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Winner, Miss Festival Queen Competition for 2019, Khamara Wright (centre), with First Runner-up, AnnaKay Hudson (left) and Chardonnae Parkins, Second Runner-up, at the Grand Coronation of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition, on Thursday (August 1) in the National Arena.
Winner, Miss Festival Queen Competition for 2019, Khamara Wright (centre), with First Runner-up, AnnaKay Hudson (left) and Chardonnae Parkins, Second Runner-up, at the Grand Coronation of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition, on Thursday (August 1) in the National Arena.

PHOTOS: Miss Festival Queen Competition 2019

 
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on July 31.
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on July 31.

Support For Low-Scoring PEP Students
Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan (centre); Managing Director of Jamalco, Austin Mooney (to his left), and other officials of the company with some of the 60 students who were awarded educational grants by Jamalco at a ceremony held on July 31, at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Hayes, Clarendon.
Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan (centre); Managing Director of Jamalco, Austin Mooney (to his left), and other officials of the company with some of the 60 students who were awarded educational grants by Jamalco at a ceremony held on July 31, at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Hayes, Clarendon.

Senator Lauds Jamalco for Investing in Education
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on July 31.
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on July 31.

Special Education Unit Gets $1.2 Billion

Heads of Organisations Encouraged to Provide Employees With Resources

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Communications and Social Marketing Coordinator, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Patrice Nephew (right), engages in light conversation with (from left) retired educator, Patricia Eves-Mckenzie; Acting Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Shauna Trowers; and Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker. Occasion was the graduation ceremony for participants in the CSJP III substance misuse treatment programme, held at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St. Andrew on July 30.
Health & Wellness

More Than 100 Persons Complete Substance Misuse Treatment Programme

More than 100 persons from vulnerable communities across the island have successfully completed substance misuse treatment, under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. The beneficiaries, who hail from Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Ann, St. Mary, Westmoreland and St. James, were recognised at a graduation ceremony held on Tuesday (July 30), at the University of Technology’s...
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Principal Director in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Fitzroy Vidal, (second left); Operator of the Texaco Mountain View service station, Annette Wong-Lee (second right); and Government Senator, Aubyn Hill (right); cut the ribbon symbolising the official opening of the service station on July 31. At left is Chief Executive Officer, GB Energy Texaco Jamaica, Mauricio Pulido.
Energy

Petroleum (Downstream Activities) Act Being Modernised

The Petroleum (Downstream Activities) Act is being modernised to regulate the quality of fuel supplied in Jamaica. The disclosure was made by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, in a speech delivered by Principal Director in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal, at the grand opening of the Texaco Mountain View service station in St. Andrew on July 31....
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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on July 31.
Education

Work Continues to Eliminate Shift and Ease Overcrowding in Schools

Work is underway on the building and expansion of schools in order to eliminate the shift system and relieve overcrowding. Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said there are currently 37 schools that remain on shift. He noted that 13 institutions will require expansion, while 17 new schools (10 high and seven primary) are recommended...
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(FILE) Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, emphasises a point while addressing the House of Representatives on July 31.
Education

Gov’t to Address Needs at Primary and Secondary Schools

The Government is moving to address human resource, infrastructure and equipment needs at primary and secondary schools across the island. This comes against the background of a comprehensive audit, which showed that a number of institutions are under resourced. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, shared the details of the audit during his...
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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on July 31.
EducationYouth

70,000 Students to Benefit From Breakfast Programme

Some 70,000 vulnerable students at the primary and early childhood levels will benefit from a breakfast programme, which will roll out at the start of the new school year in September. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said that the Ministry is in the process of securing the additional funding for the initiative....
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (3rd left), look at something being pointed out by Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska (2nd left). Occasion was a tour of the construction site for a High Dependency Unit (HDU) at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine on Wednesday (July 31).
Health & Wellness

High Dependency Units to Open By Year-End

Work on the High Dependency Units (HDU) being built at four hospitals to care for high-risk expectant mothers and premature infants are expected to be completed by year-end. “We should get all of them (completed) by the end of October, maybe early November, but certainly during the course of this year,” said Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon....
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