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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Resident Representative, Mariko Kagoshima (centre), and Deputy Resident Representative, Vicente Teran, following a recent meeting at Jamaica House to discuss the impact of climate change on the nation’s children.

Gov’t Partners with UNICEF to Tackle Climate Change Impact on Jamaica’s Children

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has welcomed the Government’s partnership forged with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), through the Ministry, to address the impact of climate change on Jamaica’s children. “Children...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange CD, MP

Grange: Toots to get Heroes Park burial

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second left), peruses a book during the handover of play therapy tools for children by the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation to the Ministry’s Victims Services Division (VSD) on Friday (October 16). Others (from left) are: Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Grace-Ann Stewart-McFarlane; General Manager, JN Foundation, Onyka Barrett-Scott; Director, VSD, Osbourne Bailey; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett-Templer.

JN Foundation Donates Play Therapy Tools for Children to the Victim Services Division

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, makes her contribution to the debate on the Authentication (Foreign Public Documents) Bill, 2020, during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (October 16), at Gordon House.

Senate Passes Authentication (Foreign Public Documents) Bill 2020

Chief Executive Officer for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, addresses a ceremony for the handover of information and communication technology (ICT) devices to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The presentation was made at the WRHA’s office in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (October 16).

USF donates ICT Devices to the Western Regional Health Authority

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

5 years ago Culture

William Knibb Baptist Church to Host Heritage Week Service

The National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Church Service will take place on Sunday, October 18 at William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church, 31 King Street, Falmouth, Trelawny, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The service, under the theme ‘Celebrating a Heritage of Resilience and Pride’ will also mark the 250th anniversary of the parish and International Day of Rural Women. Members of the public...

5 years ago Coronavirus

COVID-19 Update for Friday, October 16, 2020

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 63 8,195 SEX CLASSIFICATION Males 24 3683 Females 37 4494 Under Investigation 2 18 AGE RANGE 3 months to 85 years 1 day to 104 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 5 439 Hanover 5 108 KSA 24 2,963 Manchester 2 352 Portland 0 293 St. Ann 4 347 St. Catherine 2...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

5 years ago Agriculture

Access to Safe Food Critical Part of COVID-19 Response – Minister Green

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, has called on the country’s farmers to ramp up production in order to ensure the country’s food security, particularly in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister, who was delivering the keynote address at a digital ceremony to mark World Food Day on Friday (October 16), said that maintaining access to safe...

Advisory Board Member, Issa Trust Foundation, Rob Barkema, looks at an X-ray image produced by the new digital system at the Falmouth General Hospital in Trelawny.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Falmouth Hospital Gets US$100,000 Digital X-Ray System

The radiology department of the Falmouth Public General Hospital (FPGH) now has a US$100,000 digital X-ray system, which will enhance the quality and efficiency of diagnostic services at the facility. We Care – FPGH Limited, a charity for the hospital, partnered with the Issa Trust Foundation to purchase the picture archiving and communication system (PACS), with computed radiography (CR) and...

National Epidemiologist, Dr. Karen Webster Kerr

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

National Epidemiologist Reports Some Slowing Down in COVID-19 Cases

National Epidemiologist, Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr, says health officials are seeing “some amount of slowing down” in the daily recorded number of coronavirus (COVID -19) cases, since the country entered the community transmission phase of the pandemic in September. “The increase can be very sharp, which we saw around August 7/8, but what seems to be happening is that the slope...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, speaking during a virtual press conference on Thursday (October 15).

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Former SOE Detainees Involved in Major Crimes – Commissioner

Police tracking of persons who were released from detention when the States of Public Emergency (SOE) were lifted on August 17, has found that many of them have been involved in major crimes. Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, made the disclosure at a virtual press conference on Thursday (October 15). He said that between 220 and 240 persons...

Member of the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA), Mr. Dalton Yap (left) is pictured here with staff members from the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester (2nd left to right), Nurse Sharon Riley-Brown, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Mrs. Arlene Watson Chantiloupe, Nurse Rhodell Knott and CEO Mr. Alwyn Miller, following a recent donation of hot meals to frontline workers at the facility.

The CBA has been gifting frontline healthcare workers who are working in COVID-19 facilities with meals, as a token of their appreciation for their bravery and dedication. Mr. Miller thanked the association for their donation and encouraged the healthcare workers to remain dedicated and steadfast as they manage this pandemic.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Mandeville Hospital Frontline Workers Gifted with lunches from Chinese Benevolent Association

Member of the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA), Mr. Dalton Yap (left) is pictured here with staff members from the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester (2nd left to right), Nurse Sharon Riley-Brown, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Mrs. Arlene Watson Chantiloupe, Nurse Rhodell Knott and CEO Mr. Alwyn Miller, following a recent donation of hot meals to frontline workers at the...