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Front-line Health Care Workers Gifted With US$25,000 by Philanthropist Beverly Nichols

Business woman and philanthropist Beverly Nichols, OD, through her Push Start Foundation has gifted 74 frontline healthcare workers, across the country, and who are directly involved in the fight against COVID-19, since March 2020, with US $25,000 for their personal...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, knock elbows at the handover of tablet computers donated by persons in the diaspora for students in Jamaica, at the Education Ministry, in Kingston, today (February 16)

Hundreds Of Students To Receive Tablets Donated By The Diaspora

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), observes as newly appointed Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Trelawny, Hugh Gentles, signs the Instrument of Office, during the swearing-in ceremony at King's House on Tuesday (February 16).

G-G Swears In New Custos Of Trelawny

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (left); Principal of Goodwill Primary and Infant School, Camille Hoarde; and Councillor for the Somerton Division, Mark McGann, observe as grade-five student, Miekayla Harris, utilises a desktop computer in the new computer lab donated to the school by USF, under its Community Access Point initiative, in Goodwill, St. James, on Monday, February 15.

USF Commissions Computer Labs In St. James

Deputy Administrator General with the Administrator General’s Department (AGD), Stacie Ann Carty, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (February 15), on the importance of entertainers making wills.

Special Appeal To Entertainers To Make A Will

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).

5 years ago 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...

Senior Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) and Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee, Marlon Williams. (JIS File Photo)

5 years ago Education

Jamaica Day To Be Observed On February 26

The 21st observance of Jamaica Day 2021 will be held on Friday, February 26, under the theme ‘Celebrating Jamaica: ‘Reggae the Message of Resilience and Triumph’. The annual celebration of this calendar event is usually marked with several cultural activities undertaken by schools across the island; however, this year’s celebration will be significantly scaled down. Senior Education Officer, Ministry of...

Winner of the Best Overall Oral Presentation Award at the 2020 staging of the National Health Research Conference, and Master of Philosophy Candidate in Molecular Biology at the University of the West Indies, Kevhvan Graham, displays an illustration of how novel compounds are islolated from popular soil bacteria, in an effort to discover novel antimicrobial compounds that could assist in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Researcher Seeks To Identify Antibiotics To Lessen Stress Of Resistant Bacteria

Student researcher in the Department of Microbiology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Kevhvan Graham, has made a first step towards identifying antibiotics that could help lessen the stress of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The Master of Philosophy student undertook a study to isolate novel antibiotic compounds from a popular soil bacteria. His presentation of the findings won him...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the audience at the handover ceremony for a house, under the National Social Housing Programme in Trench Town, St. Andrew, on February 11.

5 years ago Housing

Gov’t Working On “Cookie-Cutter Solution” For National Social Housing Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is working on designing a “cookie-cutter solution” for the National Social Housing Programme (NSHP) that will be more cost-effective. “We need a solution that meets all the requirements of a house that is strong, durable, comfortable, aesthetically appealing, easy on construct, that you can just come and within a few...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Residents Of Westmoreland Encouraged Not To Be Complacent In Adhering To COVID Protocols

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is encouraging residents not to become complacent in adhering to COVID-19 protocols in the parish. She was addressing the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar on February 11. Dr. Graham informed that as of February 11, there were 844 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Westmoreland and 29 confirmed deaths...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, makes a statement during the sitting of the Senate on February 12.

5 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica And US Close To Finalising Improved Protocols Pertaining To Shiprider Agreement

The Governments of Jamaica and the United States of America (US) are close to finalising improved operational protocols pertaining to the Shiprider Agreement, under which, both countries cooperate to curtail illicit maritime drug trafficking. This was disclosed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, in a follow-up statement on the matter during the...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

5 years ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

Government Rapidly Expanding the Process and System of Home Ownership – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is working assiduously to expand the system and process of land and home ownership in Jamaica. Speaking recently (February 11) at the handing over ceremony of National Housing Trust (NHT) service lots in Hellshire, St. Catherine, the Prime Minister said: “What the Government is doing, is expanding the process, the system of home...