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SheSecures Competition Building Country’s Resilience, Empowering Women in Cybersecurity

The SheSecures Jamaica cybersecurity competition has been lauded for its role in helping to bolster the country’s cyber resilience and empowering women in the growing cybersecurity sector.   The Ministry of National Security, in partnership with the Organization of American States...
Principal of Mount Alvernia High, Kayon Whyne (second left), and Centennial Committee Chairman, Marline Stephenson Dalley (left), accept a symbolic $1-million cheque from the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run in support of centennial projects at Mount Alvernia High, Mount Alvernia Preparatory, and Chetwood Primary. Sharing in the occasion are Chair Administrator of the MoBay City Run, Asley Anguine (third left); Principal of Mount Alvernia Preparatory, Theresia Cheriann; and Chairman of the MoBay City Run, Janet Silvera. In the background is Principal of Chetwood Primary, Garvin Atkinson. The handover ceremony was held at Mount Alvernia High on September 9.
Principal of Mount Alvernia High, Kayon Whyne (second left), and Centennial Committee Chairman, Marline Stephenson Dalley (left), accept a symbolic $1-million cheque from the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run in support of centennial projects at Mount Alvernia High, Mount Alvernia Preparatory, and Chetwood Primary. Sharing in the occasion are Chair Administrator of the MoBay City Run, Asley Anguine (third left); Principal of Mount Alvernia Preparatory, Theresia Cheriann; and Chairman of the MoBay City Run, Janet Silvera. In the background is Principal of Chetwood Primary, Garvin Atkinson. The handover ceremony was held at Mount Alvernia High on September 9.

Jill Stewart Mobay City Run Donates $1 Million To Three Schools
President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Metry Seaga (left), converses with from (second left) Executive Director of the PSOJ, Sacha Vaccianna-Riley; Deputy Managing Director, Jamaica National (JN) Bank, Gillian Hyde, and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), David Lowe. The interaction took place on the sidelines of the PSOJ & Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Empower JA Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Thursday (September 11).
President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Metry Seaga (left), converses with from (second left) Executive Director of the PSOJ, Sacha Vaccianna-Riley; Deputy Managing Director, Jamaica National (JN) Bank, Gillian Hyde, and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), David Lowe. The interaction took place on the sidelines of the PSOJ & Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Empower JA Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Thursday (September 11).

Financing for MSMEs Critical for National Growth
Divisional Commander for the St. James Police, Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels.
Divisional Commander for the St. James Police, Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels.

Residents Of St. James Encouraged to Continue to Partner with the Police
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), signs his Instrument of Appointment during his swearing-in ceremony at King
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), signs his Instrument of Appointment during his swearing-in ceremony at King's house on September 7, 2020. Guiding the process is Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen.

PM To Be Sworn in on September 16

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Survivor of the September 1, 1957 Kendal crash, Cynthia Desulme (left), speaks with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), following the unveiling of the monument in memory of the victims on September 11. With them is Daphne Innerarity.
Culture

Monument Unveiled at Kendal in Memory of Crash Victims

A monument commemorating the memory of the 187 people who perished in the Kendal Train Crash of 1957, in Manchester, was unveiled at the location on September 11, by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.  To be named a heritage site, which was developed at a cost of $7.9 million, it will house a memorial park...
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Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Wilson, displays the proclamation declaring ‘Jamaica’s 63rd anniversary of Independence Thanksgiving Day’ presented by Mayor of Englewood, Micheal Wildes (right), at the Community Baptist Church of Englewood, New Jersey on August 10. Sharing the moment is Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Anthony Anderson.
Foreign AffairsIndependence

Englewood Marks Jamaica’s 63rd Anniversary of Independence

The historic Community Baptist Church of Englewood, New Jersey radiated with black, green, and gold on August 10, as Mayor Michael Wildes officially proclaimed the day ‘Jamaica’s 63rd Anniversary of Independence Thanksgiving Day.’   The proclamation, delivered in the presence of Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, noted the “tremendous contributions, service, and friendship...
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, speaks with Jamaica
Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Anderson Meets With Kiwanis International President Elect Hope Markes (Photos Only)

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, speaks with Jamaica's newly elected Kiwanis International President and member of the Kiwanis Club of Hopewell, Hanover, Hope Markes, who recently stopped at the Embassy in Washington DC, during a break in her travel on official Kiwanis duties. Ms. Markes has made history as the first woman...
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Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager for Vector Control at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Sherine Huntley-Jones (left), converses with  Senior Research Scientist at the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, Johann Antoine, at the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) Pilot Project Workshop held on August 12 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
Health & Wellness

Jamaica Piloting Use of Sterile Insect Technique to Combat Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Jamaica is participating in an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) project to pilot the use of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) as a strategy to combat the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue and Zika.  Part of the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Integrated Vector Management (IVM) programme, the initiative involves releasing sterile male mosquitoes into the environment to...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a tractor to the National Irrigation Commission’s (NIC) Hounslow office in Watchwell, St. Elizabeth on Friday (Aug. 15). Looking on (from left) are the NIC’s Director of Engineering and Technical Services, Rohan Stewart; Permanent Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Chief Executive Officer at the NIC, Joseph Gyles.
AgricultureFisheriesMining

Agriculture Ministry Strengthens Tractor Services to St. Elizabeth Farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, has strengthened mechanisation support for farmers in St. Elizabeth with the provision of a new tractor to the National Irrigation Commission’s (NIC) Hounslow office in Watchwell.  Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, who officially handed over the machinery on Friday (Aug. 15), said the presentation of the tractor forms part of the Ministry’s ongoing...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the reopening of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation
Mining

Phased Reopening of Alpart In Last Quarter Of 2025

The phased  reopening of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) Alpart facility in Nain, St. Elizabeth, will commence in the last quarter of 2025.   Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, in making the disclosure, said that the Government has been working with the company towards the resumption of operations.  “In fact, they would have undertaken an...
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