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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, makes his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 3.

Health Ministry Moves To Clear Backlog Of Elective Surgeries

An additional 1,000 surgeries will be conducted in the public health system over the next 10 months under a special initiative called ‘CODE CARE’. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the intervention is aimed...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, makes his contribution to the 2022/2023 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 4.

More Than $720 Million Invested In Technology And Improved Infrastructure In Justice Sector

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager (second left), engages member of the Wilson’s Run Community Development Committee, Kacia Brown (left), following the official handover of Starapple Lane and Common Road in Troy, Trelawny, on Tuesday, May 3. Looking on are Project Manager for the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dainty Ann Barrett-Smith; and General Manager for Finance and Procurement at JSIF, Orville Hill. Common Road and Starapple Lane were rehabilitated under a $106-million project implemented by JSIF.

Trelawny Farming Community Gets Improved Roads

Committee To Consider Granting Prescriptive Rights To Advanced Nursing Practitioners

Marketing Manager, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), Candace Ming (left) and Project and Business Development Manager, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dahlia Dwyer Hodelin (right), hand over recycling bins for plastic containers to Manager, Plantation Smokehouse, Leon Jones. Plantation Smokehouse is among entities that have joined the Tourism Recycling Partnership Initiative being implemented by the TPDCo and the RPJ. The establishment also received a recycling cage (not pictured) to store the plastic containers for pickup.

Entities Urged To Join Tourism Sector Recycling Partnership

4 years ago Finance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Ministry Paper On Sustainable Financing For Healthcare System To Be Unveiled

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is to unveil a Ministry Paper on sustainable financing for the healthcare system, in the coming months. “This is a follow-on to the Green Paper on a National Health Insurance Plan that was tabled in 2019, which was not pursued as desired due to the priorities of COVID-19,” Dr. Tufton...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

4 years ago TransportYouth

Government Provides Buses To Transport Portland Students

The Ministry of Education and Youth is providing four buses to assist students in Portland, particularly those attending Happy Grove High School, who are experiencing challenges as a result of the work under way on the Portland to St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, told JIS News that a decision...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (seated, left), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two Ministries, to establish restorative justice practices in the school system, at the Ministry of Education and Youth, in Kingston, on May 3. Observing (from left) are Director for Safety and Security in Schools, Richard Troupe; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Grace Ann Stewart McFarlane; Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, and Coordinator for the National Restorative Justice Programme, Andriene Lindsay.

4 years ago Justice

Ministries Sign Restorative Justice MOU

The Ministry of Education and Youth is partnering with the Ministry of Justice to use restorative justice practices in the school system. Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two Ministries, at the Ministry of Education and Youth, in Kingston, on May 3, Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said the system has been used...

4 years ago EducationHealth & WellnessYouth

School Nutrition Policy Coming

The Government will be implementing a school nutrition policy aimed at keeping children healthy by encouraging them to increase the consumption of vegetables and drinking more water as opposed to sugary beverages. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure in his 2022/23 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on May 3. “This...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (at lectern), addresses attendees at a ceremony to officially launch the Jamaica Systemic Risk Assessment Tool (J-SRAT) held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (May 3). Pictured at the head table (from left) are Director-General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; and Head, Political and Development Team, British High Commission, Oliver Blake.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWeather and Climate Change

Jamaica The First To Launch Climate Risk Analysis Tool

Jamaica now has the capacity to conduct more informed climate risk analyses to better guide the public sector’s decision-making regarding future infrastructural investments. This follows the official launch of the Jamaica Systemic Risk Assessment Tool (J-SRAT) by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, during a ceremony at The Jamaica...

The newly opened Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) Northern Regional Office, at Lot 60, Dairy Road, in Discovery Bay, St. Ann.

4 years ago National Security and Peace

New Firearms Bill To Improve Vetting Process – Minister

The application and issuing of firearm licences will be made easier under the new Firearms Bill, which has been tabled in Parliament, says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. Speaking at the official opening of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) Northern Regional Office at Lot 60, Dairy Road in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on...