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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the 65th Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Falmouth, Trelawny, on February 26.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the 65th Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Falmouth, Trelawny, on February 26.

PM Wants Faster Take-Up Of Former Sugar Lands

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling for faster take-up of former sugar lands for the planting of alternative crops. Mr. Holness, who was delivering the keynote address at the 65th staging of the Hague agricultural and industrial...
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), observes as Founder and Executive Chairman of the Guardsman Group of Companies, Kenneth Benjamin (second left), presents a cheque to Director of local charity, Kind Hearts Foundation, Christina Hudson (second right), at a ceremony on Tuesday (February 25), at the company on Old Hope Road in Kingston. At right is a member of Kind Hearts Foundation, Amanda Lechler.
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), observes as Founder and Executive Chairman of the Guardsman Group of Companies, Kenneth Benjamin (second left), presents a cheque to Director of local charity, Kind Hearts Foundation, Christina Hudson (second right), at a ceremony on Tuesday (February 25), at the company on Old Hope Road in Kingston. At right is a member of Kind Hearts Foundation, Amanda Lechler.

Health Minister Says ‘Wellness At Work’ Manual Will Be Out Soon
Senior Director of Business Partner and Support Services at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Licia Grant, adresses a sensitisation session for SEZ developers and operators in western Jamaica at the S Hotel in Montego Bay St. James on February 21.
Senior Director of Business Partner and Support Services at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Licia Grant, adresses a sensitisation session for SEZ developers and operators in western Jamaica at the S Hotel in Montego Bay St. James on February 21.

JSEZA Implementing Innovative Strategies
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks with grade-six students at Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, ahead of the sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test this morning (February 25). Looking on in the background are Director for Region 6, Barrington Richardson (left), and Principal of the school, Dameon Hinds.
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks with grade-six students at Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, ahead of the sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test this morning (February 25). Looking on in the background are Director for Region 6, Barrington Richardson (left), and Principal of the school, Dameon Hinds.

Country Better Prepared For PEP – Minister Samuda
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right) signs a document renewing the Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, during a ceremony held at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry, on Tuesday (February 25). Also participating (from left) are National Coordinator for the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarin; Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández; and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right) signs a document renewing the Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, during a ceremony held at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry, on Tuesday (February 25). Also participating (from left) are National Coordinator for the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarin; Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández; and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.

30 Additional Cuban Medical Professionals Arrive February 27

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Director General for the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), responds to questions from journalists during Tuesday’s (February 25) quarterly media briefing at the agency’s head office in New Kingston. Others (from left) are Senior Director for the PIOJ’s Economic Planning, Research and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart; and Programme Director for the Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat at the PIOJ, Peisha Bryan.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

PIOJ Reports 0.1 Per Cent Growth For Fourth Quarter

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting estimated fourth quarter calendar year growth of 0.1 per cent, between October and December 2019, relative to the corresponding period in 2018. This, consequent on estimated growth of 1.8 per cent in the services industry, despite a 3.8 per cent contraction in the goods producing industry, Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, has...
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Passengers disembark the Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship on Monday (February 24) at the Port Royal Cruise Port in Kingston.
TourismTransport

Marella Discovery 2 Makes Second Call To Port Royal

The Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship made its second call to Port Royal on Monday (February 24), carrying some 1,800 visitors to Kingston. The cruise ship created history on January 20, when it was the first to dock at the newly opened cruise port constructed by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ). The passengers, on disembarking, were welcomed with cultural...
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Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner.
Justice

Organisations Urged To Request Services Of Mobile Justice Units

Churches, community groups and other organisations are being encouraged to request the services of the Legal Aid Council (LAC) Mobile Justice Units. Persons can reserve the units by accessing, completing and submitting requisition forms available at the LAC’s website at legalaidcouncil.moj.gov.jm. Executive Director of the LAC in the Ministry of Justice, Hugh Faulkner, said that on the form, applicants are...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, lays flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 136th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Monday (February 24).
Culture

PHOTOS: Flowers For Sir Alexander Bustamante

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, lays flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 136th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Monday (February 24).
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), and Defence Attaché at the United States Embassy, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ramsay, examine the controls of the CASE Front-End Scoop Loader donated to the Ministry by the United States Embassy. The heavy-duty equipment and a Bobcat Skid Loader were handed over on February 24, at the Ministry, in Kingston.
Foreign AffairsLocal Government

Government Gets Disaster Response Equipment From US

The Government has received a donation of heavy-duty equipment from the United States (US) Embassy in Kingston, and the Department of Defence, US Southern Command, to boost local disaster relief capacity. The presentation was made at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in Kingston on Monday (February 24), with portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie and other Ministry officials...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a dengue response team regional meeting at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Resort in Hanover on February 19.
Local Government

Jamaicans Urged To Take Disaster Preparedness Seriously

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is imploring Jamaicans to take the matter of disaster preparedness seriously, as to do otherwise could put lives at risk. The Minister, who was addressing a recent dengue-prevention and disaster preparedness meeting at the Ruseas High School in Hanover, said that while Jamaica is fortunate to not have suffered a...
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