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Employee at the Houses of Parliament, Sonia Smith (left), serves dessert to senior citizens from the community of Mark Lane, at a treat held at the Houses of Parliament parking lot, 81 Duke Street, Kingston, on December 18.
Employee at the Houses of Parliament, Sonia Smith (left), serves dessert to senior citizens from the community of Mark Lane, at a treat held at the Houses of Parliament parking lot, 81 Duke Street, Kingston, on December 18.

PHOTOS: Senior Citizens From Mark Lane At A Treat Hosted By The Houses Of Parliament

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Lester Michael Henry, lays a wreath at the shrine of the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Michael Manley, in National Heroes Park on December 10, to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the birth of the late former Prime Minister. Mr. Manley was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica, serving from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992. He was born December 10, 1924 and died March 6, 1997.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Lester Michael Henry, lays a wreath at the shrine of the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Michael Manley, in National Heroes Park on December 10, to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the birth of the late former Prime Minister. Mr. Manley was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica, serving from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992. He was born December 10, 1924 and died March 6, 1997.

PHOTOS: Michael Manley Tribute
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) council meeting, at its Church Street offices in downtown Kingston, on December 10. With the Minister is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) council meeting, at its Church Street offices in downtown Kingston, on December 10. With the Minister is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.

Culture Ministry And KSAMC Partner To Do Murals In Kingston
Marketing and Planning Manager, Registrar General
Marketing and Planning Manager, Registrar General's Department (RGD), Nicole White (right), presents Donovan Brown (wheelchair), fire victim of the Good Shepherd Home, with his birth certificate, at a ceremony held at the Lord's Place Children's Home, downtown Kingston, on December 5. Sharing the moment (from left) are Ransford Duhaney, fire victim of the Good Shepherd Home; Public Relations and Marketing Manager, National Identification System (NIDS) Project, Richard Delapenha; and Director, Good Shepherd Home, Father Peram Prem.

PHOTOS: Fire Victims Get Birth Certificate
Research Officer at the Social Development Commission in St. James, Tifanie Patterson (right), presents the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation Community Stalwart Award to President of the Lilliput Community Development Committee (CDC), Rutherford Gordon, during the Fifth staging of the SDC’S Community Incentive and Grants Programme awards ceremony, held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on November 24.
Research Officer at the Social Development Commission in St. James, Tifanie Patterson (right), presents the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation Community Stalwart Award to President of the Lilliput Community Development Committee (CDC), Rutherford Gordon, during the Fifth staging of the SDC’S Community Incentive and Grants Programme awards ceremony, held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on November 24.

Persons And Community Groups Recognised By SDC In St. James

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Essex Valley Family Fun Day Dec. 21

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Social Anthropologist at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Herbert Gayle, speaks at the Lucea United Church Family Life Ministries Public Lecture, held at the Bioprist in Lucea, Hanover, on Tuesday, November 19. The session addressed the topic of Good Parenting.
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), grooms the hair of an elderly resident of the St. Elizabeth Infirmary, during the staging of the Ministry’s second annual Volunteer Day held at the facility in Santa Cruz on Friday (November 15).
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