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Chairman of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Danville Walker, addresses participants at the Caribbean Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on July 7. The conference, which will end on July 8, is being held under the theme ‘Civil Registration and Identity Protection: a development imperative’.
Chairman of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Danville Walker, addresses participants at the Caribbean Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on July 7. The conference, which will end on July 8, is being held under the theme ‘Civil Registration and Identity Protection: a development imperative’.

Chairman of RGD Calls for Single Database

Chairman of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Danville Walker, is urging State agencies with responsibility for protecting the identity of citizens to start working together to produce one database for Jamaicans. Speaking at the opening of the inaugural Caribbean Civil...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson (2nd left), observes workers in the GraceKennedy agro-processing plant in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, during a recent tour. At left is the Maintenance Supervisor at the plant, Dwayne Johnson.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson (2nd left), observes workers in the GraceKennedy agro-processing plant in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, during a recent tour. At left is the Maintenance Supervisor at the plant, Dwayne Johnson.

Gracekennedy Commended for Setting up Plant in Hounslow
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague

Big Investment in National Security
President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett. (FILE)
President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett. (FILE)

NWC Responding to Leaks Much Faster
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), looks on as Acting President of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation, Nelson ‘Chris’ Stokes (left), and Team Leader for the Shitamachi Bobsleigh Project, Junichi Hosogai (right), exchange copies of an agreement both parties signed for the provision of sleds for Jamaica’s male and female bobsleigh teams. Also looking on is Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano. The signing took place during a ceremony at the St. Andrew residence of Ambassador Nakano on Tuesday (July 5). Under the agreement, a group of Japanese manufacturers, Shitamachi Bobsleigh, are donating three new sleds to Jamaica’s male and female bobsleigh teams.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), looks on as Acting President of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation, Nelson ‘Chris’ Stokes (left), and Team Leader for the Shitamachi Bobsleigh Project, Junichi Hosogai (right), exchange copies of an agreement both parties signed for the provision of sleds for Jamaica’s male and female bobsleigh teams. Also looking on is Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano. The signing took place during a ceremony at the St. Andrew residence of Ambassador Nakano on Tuesday (July 5). Under the agreement, a group of Japanese manufacturers, Shitamachi Bobsleigh, are donating three new sleds to Jamaica’s male and female bobsleigh teams.

New Sleds for Bobsleigh Teams

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Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness (right), addresses the press, following the closing of the 37th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, on July 6. Looking on are (from left) Director of Communications at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Robert Morgan; and Permanent Secretary, at the OPM, Elaine Foster Allen.
Office of the Prime Minister

PHOTO: PM Hosts Press Conference in Guyana Following CARICOM Meeting

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness (right), addresses the press, following the closing of the 37th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, on July 6. Looking on are (from left) Director of Communications at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Robert Morgan; and Permanent Secretary, at the...
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Eighteen-year old Shackoyla Crooks of Godfrey Stewart High School in Westmoreland, receives a congratulatory hug from Chairman, NCMC, Dr. Pauline Mullings. Shackoyla was the top student at the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) Youth Academic Achievement Award ceremony held recently, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.
Education

High Achiever Urges Students to Shine where they are Placed

“It is not the school that you attend that makes you who you are but it is what you do with the available resources; that is what counts,” says 18-year-old Shackoyla Crooks of Godfrey Stewart High School in Westmoreland. Shackoyla is a testament of her own words as through her drive, commitment and determination, she attained 10 Caribbean Secondary Examination...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd left), shares light conversation with (from left) Deputy Manager of Jamaica-German Automotive School (JAGAS), Kevin Baxter; Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Curacao, Hon. Irene Dick; Education Consultant at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Carole Powell; and former United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director, Dr. Simon Clarke. The occasion was the opening ceremony of UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, on July 1.
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Education Key to Country’s Prosperity – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that education is the key to Jamaica’s social and economic prosperity and is a major priority of the Government. He said the administration “is doing everything” to ensure that the populace has full and complete access to learning. “Education is associated with better skills, higher productivity, and enhanced...
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Prime Minister the Most Honourable Andrew Holness addressing the 37th regular meeting of the conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown Guyana. The conference is being held from July 4-6.
Prime Minister

Jamaica Negotiating Joint Commission Agreement with T&T

Jamaica is negotiating a Joint Commission Agreement with Trinidad and Tobago with the objective of developing a mutually beneficial cooperation programme. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness as he addressed the opening ceremony of the 37th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which is being held in...
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