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Finance Ministry Launches Health and Wellness Programme

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has launched a year-long health and wellness programme for staff of its various departments and agencies. Under the theme ‘Get fit for excellence’, the programme is designed to educate and empower employees...
Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (Ja-CIRT), Dr. Moniphia Hewling, addresses a techology conferece hosted by tTech Limited, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on April 12.
Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (Ja-CIRT), Dr. Moniphia Hewling, addresses a techology conferece hosted by tTech Limited, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on April 12.

Web Portal for Cybercrime Reports by Month-End
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), engages with Minister of Science, Energy and Technology , Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) and General Manager of Wigton Windfarms Limited, Earl Barrett, at Wigton
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), engages with Minister of Science, Energy and Technology , Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) and General Manager of Wigton Windfarms Limited, Earl Barrett, at Wigton's Initial Public Offering (IPO) Investor Briefing, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James on Friday (April 12).

More Underutilised State Assets to be Divested – PM
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, makes a statement on the situation in Venezuela, during the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (April 12). Also pictured is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, makes a statement on the situation in Venezuela, during the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (April 12). Also pictured is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Gov’t Supports Peaceful Solution for Venezuela
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, adresses the groundbreaking ceremony for the 800-room luxury Amaterra Resort in Stewart Castle, Trelawny on April 12.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, adresses the groundbreaking ceremony for the 800-room luxury Amaterra Resort in Stewart Castle, Trelawny on April 12.

Gov’t Committed to Ensuring that Workers Benefit from Tourism – PM

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), is presented with a copy of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) latest publication - ‘Nurturing Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean’, by IDB Caribbean Country Manager, Therese Turner-Jones. The presentation was made during Thursday’s (April 12) High-level Policy Meeting on Masculinity in the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew. The meeting was jointly hosted by the IDB and UWI.
Gender Affairs

Minister Grange Urges Women Suffering Domestic Abuse to Contact Bureau of Gender Affairs

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is appealing to women involved in abusive relationships to seek help through the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), for which she has portfolio responsibility. “We have systems in place and there are help call numbers… where women who are in distress can seek support,” she said. The BGA’s numbers are...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is greeted by Professor of Computer Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Felix Akinladejo, at the inaugural Professorial Lecture on Thursday (April 11), at the University of Technology (UTech), St. Andrew. Professor Akinladejo is also the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Research and Entrepreneurship.
Health & Wellness

Health Minister Calls for More Applied Research

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says more applied research should be conducted at the national level to find solutions to health problems. He argues that research is important in informing the process of developing solutions to the myriad and complex health conditions affecting the population. The Minister was speaking at the University of Technology (UTech) inaugural Professorial...
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Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Angella Mattis, provides an update on the work of the Bright Journey Medical Mission, during a recent JIS Think Tank.
Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Bright Journey Medical Mission Completes 200 Cataract Surgeries

Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Angella Mattis, is reporting that the Bright Journey Medical Mission team has completed almost 200 cataract surgeries in the first week and a half of the mission. The 50-member team from China, comprising ophthalmologists, nurses, and technical support staff, which arrived in the island on March 27,...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Barlett (left), engages in a light discussion with (from right): Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alando Terrelonge; Strategy and Development Executive, Main Event Entertainment Group Limited, Mellissa Tulloch; and Chief Executive Officer, Main Event Entertainment Group Limited, Solomon Sharpe, during the official launch of the M-Academy at the Chinese Benevolent Association, Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, on April 11. M-Academy is a JSIF and Main Event Entertainment Group Limited partnership. The main objective of the initiative is to train persons in various aspects of event production.
Tourism

$300 Million to Boost Community Tourism Activities

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says $300 million has been budgeted to boost community tourism activities across the island. Speaking at the official launch of M-Academy at the Chinese Benevolent Association, Old Hope Road in St. Andrew on April 11, Mr. Bartlett said the money will be spent in 63 communities across the country to have small events and...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange
Gender Affairs

Grange Urges Change in the Way We Raise Boys to Deal with Violence Against Women

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says a certain pervasive “idea of masculine identity” is at the root of the high levels of violence, including gender-based violence, in the country. According to the Minister, “This idea of masculinity that we teach and enforce causes men to see themselves as strong and women as weak....
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