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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5).

Law To Be Amended To Facilitate Effective Movement Of Agricultural Produce

Legislation is to be amended to facilitate the effective regulation of trade and movement of agricultural produce. With this amendment, the Agricultural Produce Act is to be strengthened and modernised to achieve this objective. Minister of Education, Youth and Information,...

Cabinet Approves Contracts For Consulting, Construction And Auditing Services

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, highlights a point while addressing a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing, on Thursday (January 6).

Vaccines For Children 12 And Under Not Available

Health Minister Again Pleads With Jamaicans To Get Vaccinated

Some of the 5,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) home test kits donated to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The self-test kits are intended for use in primary schools where there are many younger children for whom vaccination against COVID-19 is not yet approved. The handover took place at the Education Ministry in Kingston on Thursday (January 6).

PHOTOS: Education Ministry Gets 5,000 self-test Kits From Health Ministry

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5). (FILE)

4 years ago CabinetFinance & Public ServiceHousingTechnology

Tablets Being Procured For 2022 Population And Housing Census

A total of 7,525 tablets are being procured for use in conducting the 2022 Population and Housing Census. This is the first time the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) will be using tablets to carry out this exercise. Making the announcement during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5), Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams,...

4 years ago Finance & Public Service

DBJ Issues Call for Proposals for two SME Fund Managers

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has issued a Call for Proposals (CFP) for two qualified applicants to manage funds available for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) under the SERVE Programme. The CFP, which closes on January 12, 2022, will recruit managers for SME Funds that will provide risk capital financing to local businesses with high growth potential, many of...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a recent meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation.

4 years ago HousingLocal Government

Six Additional Social Housing Solutions For Westmoreland

Westmoreland will be given an additional six social housing solutions to benefit the less fortunate in the parish. This was noted by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at a recent meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation. These will be in addition to a house being constructed for a family in the Sheffield division in the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

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Families Must Protect Most Vulnerable Members From Covid – PM

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness is calling on families to take responsibility for protecting the most vulnerable in their households from the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking at the National Day of Prayer event held at the Power of Faith Ministries in St. Catherine on January 5, Mr. Holness noted that previously, the Government kept children at home as a...

4 years ago CabinetHousing

Selected NHT Contributors To Benefit From Housing Solutions In St. James

Selected contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) are to benefit from the allocation of 178 housing solutions at the Estuary, Phase 2, Housing Development, in St. James. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the promulgation of an NHT Special Benefit Order, effective July 30, 2021, to facilitate the allocation. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the...

Grade One Teacher at Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, Ms. Sonia Wilks (right), listens as one of her students reads a book at a recent ceremony.

4 years ago CoronavirusCOVID-19 VaccinationEducationHealth & WellnessInformationYouth

Education Minister Encourages Parents And Students To Get Vaccinated

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, continues to encourage parents and students to get vaccinated, in light of the resumption of face-to-face classes. During a recent visit to the Rock Hall Primary School, in St. Andrew, Minister Williams pointed out that the vaccination rate for high schools across the island is only at 32 per cent. “So,...

4 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Gov’t Bolstering Capacity To Secure Borders

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is bolstering its capacity to control the country’s territorial waters in order to curtail the entry of illegal firearms. The Prime Minister was addressing the National Day of Prayer event held at the Power of Faith Ministries in Portmore, St. Catherine on January 5, where he decried the recent spate...