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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

Wards Affected By Fire to Receive Ongoing Support

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says ongoing support will be provided for families and children who have been affected by the fire that destroyed the Walker’s Place of Safety in Kingston on January 16....
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Right). Also pictured are Hon. Robert Montague (centre), Minister of National Security and Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade. File Photo
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Right). Also pictured are Hon. Robert Montague (centre), Minister of National Security and Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade. File Photo

PM Holness Announces State of Public Emergency in St. James
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, examines sports memorabilia donated for the National Sports Museum. Occasion was the opening of a two-day textile conservation, preservation and exhibition workshop, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on January 17. Looking on (from left) are Director of Sports Monitoring and Development in the Ministry, Florette Blackwood; Canadian Sports Museum Consultant, Janice Smith; Conservation Officer, National Museum Jamaica, Colleen Nattie; and Director of the National Museum Jamaica, Dr. Jonathan Greenland.
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, examines sports memorabilia donated for the National Sports Museum. Occasion was the opening of a two-day textile conservation, preservation and exhibition workshop, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on January 17. Looking on (from left) are Director of Sports Monitoring and Development in the Ministry, Florette Blackwood; Canadian Sports Museum Consultant, Janice Smith; Conservation Officer, National Museum Jamaica, Colleen Nattie; and Director of the National Museum Jamaica, Dr. Jonathan Greenland.

Preservation of Culture and Heritage Vital – Minister Grange
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left) and his wife, Juliet (fourth left), with executives of Fontana Pharmacy in Mandeville (from left), Ann Chang; Founder, Bobby Chang (second left); Kevin Chang; and Ray Thierren, at the launch of Fontana Pharmacy
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left) and his wife, Juliet (fourth left), with executives of Fontana Pharmacy in Mandeville (from left), Ann Chang; Founder, Bobby Chang (second left); Kevin Chang; and Ray Thierren, at the launch of Fontana Pharmacy's 50th anniversary celebrations on January 17. Mr. Holness was the keynote speaker.

Gov’t to Take Strong Action Against Criminals
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking to St. Ann business interests as well as medical practitioners at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, St. Ann, on October 6.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking to St. Ann business interests as well as medical practitioners at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, St. Ann, on October 6.

Government Will Be Resolute and Firm on Crime

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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Omar Sweeney. (FILE)
Office of the Prime Minister

JSIF Urges Increased Partnership with Service Clubs

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, is encouraging more service clubs to support community development projects such as those being implemented by the agency. He said their input in this regard is important to JSIF’s work, noting that “everything that we have done has come through partnerships”. “Those partnerships include government agencies and ministries, the private sector,...
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National Mathematics Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, addresses a press briefing at The Mico University College in Kingston on Wednesday, January 17.
Education

Education Ministry Looking to Offer More Science Scholarships

National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, says discussions are under way towards increasing the number of scholarships offered to student-teachers who are pursuing science majors at the tertiary level. She said the move is aimed at boosting student achievement in the science subjects, particularly chemistry and physics. She pointed out that with the improved performance in mathematics, the Ministry of...
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DevelopmentSport

Virtual Sports Museum for 2018/19

The Virtual Sports Museum, which will trace and showcase Jamaica’s performance in sports, is scheduled to be developed during the 2018/19 fiscal year, which begins on April 1. Creation of the virtual museum is one of the legacy projects for Jamaica’s 55th year of Independence that were announced by the Government last year. Senior Director of Sports Development and Monitoring...
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A close look is being taken at a replica of the 2012 London Olympics torch by the Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (second left); Florette Blackwood, Senior Director, Sport Development and Monitoring Division in the Ministry; Janice Smith, National Sport Museum Consultant; Colleen Nattie, Conservation Officer, National Museum Jamaica and Dr Johnathon Greenland, Curator, National Museum Jamaica (left to right). The torch along with other donated items for the National Sport Museum was on display at the Textile Conservation, Preservation and Exhibition Workshop today (Wednesday) at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.
Sport

Ministry Prepares for National Sport Museum with Textile Conservation and Preservation Workshop

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport says the Ministry’s two-day workshop on Textile Conservation and Preservation which opened today at the Knutsford Court Hotel is part of the preparations for the establishment of the National Sport Museum. Minister Grange told the workshop participants drawn from museums in Jamaica and the Edna Manley College of the...
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Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Appoints New High Commissioner to Nigeria

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, announces the appointment of Mr. Harold Malcolm, JP as High Commissioner Designate to Nigeria. Mr. Malcolm, who will assume duty in February, is a trained lawyer having graduated with First Class Honours from the Norman Manley Law School in 2008. As a Chevening Scholar, he attended the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a meeting with trade union leaders representing public sector workers at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston on January 17.
Office of the Prime Minister

Creative Solutions Can Be Brought into the Mix – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he appreciates and acknowledges the sacrifice public sector workers have made and is asking for consideration and understanding. The Prime Minister called a special meeting this morning (January 17) with union representatives to discuss the ongoing wage negotiations. The meeting was held at the Banquet Hall, Jamaica House. Mr Holness said the meeting is in...
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Gender Affairs

Jamaica to Host Inter-Parliamentary Workshop on Gender Equality

Strategies to remedy gender inequality and engage men as partners in tackling gender-based discrimination in the region are among the issues to be discussed at an Inter-Parliamentary Workshop on Gender Equality to be held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on January 24 and 25. The event, to be held under the theme, ‘Partnerships to Transform Gender Relations’, is a collaborative...
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