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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

St. Elizabeth’s Contribution to Food Chain Highlighted

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says the magnitude of St. Elizabeth’s contribution to the national food chain makes the parish a critical player in Jamaica’s economic development. Speaking at the...
Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, is congratulated by retired Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, following his swearing in at King
Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, is congratulated by retired Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, following his swearing in at King's House in March.

Sykes Praises Former Chief Justices
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (third right, front row); and President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Howard Mitchell (third left, front row), with the winners at the PSOJ 2018 Public Bodies Corporate Governance Awards held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on December 12.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (third right, front row); and President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Howard Mitchell (third left, front row), with the winners at the PSOJ 2018 Public Bodies Corporate Governance Awards held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on December 12.

Board Evaluations for Public Bodies
Director of Child Labour in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Sacha Deer Gordon, addressing a recent labour forum at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew.
Director of Child Labour in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Sacha Deer Gordon, addressing a recent labour forum at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew.

Gov’t Implementing Community-Level Programme to Curtail Child Labour
Head of the Health Promotion and Protection Branch in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence (second right), addressing a press conference held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (December 12). Listening is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.
Head of the Health Promotion and Protection Branch in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence (second right), addressing a press conference held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (December 12). Listening is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

Health Ministry Doubles Vector Control Programme Communuty Visits

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), responds to questions during MoneyMasters Limited’s Breakfast Meeting at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa in St. Andrew on Thursday (December 13). Listening (from left) are MoneyMasters Limited President, Claudette Crooks, and Director, Dennis Hickey.
Tourism

6,000 Additional Hotel Rooms to be Built

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says ground is slated to be broken in January to commence the construction of 6,000 additional hotel rooms. He said expansion of Jamaica’s hotel room stock will serve to further boost the economy by providing opportunities for local stakeholders, such as manufacturers, whom he encouraged to prepare to supply the anticipated heightened demand for furniture,...
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Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, addresses the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy of Law
Justice

CCJ Critical Aspect of Regional Integration Movement

Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is a critical component in the regional integration movement and the functioning of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The court is the final authority on disputes concerning the interpretation and application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, which established the CSME. Mrs. Malahoo Forte was...
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Participants at the second workshop on ‘Targeted Public Policies for the Prevention and Reduction of Intentional Homicide’, held at the Directorate of Training and Doctrine at the Jamaica Defence Force in Kingston, on December 13. The project was designed and is being implemented by the Department of Public Security of the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretariat for Multi-dimensional Security. Beneficiary countries include Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The participants included public servants representing different State institutions of prevention, police and justice that are directly involved in the prevention and reduction of intentional homicides in their respective countries.
National Security

Workshop on Policies to Prevent and Reduce Homicide

The continued strengthening of regional institutional capacities for the design, implementation and monitoring of public policies geared towards reduction of intentional homicides is critical. This was emphasised by Acting Chief Technical Director, Research, Rehabilitation and Diversion Policy Division, Ministry of National Security, Shauna Trowers, at the second workshop on ‘Targeted Public Policies for the Prevention and Reduction of International Homicide’,...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Christopher Tufton (centre), responds to a question during a press conference held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (December 12). He is flanked by Permanent Secretary, Dunstan Bryan; and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Assures No Dengue Outbreak

The Ministry of Health is assuring that there is no outbreak of dengue fever in Jamaica and continues to implore persons to destroy breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the disease. “The first line of defence is to control or attempt to control your own environment as it relates to (mosquito) breeding sites,” said portfolio Minister, Dr....
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), is presented with a copy of ‘My Political Journey’, by author, former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, at the launch of the publication, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (December 12).
Community

Former Prime Minister’s Book Launched

Hundreds of persons from a wide cross section of the society turned out at The Jamaica Pegasus in New Kingston for Wednesday’s (December 12) launch of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson’s latest publication, ‘My Political Journey’. Their Excellences, the Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, headed the dignitaries and other guests witnessing the...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second left), and Area Administrator of Sisters of Mercy, Sister Susan Frazer (left), unveil the sign for the Alpha Mercy Historical Centre project, at the launch held on Wednesday (December 12), at the Alpha Campus in Kingston. Sharing the moment are (from third left) Board Chairperson, Alpha Mercy Historical Centre, Ambassador Aloun N’Dombet-Assamba; Director of the outreach ministry, Sister of Mercy Association, Sister Theresa Lowe-Ching; Member of Parliament, Kingston Central, Ronald Thwaites; and Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, His Worship Delroy Williams.
Tourism

Tourism Ministry to Provide $100 Million Towards Alpha Campus Redevelopment

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says a sum of $100 million will be provided towards the redevelopment of the 40-acre Alpha Campus in Kingston. The money, to come from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), will be disbursed over a five-year period. “We have agreed that it will be provided in tranches of $20 million over the five-year cycle that...
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Acting Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (right), addresses a press conference held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (December 12). Also pictured is portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Health & Wellness

Flu Vaccine Available to High-Risk Groups

Acting Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, has informed that the flu vaccine is now available to high-risk groups, including children, the elderly and persons with immuno-compromised conditions such as cancer and diabetes. “These are the persons that we try to protect, because they are the most vulnerable to the influenza virus and so, therefore,...
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