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The Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM) wishes to advise the public that the Meteorological Service of Jamaica has reported that Tropical Storm Eta continues to move slowly westward while remaining southwest of Jamaica. Its outer bands will...
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), exchanges greetings with (from left): Director General and Chairman of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn; and Chairman of the Hazardous Substances Regulatory Authority (HSRA), Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa. The occasion was the virtual launch of the HSRA on October 29.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), exchanges greetings with (from left): Director General and Chairman of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn; and Chairman of the Hazardous Substances Regulatory Authority (HSRA), Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa. The occasion was the virtual launch of the HSRA on October 29.

Minister Shaw Expresses Confidence in Jamaica’s Capacity to Safely Use Nuclear Technology
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (back row, centre) with recipients of tablets under the government’s Tablets in Schools Programme from (front row, left): Bethany Grant, Greenwich Primary School; Annastaysha McCalla, Tavares Gardens Primary School; and Jayquan Johnson, Cockburn Gardens Primary and Jr. High school. This was during a ceremony held at the Tavares Gardens Primary School on Friday (October 31). Others from (back row, left): are Principal, St. Peter Claver Primary, Karen Jackson – Reynolds; Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South West, Dr. Angela Brown Burke; Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJam), Keith Smith and Guidance Counsellor, Whitfield Primary and Infant, Maria Reid-Walker.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (back row, centre) with recipients of tablets under the government’s Tablets in Schools Programme from (front row, left): Bethany Grant, Greenwich Primary School; Annastaysha McCalla, Tavares Gardens Primary School; and Jayquan Johnson, Cockburn Gardens Primary and Jr. High school. This was during a ceremony held at the Tavares Gardens Primary School on Friday (October 31). Others from (back row, left): are Principal, St. Peter Claver Primary, Karen Jackson – Reynolds; Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South West, Dr. Angela Brown Burke; Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJam), Keith Smith and Guidance Counsellor, Whitfield Primary and Infant, Maria Reid-Walker.

PHOTO: Schools Receive Tablets
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), with beneficiaries of the Government
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), with beneficiaries of the Government's tablets in schools programme, and other officials, at a handing over ceremony held at the Wood Hall Primary School, in Clarendon on October 29. From left are: Chief Executive Officer of ReadyTV, Chris Dehring; Regional Director with the Ministry, Barrington Richardson; student at the Mocho Primary and Infant School, Darnell Smith; beneficiary from the Wood Hall Primary School, Javaughn Campbell; and student at the Rock River Primary School, Amoya Brisco.

Blended Approach to Learning Will Become a Feature of the School System
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right); Member Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (left); Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam), Keith Smith (2nd left) hand over tablets to Principal of Harbour View Primary School, Lawrence Wright during a ceremony held on October 30 at the school’s Martello Drive address in St. Andrew. Eighty four devices were also handed over to St. Benedict’s Primary School.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right); Member Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (left); Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam), Keith Smith (2nd left) hand over tablets to Principal of Harbour View Primary School, Lawrence Wright during a ceremony held on October 30 at the school’s Martello Drive address in St. Andrew. Eighty four devices were also handed over to St. Benedict’s Primary School.

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