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Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (second left), hands over books produced by the JIS to Medical Social Worker, Bellevue Hospital, Patricia Wilson, on March 30. The books and other items have been donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. Also displaying items donated by the JIS (from left) are Director of Patient Services, Stacy-Ann Lawman; Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson; and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis.
Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (second left), hands over books produced by the JIS to Medical Social Worker, Bellevue Hospital, Patricia Wilson, on March 30. The books and other items have been donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. Also displaying items donated by the JIS (from left) are Director of Patient Services, Stacy-Ann Lawman; Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson; and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis.

Patients At Bellevue To Benefit From Reading Project

Patients at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston are to benefit from an initiative by the institution to further improve their mental well-being, through a reading project on every ward. “You know how hospitals are and you have some patients who...
Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the hospital, on Tuesday (March 30).
Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the hospital, on Tuesday (March 30).

PHOTOS: JIS Donates Cultural Items To Bellevue Book Corner Project
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

Community Groups Praised For Contributing To Zones Of Special Operation Successes
Head of Cooperation, European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ricard Bardia Divins.
Head of Cooperation, European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ricard Bardia Divins.

Blind and Visually Impaired Artisans Get Improved Workspace
Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead. ​
Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead. ​

March 15 Is World Consumer Rights Day

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Workers put the finishing touches on the restroom building at the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James. Occasion was a press tour of the facility on Friday (February 26). The park officially opens on Tuesday (March 2).
Community

St. James Residents Looking Forward To Tuesday’s Opening Of Harmony Beach Park

St. James residents are expressing excitement about Tuesday’s (March 2) scheduled opening of the Harmony Beach Park by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. The $1.3-billion project, undertaken by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) through primary funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), will provide 16 acres of active public park, including restroom facilities, an activity centre, a jogging...
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Budget 2021/2022CommunityDevelopment

$200 Million Allocated To Integrated Community Development Project

The Government has allotted $200 million to complete activities under the Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project, during the upcoming fiscal year. The project seeks to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services, and support increased community safety in selected economically vulnerable and socially volatile inner-city communities of Jamaica. The money has been provided in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure,...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), and Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South, Mark Golding (left), tour the newly refurbished Trench Town Entertainment Park in St. Andrew South, following its official reopening on Friday (February 12).
CommunityEntertainment

Renovated Trench Town Entertainment Park To Benefit Community

The historical Trench Town Entertainment Park in St. Andrew South has been renovated by the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) as part of its Spruce Up ‘Pon De Corner’ programme. The project, which was executed in two phases, was completed at a cost of $39.7 million. Speaking at the official opening of the Park on Friday (February 12), Minister...
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Director, Office of Citizen Security at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Shannon Stone (right), presents a tablet to pastor of the Flanker Adventist Church, Alpheus Smith (left), during a ceremony at the Flanker Primary and Junior High School in St. James, on Friday, February 5.
CommunityEducation

Learning Centre Opens In Flanker, St. James

The Flanker Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. James has opened a Learning Centre to assist students in the community with virtual learning, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Centre, which began operating on Monday, February 8, offers free Internet access, as well as the use of digital devices by students from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays...
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Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Community

Young People Being Empowered To Participate In Community Development

Young people in Trench Town and Tivoli Gardens in Kingston are being empowered to participate in the development of their communities, under the Inter-Agency Network Youth Development Programme (IANYDP). The initiative, which was officially launched during a virtual ceremony on Thursday (February 4), is a collaborative effort between the Planning Institute of Jamaica Community Renewal Programme (PIOJ/CRP) and the Social...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), and Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), cut the ribbon to officially open the $5.1-million Rocky Valley Resource Centre in Stony Hill, Wednesday (February 3). Sharing the moment (from third left) are Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, and student at the Stony Hill Primary School, Shanique Phipps.
CommunityEducationTechnology

Residents In Stony Hill Get Resource Centre

Residents in and around Stony Hill in St. Andrew now have a resource centre, financed by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) at a cost of $5.1 million. Speaking at the official opening of the Rocky Valley Resource Room, Wednesday (February 3), Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said he is joyful with the establishment of the centre, because children...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaks about the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) of JSIF, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s headquarters, today (February 1).
CommunityJIS Think Tank

Thousands Benefit From Basic Needs Trust Fund Of JSIF

More than 120,000 persons have benefited from interventions implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), under its Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme, now in its ninth cycle. The disclosure was made by Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s headquarters Monday (February 1). “Since BNTF Five in...
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