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State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alando Terrelonge, addresses the annual HUSH Children’s Symposium hosted by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Programme Coordination Division on May 17 at the IOJ’s downtown Kingston headquarters. The symposium targeted students and was staged under the theme ‘Charges, Chances, Changes’.
State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alando Terrelonge, addresses the annual HUSH Children’s Symposium hosted by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Programme Coordination Division on May 17 at the IOJ’s downtown Kingston headquarters. The symposium targeted students and was staged under the theme ‘Charges, Chances, Changes’.

Students Take Part in HUSH Symposium

Students from some primary, secondary and special needs schools across the island participated in the eighth annual HUSH Children’s Symposium, held at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) headquarters in downtown Kingston, on Thursday (May 17). The aim was to encourage...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness endorsed the Houses of Parliament Design Competition at the Launch held on Thursday, May 17 at the National Heroes Park.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness endorsed the Houses of Parliament Design Competition at the Launch held on Thursday, May 17 at the National Heroes Park.

Proposed New Parliament not a Waste of Money– PM Holness
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Elan Powell, who is Commander in charge of the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) in St. James, addresses stakeholders at a meeting held at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday (May 15).
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Elan Powell, who is Commander in charge of the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) in St. James, addresses stakeholders at a meeting held at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday (May 15).

State of Public Emergency Reaping Results for St. James
State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.
State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.

Overcrowding at Correctional Centres Being Addressed
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking at the launch of the second annual Nathan Ebanks Foundation Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair on Tuesday (May 15) at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Kingston. Looking on is Founder/President of the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Christine Staple-Ebanks.
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking at the launch of the second annual Nathan Ebanks Foundation Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair on Tuesday (May 15) at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Kingston. Looking on is Founder/President of the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Christine Staple-Ebanks.

Gov’t Allocates $50 Million for Wheelchair Ramps in Schools Project

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), engages with Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (right), and Executive Director of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Imega Breese McNab. Occasion was the launch of the
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Minister Shaw to Tackle Food Imports in Tourism Sector

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Ministry intends to tackle the issue of food imports in the tourism industry head-on. The majority of the island’s total food imports, about 60 per cent, are directed to the hotel, restaurant and institutional (HRI) sector. Mr. Shaw said it should not be the case that most of...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.
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Electronic Case-Management System for Dept. of Correction Services

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is to implement an electronic case-management system to replace the current paper-based one, to support effective offender management. “With the assistance of our international partner, the Organization of American States (OAS), an electronic case-management system was identified in Brazil, which can be replicated in Jamaica with minor adjustments,” State Minister in the Ministry of...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Councillor for the Grove Town Division, Iceval Brown, cut the ribbon to officially open the water shop in Marlie Hill, Manchester, on Monday, May 14.
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Water Shop Opens in Marlie Hill, Manchester

A water shop was opened in Marlie Hill, Manchester, on May 14, by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. “There is a need, and we are responding to that need,” the Minister said at the ceremony. Mr. McKenzie explained that the Ministry is utilising water shops as a way to immediately address the chronic water shortage...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), and Chairman, Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Senator Ransford Braham (right), unveil a commemorative board for the Houses of Parliament Design Competition, during the official launch of the competition at the National Heroes Park in downtown Kingston on Thursday (May 17). Also pictured are members of the competition’s Bipartisan Parliamentary Oversight Committee. They are (from left) Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda; and Member of Parliament for Southern Trelawny, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert. Registered Jamaican architects locally and in the diaspora have a chance to win up to $7 million in the competition.
Prime Minister

PM Launches Design Competition for New Parliament Building

Registered Jamaican architects locally and in the diaspora have the opportunity to win up to $7 million in the Houses of Parliament Design Competition. The competition was officially launched on Thursday (May 17), by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a ceremony at the National Heroes Park in downtown Kingston, where the new building is to be located....
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), parcipates in the breaking of ground for construction of a new Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on May 17. Others (from left) are Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald (left); Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi.
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UWI to Get New Confucius Institute

A new Confucius Institute, dedicated to promoting the learning of Chinese language (Mandarin) and culture among Jamaicans, is to be built at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, St. Andrew, within the next 12 months. The facility, to be constructed at a cost of US$5 million, will be situated at the former Personnel Office on the Mona campus....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Minister Andrew Holness (left), presents Patricia Eves-McKenzie with an award for Service to Education at the Prime Minister’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation ceremony held recently, at Jamaica House.
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‘Teaching is My First Love’ – PM Award Recipient

Retired Educator, Patricia Eves-McKenzie, is honoured to be a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for doing something that she loves. Proud of her long and distinguished career in education, moulding students from the primary to the tertiary levels, Mrs. Eves-McKenzie says that things might have turned out differently, as there was a time when she stepped away...
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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), observes a demonstration on the use of a new dental X-ray machine acquired by the Good Samaritan Inn drop-in centre at Geffrard Place in Kingston, with help from the CHASE Fund. The machine was handed over on May 16. Others (from left) are Patron of the Good Samaritan 5K Health Walk/Run, Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris; Manager of the Good Samaritan Inn, Vermont Murray; volunteer dentist at the centre, Dr. Yvonne Stultz and Chairman of the Good Samaritan Inn and President of the East Jamaica Conference (EJC) of Seventh-day Adventists, Dr. Eric Nathan.
Health & Wellness

CHASE Fund Helps Good Samaritan Inn to Purchase X-Ray Machine

The Culture, Health, Arts, Science and Education (CHASE) Fund has partnered with the Good Samaritan Inn drop-in centre for the homeless, to acquire an X-ray machine for the institution’s dental clinic. The state-of-the-art wall-mounted X-ray unit offers radiographic images with contrast and high definition. Some $350,000 was provided by the CHASE Fund, with other support from sponsors and participants in...
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