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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

Cabinet has given approval to a proposal for increased benefits to government pensioners with effect from April 1, 2020. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, gave details during the Post Cabinet Press Briefing held at Jamaica House...

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 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).

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

Gov’t Exploring Vaccine Options Outside Of COVAX Facility

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

5 years ago 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...

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.

5 years ago 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...

Dr. Sridhar Shankar (right), attends to patients Jade Cohall-Cunningham (centre) and Lorna Cohall at a medical camp at the Faith Temple Assembly of God church in Montego Bay, St. James, on January 31. The parish hosted one of the 14 medical camps that took place on January 31 in nine parishes, sponsored by the Indian High Commission.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Medical Camps Sponsored by the Indian High Commission

Dr. Sridhar Shankar (right), attends to patients Jade Cohall-Cunningham (centre) and Lorna Cohall at a medical camp at the Faith Temple Assembly of God church in Montego Bay, St. James, on January 31. The parish hosted one of the 14 medical camps that took place on January 31 in nine parishes, sponsored by the Indian High Commission.

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

5 years ago 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...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. (File Photo)

5 years ago 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,...

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).

5 years ago 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...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Leslie Campbell.

5 years ago Foreign Affairs

Plans Under Way For 9th Biennial Diaspora Conference

Plans are in progress for the staging of the ninth Biennial Diaspora Virtual Conference from June 16 to 18. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade under the theme ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora – Stronger together for a sustainable future’. State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Leslie...