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Regional Dietitian for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Rosalee Brown.
Regional Dietitian for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Rosalee Brown.

How to Have A Merry, Healthy Holiday Season

Maintaining a healthy diet during the Christmas season is a challenge for many persons, including those with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) who want to partake in the festivities without compromising their health. Speaking with JIS News, Regional Dietitian for the Western...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), greets Sales Associate, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), Monique Thorpe, during an appreciation ceremony for the NMIA team on Tuesday (December 20) at the NMIA in Kingston.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), greets Sales Associate, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), Monique Thorpe, during an appreciation ceremony for the NMIA team on Tuesday (December 20) at the NMIA in Kingston.

More Than 1.4 Million Visitors Expected for Winter Season
Pauline Forbes (seated) is all smiles as she sits in the new wheelchair she received from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) and Food For the Poor Jamaica, today (December 20). Surrounding her are (from left) RGD Parish Officer for Kingston, Tamar Blake; Geriatric Nurse, Georgia Currie-Taylor; her husband, Hubert Forbes; Chief Executive Officer of the RGD, Charlton McFarlane and Marketing and Planning Manager at the RGD, Nicole Whyte.
Pauline Forbes (seated) is all smiles as she sits in the new wheelchair she received from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) and Food For the Poor Jamaica, today (December 20). Surrounding her are (from left) RGD Parish Officer for Kingston, Tamar Blake; Geriatric Nurse, Georgia Currie-Taylor; her husband, Hubert Forbes; Chief Executive Officer of the RGD, Charlton McFarlane and Marketing and Planning Manager at the RGD, Nicole Whyte.

80-Year-Old Receives New Wheelchair from RGD and Food for the Poor
General Manager, Strategic Services Division, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Christopher Brown.
General Manager, Strategic Services Division, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Christopher Brown.

DBJ Extends Ignite IV Application Deadline
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), offers words of encouragement to 16-year-old Ne-Sean Blair, while his mother, Kedine Wilson-Blair, looks on. The Prime Minister visited the family home in Manchester on Monday (December 19). Sixteen-year-old Ne-Sean is a victim of gun violence, which has left him paralysed since March 30, 2021. Ne-Sean was purchasing a drink at a shop in his community when he was hit by a stray bullet.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), offers words of encouragement to 16-year-old Ne-Sean Blair, while his mother, Kedine Wilson-Blair, looks on. The Prime Minister visited the family home in Manchester on Monday (December 19). Sixteen-year-old Ne-Sean is a victim of gun violence, which has left him paralysed since March 30, 2021. Ne-Sean was purchasing a drink at a shop in his community when he was hit by a stray bullet.

PHOTO: PM Visits 16-Year-Old Paralysed By Stray Bullet

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EducationYouth

Education Ministry Accepting Applications for 2023 National Youth Parliament Cohort

The Ministry of Education and Youth is now accepting applications for the 2023 cohort of the National Youth Parliament of Jamaica (NYPJ). The NYPJ, which is open to young Jamaicans 15 to 29 years, is structured to provide an opportunity for youth to deepen their understanding of parliamentary democracy while developing skills in research, policy formulation, analysis, advocacy, public speaking,...
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Agricultural Assistant at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Kingston and St. Andrew, Mark Harvey (left) and Acting Parish Manager, Kingston and St. Andrew RADA, Errard Stephenson (right), present locally grown food to the Maxfield Park Children’s Home on Tuesday (December 20). Accepting the donation are (from left) Maxfield Park Children’s Home’s Assistant Manager, Nellisa Asphall; Manager, Renae Tuckett-Palmer and Child Care Coordinator, Richard Lawrence.
Agriculture

Farmers Donate Locally Grown Food to Maxfield Park Children’s Home

Creative meals from locally grown ground provisions, vegetables and fruit are sure to be served at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston this Christmas for its approximately 80 residents. On Tuesday (December 20), farmers’ groups within the Kingston and St. Andrew branch of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) presented the facility with an abundance of produce, fresh from...
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Sisters, Jacinth (left) and Carla Johnson (right) show off the keys to their new homes in Seville Heights, St Ann, that were officially handed over to them by Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, on Monday (December 19), under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).
Housing

Sisters in St. Ann Receive Houses to Make Way for Garvey’s Museum

Sisters, Jacinth and Carla Johnson were overcome with emotion when they received the keys to their new houses in Seville Heights, St. Ann, from Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, just in time for Christmas. Mr. Holness officially handed over the two-bedroom units to the sisters, following a ceremony on Monday, December 19. The houses, each constructed at a...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness.
National SecurityPrime Minister

Gov’t Offering Rewards for Information on Crimes Being Planned During Christmas

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced a $50 million incentive fund to offer rewards for information leading to the arrest of persons planning organised crime and gang violence, particularly over the Christmas holiday season. Speaking during a ceremony on Monday (December 19) to handover two units in Seville Heights, St. Ann, under the New Social Housing Programme...
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Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles (right, foreground), delivers a monetary policy statement during a recent meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, at Gordon House. With him are Senior Deputy Governor, Dr. Wayne Robinson (left, foreground), and (from left, background) Deputy Governors, Dr. Jide Lewis and Robert Stennett.
Finance & Public Service

BOJ Using Three-Pronged Approach to Address High Domestic Inflation

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has continued to use a three-pronged approach to address high domestic inflation, since October 2021. This was disclosed by Governor, Richard Byles, while delivering a monetary policy statement during a recent meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, at Gordon House. These include gradual increases in the Bank’s policy interest rate...
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