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Head of the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Jamaica Constabulary Force, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay, speaks at a JIS Think Tank earlier this month.
Head of the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Jamaica Constabulary Force, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay, speaks at a JIS Think Tank earlier this month.

JCF Calls On Persons to Report Missing Persons Immediately

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is calling on members of the public to report to the police immediately persons that they believe are missing. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank earlier this month, Head of the Corporate...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), has a close look at pellets used to grow freshwater fish, while on a tour of the Longville Park Farms in Clarendon on Monday (December 28). Owner of the facility, Donovan Bunting (left), highlights the features of the pellets, while Chief Executive Officer of the National Fisheries Authority, Courtney Cole (second left), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Michael Pryce, look on.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), has a close look at pellets used to grow freshwater fish, while on a tour of the Longville Park Farms in Clarendon on Monday (December 28). Owner of the facility, Donovan Bunting (left), highlights the features of the pellets, while Chief Executive Officer of the National Fisheries Authority, Courtney Cole (second left), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Michael Pryce, look on.

Agriculture Ministry Targets Increased Production and Consumption of Tilapia
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), examines a bag of peppers during a tour of the J Wray and Nephew Limited Farmers’ Market earlier this year at the company’s Spanish Town Road address, St. Andrew. Care packages were distributed to 286 bartenders employed to the spirits company and its affiliates. Also pictured are Director of Marketing, Jamaica and the Caribbean, J Wray and Nephew, Marsha Lumley (right) and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), examines a bag of peppers during a tour of the J Wray and Nephew Limited Farmers’ Market earlier this year at the company’s Spanish Town Road address, St. Andrew. Care packages were distributed to 286 bartenders employed to the spirits company and its affiliates. Also pictured are Director of Marketing, Jamaica and the Caribbean, J Wray and Nephew, Marsha Lumley (right) and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson.

Government Partners With FAO to Support Farmers
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (third left), cuts the ribbon to reopen the renovated breastfeeding room at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston, during the official handover and tour of the facility on December 23. The refurbishing of the unit was made possible through a donation made by the Huggies brand, distributed in Jamaica by T. Geddes Grant. Sharing the moment are Managing Director, T. Geddes Grant, Michael Subratie; and Deputy Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Andrea Dawkins Powell.
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (third left), cuts the ribbon to reopen the renovated breastfeeding room at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston, during the official handover and tour of the facility on December 23. The refurbishing of the unit was made possible through a donation made by the Huggies brand, distributed in Jamaica by T. Geddes Grant. Sharing the moment are Managing Director, T. Geddes Grant, Michael Subratie; and Deputy Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Andrea Dawkins Powell.

PHOTOS: Handover of Breastfeeding Room At Victoria Jubilee Hospital
Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.
Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

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Kimone Kerr, Chief Executive Officer for The Exuberant Overseas Placement Agency, Kimone Knight, Founder of Xensitive Care Ltd, Patrique Goodall, Founder of Likkle Tea, Godiva Golding, Founder of STEAM House Network, Deleen Powell, Co-owner, Director, and Secretary for Newman Farms, Randall Richards, Founder and Director, Mint Creative, Audley Reid, CEO for R.A. Williams Distributors Ltd, Adrian Watson, CEO for Honai Beez Apiary, and Danielle Terrelonge, Founder of Hmgrwn & Co (not included in the group photo).
Foreign AffairsYouth

U.S. Embassy Announces the 2021 Cohort of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program

The U.S. Embassy is proud to announce the 2021 cohort from Jamaica for the U.S. Department of State’s Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program. This program will begin in January 2021 and close in April 2021, bringing together 263 young leaders from 37 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada for a virtual fellowship. This year...
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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Persons Opting for Safe Christmas Celebrations Due to COVID-19

Unlike previous years, when families would get together in relatively sizeable numbers for traditional Christmas celebrations, restrictions imposed by the Government to curtail the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) have, this year, resulted in persons either meeting in small groups or linking virtually. In November, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, urged Jamaicans to celebrate Christmas responsibly and limit...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (centre), speaks with Kavia Bent, who gave birth to the first baby delivered on Christmas Day at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, during a visit to institution on Friday (December 25). Ms. Bent was presented with a gift basket containing personal care items, courtesy of LASCO Limited. Accompanying Mrs. Cuthbert-Flynn is LASCO Detailing Representative, Jodi-Ann Mullings.
Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: State Minister, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, Visits Spanish Town Hospital on Christmas Day

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (centre), speaks with Kavia Bent, who gave birth to the first baby delivered on Christmas Day at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, during a visit to institution on Friday (December 25). Ms. Bent was presented with a gift basket containing personal care items, courtesy of...
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Guidance Counsellor at the St. Catherine based Davis Primary School, Tanisha Johnson Henry (left), collects care packages for students at her school, from Executive Director of the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), Pauline Gregory Lewis, at a recent ceremony held at the Phillippo Baptist Church, in Spanish Town.
Coronavirus

St. Catherine Families Receive Care Packages From PAEF

Care packages have been presented to 200 families in St. Catherine by the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), at a cost of $300,000. Executive Director of the Foundation, Pauline Gregory Lewis, said they provided the assistance for the families because of the challenges children were facing as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She told JIS News that...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents a Christmas gift package to two residents of Olympic Way in his West Central St. Andrew constituency, during a recent visit to the area. The gesture was in keeping with the spirit of the Yuletide season. The presentation was among a number gift packages that were provided through Prime Minister Holness’ ‘Positive Jamaica Foundation’, in partnership with Progressive Grocers of Jamaica Limited. Looking on are representatives of the Progressive Grocers Group.
Christmas

PHOTO: PM Donates Christmas Gift Bags to Residents of Olympic Way

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents a Christmas gift package to two residents of Olympic Way in his West Central St. Andrew constituency, during a recent visit to the area. The gesture was in keeping with the spirit of the Yuletide season. The presentation was among a number gift packages that were provided through Prime Minister Holness’ ‘Positive...
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Coronavirus

IDB Says Institutional Reforms By Government Helped In Response To COVID-19

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says institutional reforms initiated by the Government of Jamaica placed the country in a very strong position to respond to the economic and financial fallout resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In its 2020 quarterly bulletin – ‘Report: Institutional Reforms and Infrastructure Crucial for Future Caribbean Growth’ – the IDB noted that the reforms...
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Labour

Boxing Day Will Be Observed On Saturday, December 26

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising that Boxing Day will be observed on Saturday, December 26, 2020. This is in response to a question by the public, whether Monday, December 28 will be observed as a holiday, as December 26 falls on a weekend this year. “Boxing Day is going to be this Saturday (December 26) and...
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