands over a report on the implementation of the ‘Jamaica Strategic Corrections Partnership Project’ to United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad, during a brief presentation ceremony at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston on November 11. The project, which was initiated in 2017 with funding support of £620,000 from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and concluded recently, was undertaken to improve the Department of Correctional Service’s (DCS) operational capacity, reduce recidivism among offenders, and provide ex-offenders with community reintegration support. All 11 of the island’s correctional facilities and several ex-offenders benefitted from the donation, which was channeled through the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund that operates globally. Looking on is Commissioner of Corrections, Lt. Col. (Retired) Gary Rowe.

PHOTOS: ‘Jamaica Strategic Corrections Partnership Project’ Report Presentation

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Foreign Affairs

Jamaica’s Honorary Consul In Scotland To Chair Edinburgh Slavery And Colonialism Legacy Review Group

The city of Edinburgh Council has appointed Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Scotland, Sir Godfrey ‘Geoff’ Henry Oliver Palmer OBE, as Independent Chair to lead the Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review Group. The Group will review the appropriateness of certain historical structures throughout the city, such as statues and street names, which commemorate the lives of individuals with close links...
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The design for the new Houses of Parliament building, titled ‘Out of Many, One People’.
Parliament

No Dislocation Of Communities To Facilitate New Parliament Building – Minister Mckenzie

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is assuring residents living in communities surrounding National Heroes Park in Kingston that there will be no dislocation to facilitate the construction of the new Houses of Parliament building. The Minister, who leads the taskforce overseeing the project was speaking at a virtual public consultation on the Environmental Impact Assessment...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), speaking with youth farmer Venroy Wint at the launch of the Youth in Agriculture Roadmap at the Ministry in Kingston, on Thursday (November 12).
Agriculture

Youth In Agriculture Policy Development Slated For Completion In 2021

The proposed Youth in Agriculture Policy being developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is expected to be completed and launched in 2021. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, who said that the earmarking of at least 20 per cent of government-owned lands for agricultural use by young persons in the sector under age 35 is...
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Local Government

Residents In Marooned Communities Urged To Bury Their Garbage

Several communities in rural St Andrew and eastern parishes remain marooned, following recent heavy rains across the island. Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, Mr. Audley Gordon, is encouraging residents in these communities to bury their garbage until the communities are accessible. “About 60% of our waste is organic in nature and residents can bury these by...
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Transport

Gordon Town Road Closed

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the travelling public that effective immediately the Gordon Town road in St. Andrew is closed in the vicinity of Stand Up Hill. The Agency says the roadway is not safe for use by any mode of transportation. A section of the road embankment failed at the weekend following heavy rains associated with Tropical...
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