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Director of Information and Training, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), holds one of the earthquake safety posters as Sharmalee Cardoza of the University of the West Indies Centre for Disabilities (centre), reads the information in braille. Looking on is Administrative Assistant at the Combined Disabilities Association, Jennifer Kinglocke. The ODPEM, in collaboration with the Jamaica Society for the Blind, edited their existing earthquake safety information and emergency numbers and created braille prints of the information for the visually impaired and blind.
Director of Information and Training, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), holds one of the earthquake safety posters as Sharmalee Cardoza of the University of the West Indies Centre for Disabilities (centre), reads the information in braille. Looking on is Administrative Assistant at the Combined Disabilities Association, Jennifer Kinglocke. The ODPEM, in collaboration with the Jamaica Society for the Blind, edited their existing earthquake safety information and emergency numbers and created braille prints of the information for the visually impaired and blind.

ODPEM Distributes Earthquake Safety And Emergency Numbers In Braille

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has developed and distributed earthquake safety information and emergency numbers in braille for the vulnerable group of visually impaired and blind Jamaicans. “In the past, the ODPEM has recognised the need...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses Post Cabinet Press Briefing, held at Jamaica House on Wednesday (February 3).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses Post Cabinet Press Briefing, held at Jamaica House on Wednesday (February 3).

Government Pensioners Get Increases
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at Post Cabinet Press Briefing, held at Jamaica House on Wednesday (February 3).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at Post Cabinet Press Briefing, held at Jamaica House on Wednesday (February 3).

Cabinet Gives Approval For New Social Pension Programme
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks at a virtual public town hall meeting on the draft Beach Access and Management Policy for Jamaica, on February 2.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks at a virtual public town hall meeting on the draft Beach Access and Management Policy for Jamaica, on February 2.

Minister Outlines Objectives Of New Beach Policy
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 2).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 2).

Gov’t Intensifies Public Education Ahead Of COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton,​ speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 2).
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Gov’t Exploring Vaccine Options Outside Of COVAX Facility

The Ministry of Health & Wellness, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, has started to explore other options for COVID-19 vaccines outside of the COVAX facility. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 2), Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the Government has been in discussion with five countries and one...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 2).
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica To Get COVID-19 Vaccines By Mid To Late February

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government has been advised by the COVAX Facility that the country is set to receive between 146,400 and 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines, by mid to late February 2021. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 2), Dr. Tufton said this means that some 125,000...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), knocks elbows with Charge d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Jamaica, John McIntyre, on Tuesday (February 2), at the Ministry, at Heroes Circle, in Kingston, after accepting samples of computers to be distributed among 10 schools.
Education

Education Ministry Receives Tablets And Laptops From US

The United States (US) has reinforced its commitment to education and development in Jamaica by donating 300 tablets and 10 laptops to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information for distribution to students in need, through the One Laptop or Tablet per Child Initiative. The devices were formally handed over by the Chargé d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Jamaica, John...
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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Residents In Westmoreland Encouraged To Remain Vigilant In Fight Against COVID-19

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, has renewed the call for residents to remain vigilant in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), even as the Government has relaxed the curfew hours in the parish. On December 15, 2020, Government had announced tighter containment measures for the parish, following a spike in the number of...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. (File Photo)
Foreign AffairsNIDS

Foreign Minister Says NIDS Will Prevent Vulnerable Children Becoming Lost In Society

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, strongly believes the new National Identification System (NIDS) will help vulnerable children to not become lost in the society. While responding to questions from members of the public at the virtual town hall, staged by the Joint Select Committee on the National Identification & Registration Act, 2020,...
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Health Ministries Director for the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) of Seventh-day Adventists, Deon Bent Henry (left), converses Awith doctors and personnel from the Indian High Commission in Jamaica, at a medical camp staged by the High Commission at the H.S. Walters Health Centre on Old Harbour Road, St. Catherine, on Sunday (January 31).
Health & Wellness

Indian High Commission’s Medical Camps To Become Annual Event

India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Masakui Rungsung, says the inaugural medical camps held at 14 locations across nine parishes on Sunday (January 31) will become a yearly event. He was speaking to JIS News at the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA)-operated H.S. Walters Health Centre on Old Harbour Road, St. Catherine, where one of the camps was held. High Commissioner...
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