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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses stakeholders at a special meeting at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in Falmouth on Thursday (December 17).

Health Ministry Working to Cauterize Potential Surge in COVID-19 Cases

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says there is an aggressive push by the Ministry to stave off a potential surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the New Year. “We are concerned that going into the...

Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, speaking at recent JIS Think Tank.

Consumers Urged to Shop Around for Best Food Prices

Head of the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank. Beside her is Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Senior Superintendent of Police, Gary McKenzie.

Motorists Urged to be Extra Vigilant

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), leads a team of health workers through the town of Falmouth, Trelawny, on Thursday (December 17), as part of the ‘Mask Up Before You Talk Up’ coronavirus (COVID-19) sensitisation campaign.

Dr. Tufton Takes ‘Mask Up’ Campaign to Falmouth

Plastics Third Highest Category Of Waste

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Westmoreland Health Department to Conduct Screening for COVID-19 on November 30

The Westmoreland Health Department will continue its strategic coronavirus (COVID-19) intervention activities on Monday (November 30), with surveillance and testing in Grange Hill to curtail the spread of the virus. The free COVID-19 screening exercise will be held at Gordon Hall, located on the Holy Trinity Anglican Church grounds between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Speaking in an interview with...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) interacts with grade five students at the Bryce Primary School (from left) Shyler Baker and Veniece Dixon after they received tablets donated by the Sandals Foundation during a ceremony held at the Bryce United Church on November 27.

5 years ago Education

Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited Donates Tablets to Bryce Primary School

Some 12 tablets were handed over to Bryce Primary School, to assist needy students to continue their studies online, while schools remain closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The tablets were donated by Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited, through its Foundation, as part of their 30th-anniversary celebration. The devices were donated in response to the government’s call...

HIV/AIDS Officer at the United Nations Population Fund Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Dr. Denise Chevannes. (FIle Photo)

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Focus on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention – Dr. Chevannes

HIV/AIDS Officer at the United Nations Population Fund Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Dr. Denise Chevannes, is urging stakeholders to focus on adolescent pregnancy prevention, as one of the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. She noted that COVID-19 has exacerbated the problem of adolescent pregnancy and has left more girls susceptible to teenage pregnancy. Dr. Chevannes informed...

Member of Parliament for North East Manchester and Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) along with Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (background right) join students from Christiana Leased Primary School and other stakeholders in displaying devices they received under the Tablets in Schools programme, during a presentation ceremony held at the school on Friday (Nov. 27). Also sharing in the occasion (from second left, front row) are Chairman of the Board, Christiana Leased Primary School, Derrick Sinclair; grade five students, Silandre Pusey and Julianna Maragh and Education Officer for Region Five, Dr. Nadine Leachman. In the background is Principal, Christiana Leased Primary School, Aldayne Porter.

5 years ago Education

Tablets Handed Over to Christiana Leased Primary School

Some 16 tablet computers were handed over to the Christiana Leased Primary School, by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information, as the Government continues the distribution of devices under the Tablets in Schools programme. The Government, through e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam), began the distribution of 40,000 tablets to students on the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) on...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. (File Photo)

5 years ago CultureGender Affairs

Youth Encouraged not to Surrender to Social Pressure

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Alando Terrelonge is urging young people not to surrender to social pressure to become parents early, or to have children by a certain age, to fit in with society’s expectations. Instead, he is encouraging them to empower themselves and to ensure that they wait until they...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

5 years ago Climate Change

Youth Urged to Help Find Solutions to Climate Change

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment, and Climate Change on November 27, hosted a virtual session of the Youth Environmental Advocacy Programme (YEAP), under the theme ‘Build Back Better: Ecological Resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction.’ The forum facilitated discussions with Portfolio Minister, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. with students from Ardenne High School, Camperdown High School, Mona High School,...

5 years ago Climate Change

The UWI, CDB and EU partners launch landmark State of the Caribbean Climate Report

Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Friday, November 27, 2020— A report which provides critical analysis and discussion on Caribbean climate, variability and trends, and projections was released by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) on Monday, November 23, 2020. The Report was produced with grant funding from the ACP-EU-CDB Natural Disaster Risk Management in CARIFORUM Countries programme (NDRM), which is...