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Member of Parliament for South East St. Catherine, Robert Miller, looks at herbs at the recent launch of the Backyard Garden project, at the HEART College of Construction Services in Portmore, St. Catherine on Friday (February 19).
Member of Parliament for South East St. Catherine, Robert Miller, looks at herbs at the recent launch of the Backyard Garden project, at the HEART College of Construction Services in Portmore, St. Catherine on Friday (February 19).

Portmore Residents Urged To Embrace Backyard Garden Project

Residents of Portmore, St. Catherine are being encouraged to embrace the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Backyard Garden project. Making the appeal, Member of Parliament for South East St. Catherine, Robert Miller, said that the project, which will provide some...
Community Relations Officer of the National Works Agency - Western Office – Janel Ricketts
Community Relations Officer of the National Works Agency - Western Office – Janel Ricketts

Road Patching Under Way In Western Parishes
A group of cyclists enroute to Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, as part of the second leg of the Discover Jamaica by Bike series. The group departed the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on February 19.​
A group of cyclists enroute to Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, as part of the second leg of the Discover Jamaica by Bike series. The group departed the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on February 19.​

Cyclists Take Part In Discover Jamaica By Bike Series
Chief Executive Officer of Fygaro, Ariel Rochwerger.
Chief Executive Officer of Fygaro, Ariel Rochwerger.

MSMEs Encouraged To Do Business Online

The Government Reiterates Commitment to Data Security and Privacy

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Child Protection and Family Services Agency
Cybersecurity

CPFSA’s Website Restored – Investigations Underway to Determine Security Risk

In response to a recently published Gleaner article, regarding the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s website being compromised; we are confirming that website flaws were detected. The Agency’s Information Technology Unit (ITU) has launched an investigation into the matter, and the site has since been restored. The necessary steps are being taken to strengthen security to ensure there is...
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Senior State Modernization Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Francesco De Simone.
Development

IDB Hails Launch Of InvestmentMap Jamaica And Urges Citizens To Utilise The Platform

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has commended the Government of Jamaica for launching InvestmentMap Jamaica and is encouraging citizens to utilise the platform to keep track of public projects. The platform was implemented through funding from the IDB’s Transparency Fund. IDB Senior State Modernisation Specialist, Francesco De Simone, noted that the Administration remained resolute in launching the transparency tool and...
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Works / Construction

Heightened Road Construction Activities Set for Morant Bay

Activities have now ramped up significantly on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project and will remain so for the next three months. The heightened road construction works will be concentrated primarily in the town of Morant Bay, St. Thomas where major pipe-laying activities are set to commence alongside ongoing civil works. National Works Agency (NWA) Communication and Customer Services Manager,...
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Resident Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van GlaannenWeygel (second left) and Director of Training and Information at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), with ODPEM’s Training Officer, Kristen Rhone (centre) and Coordinator for the National Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Programme, Diamonette Syncon (second right), who both completed Basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training with the OAS. Both women were handed emergency kits with equipment to carry out fieldwork at a handover ceremony, held at ODPEM’s New Kingston Offices, on February 22. At left is OAS Administrative Technician, Kerry-ann Parchment.
Local Government

ODPEM Training Officers Complete Certification Course

Training Officers of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) have successfully completed certification in Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, offered by the Organization of American States (OAS). “Providing institutional strengthening to our member states in our key areas of work is a crucial part of what we do at the OAS. This was the first of...
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Culture

All In Place To Mark Birthday Of Bustamante On February 24

All is in place for the ceremony marking the 137th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir William Alexander Bustamante, on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at his birthplace in Blenheim, Hanover. Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic will see a significant reduction in the number of persons in attendance. However, Acting Executive Director of the Jamaica...
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Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator at the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome-McIntyre, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, on February 22.
Health & Wellness

NFPB To Launch Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Campaign

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is to launch a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Campaign, entitled Live Life Before You Give Life. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on February 22, Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator with the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome McIntyre, outlined the rationale for the campaign. “It is part of a larger project that is funded by...
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