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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) exchanges pleasantries with Director, Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn (right), before the start of the service in observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, held on Saturday (Nov. 25) at the Hagley Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston. At centre is Director, Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Dr. Lorraine Vernal.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) exchanges pleasantries with Director, Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn (right), before the start of the service in observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, held on Saturday (Nov. 25) at the Hagley Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston. At centre is Director, Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Dr. Lorraine Vernal.

Minister Grange Urges Jamaicans to Stand up Against Gender-Based Violence

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says it is time for Jamaicans stand up against gender-based violence. “When we take a stand against violence and offer no comfort to perpetrators; when we expose them, when we...
Director of Projects at the Universal Service Fund (USF) Everold Simms.
Director of Projects at the Universal Service Fund (USF) Everold Simms.

Rockfort Gets Internet Café
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), walks through mudded streets in the aftermath of heavy flooding that affected Montego Bay on November 22. The Prime Minister visited the Second City on Thursday (November 23) to assess the damage.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), walks through mudded streets in the aftermath of heavy flooding that affected Montego Bay on November 22. The Prime Minister visited the Second City on Thursday (November 23) to assess the damage.

Gov’t to Assist Mobay Flood Victims
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Kingsvale Police Station in Hanover to be Renovated
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), receives the Keys to Broward County from County Commissioner, Dale Holness, at the 10th annual Grand Gala and Awards Ceremony of the Jamaican-American Bar Association (JABA), held at the Westin Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on November 18.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), receives the Keys to Broward County from County Commissioner, Dale Holness, at the 10th annual Grand Gala and Awards Ceremony of the Jamaican-American Bar Association (JABA), held at the Westin Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on November 18.

PM Says Diaspora Can be Powerful Tool for National Development

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Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill (head of table), leads a meeting involving board commissioners, songwriters and producers at the JCDC’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (November 17). The meeting was held ahead of the launch of the Festival Song Competition 2018 on November 30.
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Festival Song 2018 to Launch November 30

Plans are under way for the 2018 staging of the Jamaica Festival Song Competition, which is scheduled to be launched next Thursday (November 30), at 23 Dominica Drive in New Kingston. Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) board commissioners and senior officers met with songwriters and producers at the agency’s head office at 3-5 Phoenix Avenue on Thursday (November 16) to...
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Kingston and St. Andrew Junior Mayor, Annakay Hudson.
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Annakay Hudson – Junior Mayor and Budding Youth Leader

Recently appointed Junior Mayor for the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), 18-year-old Annakay Hudson, is on a mission to not only contribute to the capital city’s development but also create opportunities for unattached youth. A resident of downtown Kingston and an upper-sixth-form student of Campion College, Annakay was selected by her peers from a group of 35 youth...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (standing, fifth left), shares a photo opportunity with Councillors of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, after presenting them with tablets during a special sitting of the local authority on November 9.
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Councillors, Poor Relief Officers in Westmoreland Get Tablet Computers

Councillors and Poor Relief Officers in Westmoreland have been provided with modern technology to enable them to more effectively carry out their work. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over 13 tablet computers to the Councillors, including Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Bertel Moore, during a special sitting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation on November 9. He...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), is being given a tour of the new dining room at the St. Elizabeth Infirmary in Santa Cruz by Matron Joycelyn Bryan, at the official opening of the facility on November 10.
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Provision to be Made in Next Budget for New Wing at St. Elizabeth Infirmary

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says provision will be made in the next budget for the construction of a new administrative wing at the St. Elizabeth Infirmary. He explained that money already allocated for the project went towards the setting up of a centre on the grounds of the St. James Infirmary to accommodate persons...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a property tax town hall meeting on November 8 in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.
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Street Signs to Be Installed in Three Parishes Jan. 2018

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government will commence a street-signage programme in three parishes in January 2018, which will herald the start of a nationwide beautification and community development initiative. “We will be rolling out the project in Manchester, Westmoreland and St. Thomas, and then get the necessary funds to take the street...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a property tax town hall meeting held on November 8 in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.
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Local Government Minister Says Parochial Roads will be Repaired

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government will be undertaking a comprehensive rehabilitation programme to “significantly tackle parochial roads across the country” that are in disrepair. Addressing a property tax town hall meeting at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on November 8, Mr. McKenzie said that of the total number of...
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Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Stephen Davidson. (FILE)
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Jamaicans Encouraged to Enter 2018 Performing Arts Competition

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is encouraging talented Jamaicans to submit entries for the 2018 Performing Arts Competition and traditional folk forms by the deadline of Friday, December 1, 2017. Entry forms and rules and guidelines are available on the JCDC website, www.jcdc.gov.jm, its head office at 3-5 Phoenix Avenue, Kingston 10; and all JCDC parish offices islandwide. Director...
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