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Damhead is among three communities in St. Catherine, where free secured Wi Fi service was commissioned by the Universal Service Fund (USF) on Wednesday (January 25). Pictured in front on the community WI-FI sign (from left) are Vice Principal, Little Crescent Primary School, Karian Patterson; Member of Parliament, St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita- Garvey; Principal, Angels Primary, Nero Christian and Vice Principal, Angels Primary School, Brenda McGaw.
Damhead is among three communities in St. Catherine, where free secured Wi Fi service was commissioned by the Universal Service Fund (USF) on Wednesday (January 25). Pictured in front on the community WI-FI sign (from left) are Vice Principal, Little Crescent Primary School, Karian Patterson; Member of Parliament, St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita- Garvey; Principal, Angels Primary, Nero Christian and Vice Principal, Angels Primary School, Brenda McGaw.

PHOTOS: Damhead Community Gets Free Wi-Fi Service

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan (seventh left), along with (from left) Councillor, Rock River Division, Uriah Mitchell; Sergeant Omar Fairclough, Rock River Police Station, and Representative, Social Development Commission, Polly-Ann Bailey, are joined by students of the Rock River Primary and Basic Schools, during the launch of a free and secure Wi-Fi hotspot in the district Square on Wednesday, (January 11). The facility was installed by the Universal Service Fund (USF).
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan (seventh left), along with (from left) Councillor, Rock River Division, Uriah Mitchell; Sergeant Omar Fairclough, Rock River Police Station, and Representative, Social Development Commission, Polly-Ann Bailey, are joined by students of the Rock River Primary and Basic Schools, during the launch of a free and secure Wi-Fi hotspot in the district Square on Wednesday, (January 11). The facility was installed by the Universal Service Fund (USF).

Residents of Rock River and Mocho in Clarendon Now Have Internet Access
Operations Manager at Montego Bay Community Home for Girls in Irwin, St. James, Yvette Mahoney (third left), accepts donations from Resource Mobilisation Officer of the Western Regional Health Authority, Elicia Whittingham-Gayle, during an outreach initiative, recently. They are joined by representatives of the WRHA’s Outreach Committee.
Operations Manager at Montego Bay Community Home for Girls in Irwin, St. James, Yvette Mahoney (third left), accepts donations from Resource Mobilisation Officer of the Western Regional Health Authority, Elicia Whittingham-Gayle, during an outreach initiative, recently. They are joined by representatives of the WRHA’s Outreach Committee.

WRHA Reaches out to Montego Bay Community Home for Girls
Members of staff at the charity organisation, Food For the Poor (FFP), prepare food packages at their Spanish Town, St. Catherine corporate offices, for distribution during the holiday season.
Members of staff at the charity organisation, Food For the Poor (FFP), prepare food packages at their Spanish Town, St. Catherine corporate offices, for distribution during the holiday season.

Food for the Poor Presents Packages to Needy Persons Islandwide
Correctional Officer at the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre in Kingston, Donovan Small (left), presents a boxed cooked meal and bottled water to 27-year-old Paul Lawrence in St. Ann’s Bay, St Ann, on Monday (January 2) as part of his annual New Year’s Day feeding programme.
Correctional Officer at the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre in Kingston, Donovan Small (left), presents a boxed cooked meal and bottled water to 27-year-old Paul Lawrence in St. Ann’s Bay, St Ann, on Monday (January 2) as part of his annual New Year’s Day feeding programme.

Hot Meals for the Homeless and Most Vulnerable in St. Ann

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Matron at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, Eunice Adeoye (left); Marketing and Communications Manager at Massy Distribution Limited, Patria Kaye Charles (centre), and Operations Manager at the Home, Delfrede Cammock-Thorpe, display some of the adult diapers donated to the Home by the company, recently.
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Golden Age Home Gets Donation from Massy Distribution

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Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), shares a moment with Acting Principal of the Paul Mountain Primary School, Nordia McFarlane Fisher (left); Principal of the Kitson Town Primary School, Dr. Donna Mitchell-Jarrett (second right), and students from the two schools, at the unveiling of free secured Wi-Fi hotspots in Kitson Town, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (December 7).
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Founder, Board Co-Chair and President of the Youth for Excellence, Jénine Shepherd.
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His Worship, the Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), in discussion with Custos of Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury (centre), and Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Winston Maragh, at the recent Remembrance Day ceremony held in Chapelton, Clarendon.
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Custos Shagoury Hailed as Exemplary Community Builder

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (left), pauses for a photo with his proclamation from Mayor of the City of Yonkers in New York, Mike Spano, which was presented to him by Jamaican-born Council member, Shanae Williams. The Minister also received a signed declaration from the City Council recognising his contribution to various ministries.
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Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for St. James Southern, Hon. Homer Davis.
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‘Flames of Freedom’ Returns to St. James in December

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