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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (second right), symbolically cuts the ribbon for the official opening of the Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA) document forensic laboratory at 21 West Kings House Road in St. Andrew on Thursday (August 19). Others participating in the ribbon cutting exercise (from left) are: Regional Immigration Manager, British High Commission, Richard Cronie; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad; and Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (second right), symbolically cuts the ribbon for the official opening of the Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA) document forensic laboratory at 21 West Kings House Road in St. Andrew on Thursday (August 19). Others participating in the ribbon cutting exercise (from left) are: Regional Immigration Manager, British High Commission, Richard Cronie; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad; and Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.

PICA Opens Document Forensic Laboratory

The Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA) on Thursday, August 19, officially opened its document forensic laboratory. With approximately $20 million funding support from the UK Government, the facility is expected to boost the capabilities of the agency in detecting forged documents...
Manager of Mediation Training and Network Services at the DRF, Mrs. Sharon Young Palmer.
Manager of Mediation Training and Network Services at the DRF, Mrs. Sharon Young Palmer.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Volunteer For Mediation Training
Jamaica Fire Brigade Public Relations Officer, Emeleo Ebanks, is reminding persons to store the contact information for emergency services in their mobile devices and be as detailed as possible when requesting an emergency service.
Jamaica Fire Brigade Public Relations Officer, Emeleo Ebanks, is reminding persons to store the contact information for emergency services in their mobile devices and be as detailed as possible when requesting an emergency service.

Keep Emergency Numbers Close, says JFB
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), in discussion with Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Jamaica, Scott Feeken (2nd right), as they view the container bearing 208,260 doses of Pfizer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday (August 19). Others from left are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), in discussion with Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Jamaica, Scott Feeken (2nd right), as they view the container bearing 208,260 doses of Pfizer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday (August 19). Others from left are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Jamaica Receives Over 200,000 Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines
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Foreign Affairs

Appointment Of New Permanent Representative To New York

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, has announced the appointment of Mr. Brian Wallace as Jamaica’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Mr. Wallace succeeds Ambassador E. Courtenay Rattray who demitted office in May 2021 to take up an assignment at the United Nations. A lawyer by profession, Mr. Wallace has considerable...
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Information

Signing of Service Level Agreement Between RGD And British High Commission

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) partnered with the British High Commission and has signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA). The CEO, Mr. Charlton McFarlane welcomed the representatives Mrs. Lesley Nicol, Immigration Liaison Manager, and Marcus Manning, Immigration Liaison Officer, from the British High Commission, Kingston to the Service Level Agreement signing of the Online Verification Service at the Head Office,...
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Chairman of the Tourism Resilient Corridors Committee (TRCC) and Vice-President of the Private Sector Association of Jamaica (PSOJ) in charge of tourism, John Byles.
CoronavirusTourism

Zero Tolerance To COVID-19 Breaches In Tourism Sector

With Jamaica having received its first cruise ship following a 17-month hiatus forced by the global pandemic, Minister of Tourism Hon. Edmund Bartlett is insisting that the zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 protocols breaches will remain in effect. Minister Bartlett, who was in Ocho Rios on Monday (August 16) to greet the arrival of the 3,100 passenger and crew Carnival Sunrise...
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Participants in the National Road Safety Council Ministry of National Security sponsored Motorcycle Training Programme pose with their certificates and helmets. Photo: contributed
Transport

Motorcyclists Trained to Improve Road Safety

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is reporting that 350 motorcyclists have been trained under its Ministry of National Security-sponsored motorbike training programme. Speaking at a recent Road Safety Lunchtime Session hosted by the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, NRSC Executive Director Mrs. Paula Fletcher, explained that since the programme began in August 2020,...
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The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
Culture

Virtual Symposium Being Held In Honour Of Marcus Garvey

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has partnered with the Consul of Jamaica in Namibia to stage the ‘Afrikan Unity- The Spinal Chord’ virtual symposium, from August 17 to 20. The event is being held to commemorate the 134th anniversary of the birth of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. It aims to highlight...
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