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A voter demonstrating how to cast a ballot using the new paperless electronic ballot the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in California will be implementing in 2020.The system was introduced to journalists on Friday (November 2), who are part of the Foreign Press Center’s International Reporting Tour.
A voter demonstrating how to cast a ballot using the new paperless electronic ballot the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in California will be implementing in 2020.The system was introduced to journalists on Friday (November 2), who are part of the Foreign Press Center’s International Reporting Tour.

LA County Develops New Digital Voting System

The Los Angeles (LA) County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in California has created a new voting system, to be implemented in 2020, which could influence a change in how persons vote across the United States of America. The new system, which will...
Chair of the Friends of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Karla Hylton (second right, front row), leads the symbolic cutting of a cake as part of activities marking this year’s staging of the annual Dr. Leila Wynter Commemorative Conference. The event was held at the Hospital on Monday (November 5), under the theme ‘Disorders of Adolescence’. Others sharing the moment (from left, front row) are the Hospital’s Acting Departmental Manager, Denese Dacres Reeves; Acting Chief Executive Officer, Camile Wallen Panton; Ambulance Attendant, Everton Percell; patient, 11-year-old, Jayden-Kyle Coley; and Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson, and (back row, from left) Acting Director, Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health, Dr. Naydene Williams; and Bustamante Hospital’s Acting Manager, Patient Affairs, Jasmine Simmonds Henry.
Chair of the Friends of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Karla Hylton (second right, front row), leads the symbolic cutting of a cake as part of activities marking this year’s staging of the annual Dr. Leila Wynter Commemorative Conference. The event was held at the Hospital on Monday (November 5), under the theme ‘Disorders of Adolescence’. Others sharing the moment (from left, front row) are the Hospital’s Acting Departmental Manager, Denese Dacres Reeves; Acting Chief Executive Officer, Camile Wallen Panton; Ambulance Attendant, Everton Percell; patient, 11-year-old, Jayden-Kyle Coley; and Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson, and (back row, from left) Acting Director, Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health, Dr. Naydene Williams; and Bustamante Hospital’s Acting Manager, Patient Affairs, Jasmine Simmonds Henry.

Lady Allen Implores Jamaicans to Safeguard Nation’s Youth
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Clive Lai (left), greets Cervical Cancer Survivor, Juliet Davis, at a town hall meeting on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, at the Webster Memorial Church in Kingston, on October 31. At centre is Acting Director of the Health Ministry’s Family Health Unit, Dr. Melody Ennis.
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Clive Lai (left), greets Cervical Cancer Survivor, Juliet Davis, at a town hall meeting on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, at the Webster Memorial Church in Kingston, on October 31. At centre is Acting Director of the Health Ministry’s Family Health Unit, Dr. Melody Ennis.

Cancer Survivor Supports Health Ministry’s HPV Vaccine Drive
Staff members of the LA County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in Los Angeles, California, sorting Vote By Mail (VBM) ballots on Friday (November 2), which were submitted by voters ahead of the upcoming Mid-term Elections on November 6.
Staff members of the LA County Registrar-Recorder’s Office in Los Angeles, California, sorting Vote By Mail (VBM) ballots on Friday (November 2), which were submitted by voters ahead of the upcoming Mid-term Elections on November 6.

Thousands in California Use VBM System for Midterm Elections
Associate Vice President of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Technology at the CMU, Dr. Stephen Rhoden, told JIS News that the use of technology in undersea exploration can preserve and save marine life.
Associate Vice President of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Technology at the CMU, Dr. Stephen Rhoden, told JIS News that the use of technology in undersea exploration can preserve and save marine life.

CMU Supports Protection of the Marine Environment

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaks on the impending plastic ban at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ session. (PHOTO: Michael Sloely)
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

New Business Opportunities from Plastic Ban

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the ban on plastic will allow for the creation of new investment opportunities. The ban, which starts January 1, 2019, affects the importation, manufacture, distribution and use of single-use plastic carrier/shopping bags; expanded polystyrene foam, commonly referred to as styrofoam; and plastic drinking straws....
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Poison Control Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh.
Health & Wellness

Jamaican Decorative Paints Virtually Lead-Free

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CarPIN) is reporting that Jamaican decorative paints have been found to be virtually lead-free. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Poison Information Coordinator at CarPIN, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, said that this was one of the findings of a recent Lead in Paint Study that was conducted by CarPIN in collaboration with international non-governmental organisation (NGO)...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), addresses the launch of Youth Month 2018, at Victoria Pier, downtown Kingston, on (November 2).
EducationInformationYouth

Focus on Mental Health Issues for Youth Month

Two wellness fairs will be staged this November that will focus on mental issues affecting young people. Minster of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the fairs, which are part of activities for Youth Month, will be held in Hanover and St. Elizabeth, in partnership with a bipolar foundation. He said there...
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Director of the Learning Resources Development Department at the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Henry Gray addressing a JIS Think Tank on November 2.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTechnology

Geospatial Technology Programme to Start in January 2019

The HEART Trust/NTA, has partnered with the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, to develop a geospatial technology centred training programme, which will become available to the public in January 2019. This was disclosed by Director of the Learning Resources Development Department at the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Henry Gray, at a JIS Think Tank held on November 2. “We...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing participants at the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) annual youth forum held on November 2, at the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall, in Half Way Tree, St. Andrew.
EducationInformationYouth

Government Committed to Protecting Children

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says that the Government is committed to making it easier to treat with the abuse and protection of the nation’s children. According to the State Minister, deliberate efforts have been made to remove some of the bureaucracies that are in the system. One major step, he said,...
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Student of Cedric Titus High School
Youth

PHOTOS: JIS Heritage Tour 2018

                                     Cedric Titus High School, Trelawny [foogallery id="191805"]                                     Red Hills Primary, Clarendon [foogallery id="191878"]                      ...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents Chairman of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Dr. Kevin Goulbourne, with a copy of a Proclamation declaring November as Drug Awareness Month. The Governor-General read the Proclamation during a brief ceremony at King’s House on Thursday (November 1).
Governor General

PHOTOS: GG Reads Drug Awareness Month Proclamation

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents Chairman of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Dr. Kevin Goulbourne, with a copy of a Proclamation declaring November as Drug Awareness Month. The Governor-General read the Proclamation during a brief ceremony at King’s House on Thursday (November 1).
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