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Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Information Technology Manager, Andrew Evelyn.
Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Information Technology Manager, Andrew Evelyn.

Parents Urged To Educate Children About Dangers Of Digital Media

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging parents to educate their children about the dangers of using digital media, in order to limit their exposure to harmful content and characters. Speaking with JIS News, Information Technology Manager at the CAC,...
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland,​ in May 2019.
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland,​ in May 2019.

Dr. Tufton Credits Flattening Of COVID-19 Curve To Early Response
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 19).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 19).

1,300 Community Health Aides To Be Employed
Wife of the Prime Minister and Founder of the Save Our Boys and Girls Foundation, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre) presents a care package to third-year midwifery student at the University of Technology (UTech), Ashleigh Mitchell (right). Looking on is Acting President of UTech, Professor Colin Gyles. Occasion was the presentation of care packages to 53 and midwifery students at UTech
Wife of the Prime Minister and Founder of the Save Our Boys and Girls Foundation, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre) presents a care package to third-year midwifery student at the University of Technology (UTech), Ashleigh Mitchell (right). Looking on is Acting President of UTech, Professor Colin Gyles. Occasion was the presentation of care packages to 53 and midwifery students at UTech's Old Hope Road campus on Tuesday (May 19). The packages were donated through the Save Our Boys and Girls Foundation as part of its coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts.

Nursing And Midwifery Students At UTech Get Care Packages
Workers apply asphalt to a section of the Fairfield Bridge to Taylor Avenue roadway in St. James.
Workers apply asphalt to a section of the Fairfield Bridge to Taylor Avenue roadway in St. James.

NWA Rehabilitating Roads In Westmoreland And St. James

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Finance & Public Service

FSC Implements Changes to Supervisory Framework During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has embarked on a programme of key regulatory reforms designed to ensure transparency and stability of its regulated industries. These actions are being undertaken in partnership with key industry stakeholder groups as well as the Bank of Jamaica. The FSC which is charged with regulatory oversight of the insurance, securities and private pension industries has...
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Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC​), Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Harold Davis.
Industry

JBDC ‘In Concert’ Continues Thursday

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will host another event in its virtual series for creatives, dubbed JBDC 'In Concert', on Thursday, May 21. The event, under the theme ‘Scene 8: Money Moves (Dance and Theatre)’, is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. It will be facilitated via the ZOOM online meeting platform. JBDC 'In Concert' is organised in collaboration...
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Energy

$24.5 Million Paid Over to CAC for ‘Bad Gas’ Compensation

Petrojam Ethanol Limited (PEL) has paid over J$24.5 million to the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) as compensation for consumers who were affected by the bad gas incident of 2015. Only persons who would have filed claims that were approved by the CAC will be compensated. Some 380 motorists stand to be compensated from the payout. Minister of Science, Energy and...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks during Monday’s (May 18) COVID-19 digital press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre.
CoronavirusFinance & Public Service

SET Cash Grants To Be Disbursed This Week

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says grants under the Supporting Employees with the Transfer of Cash (SET Cash) component of the Government’s COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, are expected to be disbursed this week. He advised that applications for some 26,000 persons are being processed, adding that “I am expecting...
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Principal of Providence Heights Infant school in Montego Bay St. James, Carolyn Clarke-Brown.
CoronavirusEducation

Teachers At Infant School In Mobay Celebrate The Children

Teachers at the Providence Heights Infant school in Montego Bay, St. James. have been using creative methods to celebrate the 230 students enrolled at the institution for Child Month, amid the closure of schools due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Child Month is being celebrated in May, under the theme ‘Unplug Negativity, Connect Positivity…Think!’ The school’s celebration started on Teachers’...
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Royal Caribbean
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Ship Workers Arrive At Falmouth Pier

With flags waving and an impromptu singing of the National Anthem, 1,044 Jamaican ship workers returned home at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny, on May 19. Health officials from the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) were on hand for the arrival of Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas. The ship workers, while not able to start the disembarkation process until...
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