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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett during the opening ceremony of the meeting of Haitian Stakeholders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston on Sunday, June 11.

CARICOM Committed to Sustainable Solutions for the People of Haiti – PM Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has given the commitment of Jamaica and the wider region to finding satisfactory and sustainable solutions for the people of the Republic of Haiti. He was speaking during the opening ceremony of the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), presents the winner’s trophy to Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2021, Dominic Reid, following her coronation at the Little Theatre in Kingston on Sunday (August 1). Ms. Reid, a dental surgeon who represented Manchester, is the daughter of 1991 Festival Queen, Karlene Kelly-Reid. At left is first runner-up in this year’s competition, Miss Westmoreland, Nakinskie Robinson. The Festival Queen competition, which forms part of the Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence celebrations, is organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).

PHOTOS: Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2021 Coronation

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (right); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams (2nd right); and Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (2nd left), join other congregants in singing a hymn during an Independence Church Service at Maldon Baptist Church in St. James on Sunday (August 1).

Jamaicans Encouraged to Stand United Against Crime and Violence

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Preparations Underway for Jamaica 60

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for Southwest St. Elizabeth, Hon. Floyd Green, assists in packaging meals for delivery to elderly persons and shut-ins in Middle Quarters recently, under an initiative organised by the Middle Quarters Community Development Committee (CDC). Serving the soup is Secretary of the CDC, Natasha Williams.

Middle Quarters CDC Treats Elderly, Shut-Ins

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), presents a tablet to Aaron Shields (left) of the Grants Pen Primary and Infant School in St. Thomas, while summer school programme organiser, 16-year old Jaheim Brown, looks on. Occasion was a fun day activity organised by Jaheim at Hope Botanical Gardens in St. Andrew on July 31, to close out the annual summer programme, which he organises for young children in his Yallahs community.

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Summer School Programme Going Well – Minister Williams

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that the first staging of the National Summer School Programme is going well. “We are pleased with summer school…our tutors took to it and our students as well and summer school is (doing) what it (is) intended to do, especially with the (face- to-face component), in terms of finding some of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while addressing journalists at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Friday (July 30), where he welcomed the arrival of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines from the United Kingdom (UK). Others (from left) are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; UK High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad; and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

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Vaccines Offer Hope for Faster Return to Normal Life- PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine provides a “ray of hope” for faster recovery and a return to normalcy as soon as possible. As such, he is appealing for all eligible Jamaicans, to take the vaccine. The Prime Minister was speaking to journalists at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Friday (July...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (File Photo)

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Virtual Celebrations for Jamaica 59

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is inviting Jamaicans to join the virtual celebration of the country’s 59th anniversary of Independence. With restrictions on live activities, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Minister Grange said that events will be broadcast on national television or online to allow the public to participate from the safety and comfort of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the opening of an IBEX Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) facility at the G Tech Park in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Friday, (July 23).

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Portmore Positioned to Secure Parish Status – Prime Minister Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the community of Portmore in St. Catherine has been evolving in a manner that now positions it to secure parish status. Mr. Holness said once a community records notable growth and development in the way Portmore has, particularly since becoming a municipality, it should be given the requisite support to advance its governance structure. “Once you start to see emerging in a people, a certain level of independence and expression of their sense of...

Their Excellencies, the Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), and Lady Allen (2nd left, partly hidden), greet officiating priest for Sunday’s (July 25) Jamaica National Drumhead Church Service, Major Rev. Dr. Damian Ffriend (2nd right), and assistant officiating priest, Major Rev. Milverton Munroe (right). The service was held at the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Curphey Barracks, Up Park Camp, Kingston.

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Their Excellencies, the Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen attend the Jamaica National Drumhead Church Service (Photos)

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (left), in conversation with Member of Parliament for South West Clarendon, Lothan Cousins (right), while touring a section of the community of Banks in the parish on July 22. Others (from left) are: Councillor for the Race Course Division, Pauline Reynolds, and Chief Executive Officer for the Clarendon Municipal Corporation, Rohan Blake.

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Major Developments Earmarked for Banks Community in Clarendon

The Community of Banks in Clarendon is slated to benefit from major drainage upgrading and an electrification exercise for households, among other engagements, under the Government’s $650 million Rural Development Programme. Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, says Banks is one of four communities islandwide where the programmed activities, designed to enhance the lives of residents and the overall economic...

The first cohort of graduates from the Events Planning and Management Level 3 Supervisory Course offered by the HEART/NSTA Trust College of Hospitality Services in partnership with the Social Development Commission (SDC). The occasion was their graduation ceremony at the SDC complex in St. Catherine on July 22

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Twenty-Three Students Graduate From Events Planning And Management Course

The first cohort of 23 students who participated in an Events Planning and Management Level 3 Supervisory Course, offered by the HEART/NSTA Trust, have completed their studies. They were presented with skills certificates during their graduation ceremony at the Social Development Commission (SDC) complex in St. Catherine, on July 22. The programme, a partnership between the HEART College of Hospitality...