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Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (left), along with Regional Operations Manager, Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmondson show off one of 12 drums, placed in the Meadows of Irwin Community in St. James, as part of a pilot plastic bottle separation project launched in the community on Friday (February 12).
Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (left), along with Regional Operations Manager, Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmondson show off one of 12 drums, placed in the Meadows of Irwin Community in St. James, as part of a pilot plastic bottle separation project launched in the community on Friday (February 12).

Plastic Bottle Separation Project Launched in Meadows of Irwin Community

The Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited on Friday (February 12) launched a pilot plastic bottle separation project in the Meadows of Irwin Community in St. James. The project aims to reduce the high volume of polyethylene terephthalate...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) looks at a set of outputs for piped medical gases with Senior Medical Officer at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny, Dr. Leighton Perrins, at the field hospital located on the grounds of the facility. Occasion was a tour of the field hospital by the Minister and staff from the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) on Friday (February 12).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) looks at a set of outputs for piped medical gases with Senior Medical Officer at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny, Dr. Leighton Perrins, at the field hospital located on the grounds of the facility. Occasion was a tour of the field hospital by the Minister and staff from the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) on Friday (February 12).

Field Hospital in Falmouth Close to Completion
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, raises a point while piloting the Independent Fiscal Commission Act, 2020 during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (February 12).
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, raises a point while piloting the Independent Fiscal Commission Act, 2020 during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (February 12).

Senate Passes Legislation to Establish Independent Fiscal Commission
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey.
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey.

National Foster Care Recognition Week Being Observed from February 14-20
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third right), officially reopens the newly refurbished Trench Town Entertainment Park in South St. Andrew on Friday (February 12). The historic facility, which was renovated by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) at a cost of $39.7 million as part of the entity’s Spruce up ‘Pon De Corner’ programme, is expected to figure in job creation, training and overall community development through tourism, among other engagements. Others (from left) are President, Trench Town Development Association, Colin Weise; Trench Town community representative, Dorrett Campbell; Opposition Leader and South St. Andrew Member of Parliament, Mark Golding; and Managing Director of Well Construction Company Limited, which executed the project, Orrett Wellington.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third right), officially reopens the newly refurbished Trench Town Entertainment Park in South St. Andrew on Friday (February 12). The historic facility, which was renovated by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) at a cost of $39.7 million as part of the entity’s Spruce up ‘Pon De Corner’ programme, is expected to figure in job creation, training and overall community development through tourism, among other engagements. Others (from left) are President, Trench Town Development Association, Colin Weise; Trench Town community representative, Dorrett Campbell; Opposition Leader and South St. Andrew Member of Parliament, Mark Golding; and Managing Director of Well Construction Company Limited, which executed the project, Orrett Wellington.

PHOTOS: Minister Bartlett Opens Trench Town Entertainment Park

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, lays flowers on the tomb of religious revivalist, painter, sculptor and cultural force, Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds, in commemoration of the 110th anniversary of his birth on February 10, at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Kapo was one of the greatest artists in Jamaica’s ‘Intuitives’ artistic movement. He was born in the Byndloss district of St. Catherine and died in 1989 at age 78 years.
Culture

PHOTOS: Tribute To Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, lays flowers on the tomb of religious revivalist, painter, sculptor and cultural force, Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds, in commemoration of the 110th anniversary of his birth on February 10, at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Kapo was one of the greatest artists in Jamaica’s ‘Intuitives’ artistic movement....
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at a virtual press conference on February 11.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Minister Calls On Employees To Adhere To Protocols At Their Organisations

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling on employees to adhere to the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols and measures established at their organisations, in a bid to reduce the transmission of the virus and the number of positive infections. “I want to appeal to corporate Jamaica… . We have been seeing an increased number of workplace...
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National Security

$6 Million Dollars Worth Of Compressed Marijuana Seized On The Port

On Thursday, February 11, 2021, Officers from the Jamaica Customs Agency’s Contraband Enforcement Team along with Officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Narcotics Division and Port Security personnel seized a shipment containing 1516.7 lbs/688 kgs of marijuana with an estimated street value of JMD $6.1 million dollars or USD $41,840.00 concealed in a transhipment container at the Port of Kingston....
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Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley Henry (left), and Principal of St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Collette Pryce (right), observe as Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service, Donna-Marie Rowe, waters one of several tree seedlings that were planted across the campus of St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Thursday (February 11). Occasion was the launch of the Forestry Department’s ‘My Tree Legacy’ project at the institution. All three are distinguished St. Jago alumni.
Environment

Forestry Dept. Launches Latest Tree-Planting Project At St. Jago High School

The Forestry Department, on Thursday (February 11), launched its ‘My Tree Legacy’ Initiative, its latest project through which it will afford past students the opportunity to plant trees on the campuses of their alma maters. Unveiled at St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the project is in support of the Government’s ‘Three Million Trees in Three Years’...
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Steel cages being prepared for the construction of piles to support the new four-lane Rio Minho bridge, which is being constructed along the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000, as part of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project.
Works / Construction

Largest Four-Lane Bridge To Be Built Over Rio Minho In Clarendon

The largest four-lane bridge in Jamaica is to be constructed over the Rio Minho in Clarendon as part of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on February 10, Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Ivan Anderson, explained that the bridge will be much wider than the existing bridge,...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (File Photo)
Gender Affairs

Minister Grange: Let’s Remove Obstacles to Women’s Economic Equality

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that the contribution of women is vital to achieving sustainable development, peaceful and secure communities and poverty eradication. The Minister declared that there is an “overwhelming body of evidence showing the undeniable connection between women’s economic participation and prosperity." Minister Grange made the comments in her...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a virtual press conference on February 11.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Minister Says Only Vaccines Approved By WHO Will Be Given To Jamaicans

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is assuring the public that the COVID-19 vaccines to be given to Jamaicans are certified by proven standards. Addressing a virtual press briefing on February 11, Dr. Tufton said Jamaica is “making progress” to get supplies outside of the COVAX (COVID-19 Global Access) Facility, and only vaccines that have the...
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