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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the virtual launch of the Government's $10-million Agricultural Aid Programme, today (November 17).

Ministry Launches Agricultural Aid Programme To Train Young Persons

The Government has launched a $10-million Agricultural Aid Programme, to train more than 80 young persons in technical agricultural skills and provide services to hundreds of farmers across the island. Participants in the programme will be recruited through the Housing,...

Member of the East Jamaica Conference (ECJ) of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), Errol Holmes (second left) and Treasurer for the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC), Pastor Billy Watson (second right), display a cheque valued at US$10,000 donated to the EJC by an overseas Jamaican, who had benefited from education assistance through the organisation. Occasion was a ceremony held at the ECJ on Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew, on Thursday (November 12), for the presentation of tuition support for NCU student, Peter Vaughn. Others (from left) are President of the ECJ, Dr. Eric Nathan; Chairman of WHEEL, Michael Spence; and President of the CJC, Pastor Levi Johnson.

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Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley.

Health And Wellness Tourism Conference Begins Wednesday

Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.

More Legislation Coming To Address Importation, Spaying Dogs And Other Matters

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), along with Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, at a virtual National Competitiveness Council meeting hosted by JAMPRO, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Friday, November 13, 2020. The objective of the meeting was to update on the Business Environment Reform Agenda.

Minister Shaw Chairs First Meeting of the National Competitiveness Council – Recommends the Inclusion of Four Additional Groups

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), interacts with 4-H clubbites from Kingston and St. Andrew, at the launch of the Youth in Agriculture Roadmap, on November 12, at the Ministry in Kingston.

5 years ago Agriculture

Repositioning Agriculture Among Youth Necessary – Minister

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says there needs to be a comprehensive repositioning of agriculture among the nation’s youth, including how it is presented in the school system and, by extension, viewed by society as a lesser career choice. Addressing the launch of a Youth in Agriculture Roadmap, at the Ministry in Kingston on November 12, the...

5 years ago Tourism

Craft Traders Benefit From Executive Leadership Training

Craft traders in three resort areas have benefited from the Executive Leadership Training programme, organised by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo). The two-day training workshop began in March with representatives from executive bodies of craft markets in Negril and Kingston and continued in October with Port Antonio, following a break due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Licence Processing and...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right); and Custos of Trelawny, Hon. Paul Muschett, looking at the design plans for the field hospital being constructed at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny, when they attended the ground-breaking and contract signing on September 25.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Field Hospital In Trelawny To Play Critical Role In Public Healthcare

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny, Princess Wedderburn, says the new field hospital that is currently under construction there will play a critical role in public healthcare in western Jamaica. The 36-bed facility is among four field hospitals being erected in the island to provide additional bed spaces in order to facilitate the treatment...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland , Dr. Marcia Graham. (File Photo)

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Illegal Parties Increase Risk Of COVID-19 Spread In Westmoreland

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, says the staging of illegal parties threatens to further increase the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the parish. Dr. Graham was addressing the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation at the entity’s location in Savanna-la-Mar on November 12. “In terms of persons who are having illegal parties, it is a...

Acting Registrar at the National Children’s Registry of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson.

5 years ago Youth

CPFSA To Host Runaway Webinar November 20

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host a Runaway Prevention Webinar on Friday, November 20 at 2:30 p.m. The webinar forms part of the agency’s intervention strategy to reduce the number of children who go missing. Speaking with JIS News, Deputy Registrar at the National Children’s Registry (NCR), Warren Thompson, said over the years there has been...

Acting Director of Nursing Services at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Nadine Anderson-Lawrence (right), attends to a patient, assisted by Nurse Shantol Ashley-Bell.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Hails Role Of Nurses In Diabetes Care

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has hailed the work of the country’s nurses, as the international community paid homage to this group of healthcare workers on World Diabetes Day 2020. In a message to mark the day, which was observed on Saturday (November 14), Minister Tufton said that nurses “are essential, not only as healthcare...

Principal Director, Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Sharon Robinson (centre) pins a white ribbon on the lapel of State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), at the International Men’s Day (IMD) Church Service held on Sunday (November 15) at the Constant Spring Road Church of God, St. Andrew. Looking on is the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Nation’s Men To Be Celebrated On November 19

A number of activities are being organised in observance of International Men’s Day (IMD) on Thursday, November 19 under the theme ‘A Man’s Health is a Man’s Wealth’. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, said that a forum and presentation of Outstanding Father Award will be held at the The Jamaica Pegasus hotel,...