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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the launch of the Cost of Care and Data Mapping Project Report at the University of the West Indies (UWI) regional headquarters in Mona, St. Andrew, on Wednesday, December 6. The document was prepared by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona GeoInformatics Institute, JN Foundation; and UWI.

Report Highlights Significant Costs of Trauma Care

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has welcomed a report that highlights the significant costs associated with treating trauma-related cases in the public health system. The Cost of Care report, which was launched on Wednesday (December 6) at the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses a symposium to launch the National Strategic Action Plan to eliminate gender-based violence at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on December 6.

10-Year Action Plan to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence Launched

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (background, centre), and Local Government and Community Development Minister, the Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right, back row), share a photo opportunity with the recently installed Junior Mayors during a courtesy call at Jamaica House on December 6.

PM Urges Junior Mayors to Help Push Local Government

Director of the Projects Unit, Transport and Mining Ministry, Tanya Bedward (left), listens as President of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Deidrick, addresses the Aviation Seminar at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on December 6.

Government to Review National Transport Policy

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness delivered a statement in Parliament on Wednesday (December 6) in which he expressed regret for the pain and loss which occurred during the 2010 West Kingston Operation.

Gov’t Apologises for 2010 West Kingston Operation

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

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DART Returns from Dominica

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), which was deployed to Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, has returned to the island, having assisted with rebuilding operations in that country. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 5). The team was...

Project Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, addresses a town hall meeting at Emancipation Park in New Kingston on Tuesday (December 5). This is the first in a series of islandwide meetings on NIDS, which is being established to provide a comprehensive and secure structure to enable the capture and storage of identity information for all Jamaicans.

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Work Advanced on National Identification System

The civil and identification database being established under the National Identification System (NIDS) is now 90 per cent complete. This was disclosed by Project Director for NIDS, Warren Vernon, who noted that work is advanced “in terms of defining all of the features and the requirements in order to deliver the system”. He was speaking at a town hall meeting...

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

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Use Advocacy to Bring About Change – Mrs. Holness

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is encouraging more Jamaicans to employ the strategy of advocacy in order to influence the decision makers and achieve change in the society. “We are the current leaders and shapers of our own destiny. We are no longer fighting a slave master or the colonial power, and...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, signs the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Gender Equality Seal during the official launch on December 5 at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The programme aims to address gender gaps in the workplace and create equitable conditions for both men and women. Others (from left) are Deputy Resident Representative for the UNDP, Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune and UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Bruno Pouezat.

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More Action to Promote Gender Equality in the Workplace

The Government continues work to ensure gender equality through the launch of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Gender Equality Seal certification programme, which aims to address gaps in the workplace and create equitable conditions for both men and women. The official launch of the programme took place on December 5 at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Local implementation...

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Ian Boyne Out of ICU and Recovering Well

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne, is now out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University Hospital of the West Indies and is recuperating well in the Tony Thwaites Wing. He was rushed to the hospital on Saturday, December 2, after falling ill. “I am deeply touched by the outpouring of love...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes a point as he addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 5). At left is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw.

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CARICOM Report to Be Tabled in The House in January

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the final report from the CARICOM Review Commission will be brought to Parliament in January 2018. “The CARICOM Report is still before Cabinet, and it will be addressed as one of the first reports early next year. In fact, I want to take it in the second sitting of Parliament next year,”...

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Teach Children to become Environmental Ambassadors

A call has been made for children to be cultured into becoming environmental ambassadors as one means of addressing climate change. Principal Director for Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson, said students can play a key role as stewards of the environment by keeping their space clean, recycling plastics and planting trees. “We, as parents,...