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President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Clifton Reader (left), shares a photo moment with Immediate Past President of the JHTA, Omar Robinson.
President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Clifton Reader (left), shares a photo moment with Immediate Past President of the JHTA, Omar Robinson.

JHTA President Highlights Implementation of Health and Safety Protocols in Sector

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, says the tourism sector’s widespread implementation of health and safety protocols has been serving as a shining example for the rest of the country. Mr. Reader, who spoke to...
Principal of Farm Primary and Infant School, Richard Miller (left), accepts personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19 from Executive Director of Children of the Caribbean Foundation, Rosie Hodge-Adams (centre), and Community Development Director of Children of the Caribbean Foundation, Rochelle Jefferson-Carey, during a special handover ceremony, held on the school compound in Green Pond, St. James, on October 5.
Principal of Farm Primary and Infant School, Richard Miller (left), accepts personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19 from Executive Director of Children of the Caribbean Foundation, Rosie Hodge-Adams (centre), and Community Development Director of Children of the Caribbean Foundation, Rochelle Jefferson-Carey, during a special handover ceremony, held on the school compound in Green Pond, St. James, on October 5.

Primary Schools in St. James Receive PPE
Senior Director, Customer Service Unit, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Sandra Senior Brown (left), observes as Senior GIS Manager and Trainer, National Spatial Data Management Branch, MEGJC, Simone Lloyd, peruses a document. Occasion was a ceremony to officially launch Customer Service Week, staged by the MEGJC at its Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on Monday (October 5).
Senior Director, Customer Service Unit, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Sandra Senior Brown (left), observes as Senior GIS Manager and Trainer, National Spatial Data Management Branch, MEGJC, Simone Lloyd, peruses a document. Occasion was a ceremony to officially launch Customer Service Week, staged by the MEGJC at its Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on Monday (October 5).

COVID-19 Presents Opportunity for Public Sector to Become More Innovative
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a ceremony at Brown’s Town Primary in St. Ann on October 4, to hand over 126 tablets to the institution, under the Government’s Tablets in Schools programme.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a ceremony at Brown’s Town Primary in St. Ann on October 4, to hand over 126 tablets to the institution, under the Government’s Tablets in Schools programme.

Minister Says Jamaicans Need to Place More Emphasis on Formal Education
Member of Parliament for North East Manchester, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), emphasises a point during a meeting with Custos of Manchester. Garfield Green (right); and Members of Parliament (MPs) for the parish held in Williamsfield on Thursday (September 24). Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Robert Chin, listens.
Member of Parliament for North East Manchester, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), emphasises a point during a meeting with Custos of Manchester. Garfield Green (right); and Members of Parliament (MPs) for the parish held in Williamsfield on Thursday (September 24). Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Robert Chin, listens.

Minister Shaw Focused on Education and Training of Youth in Manchester

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Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EduFocal, Gordon Swaby.
Education

EduFocal Creating More Job Opportunities for Teachers

Despite unprecedented changes in the education system due to the global health pandemic (COVID-19), resulting in near-total closures of schools and temporary lay-offs of educators, ed-tech company, EduFocal is creating more job opportunities for teachers to deliver education virtually. Following the recent launch of its online school, EduFocal PEP Academy in early September, the online learning platform has created job...
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Cod Pen Bridge in Llandewey, St. Thomas Closed

Motorists are being warned not to attempt to use the Cod Pen Bridge located on the roadway from Easington to Llandewey, in St. Thomas at this time. The National Works Agency (NWA) has closed the bridge, out of an abundance of caution, as a result of further damage to the structure during heavy rains on the weekend. The Cod Pen...
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U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald R. Tapia ( l), presents a symbolic check to Acting Executive Director of the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) Dr. Jonathan Greenland. The NGJ is one of several global recipients of the 2020 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Award.
Culture

National Gallery of Jamaica Receives 2020 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Award

The National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) is the island’s 2020 recipient of the United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Award, receiving approximately J$6 million in grant funding. This award was made possible through the AFCP’s Cultural Antiquities Task Force and will support the NGJ’s Conservation Redevelopment & Storage Rationalization Project. The project is designed to redevelop the Gallery’s...
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Weather

Flash Flood Warning Now in Effect for Eastern and South-Central Parishes … Flash Flood Watch Remains in Effect for All Other Parishes

The Meteorological Service has: Upgraded the Flash Flood Watch to a Flash Flood Warning for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St. Mary, Portland, St. Thomas, Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Clarendon, and Manchester. Continued the Flash Flood Watch for low-lying and flood-prone areas of Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James, Trelawny, St Ann, and St Elizabeth. Effective until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. At...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right) presents Principal of Brown’s Town Primary in St. Ann, Monica Campbell-Coley (left) with a tablet, during a ceremony held on the school grounds located on Top Road, on October 4. a total of 126 tablets were handed over to the institution under the Government’s Tablets in School programme.
EducationTechnology

PATH Students at Two St. Ann Primary Schools Receive Tablets

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on Sunday (October 4), distributed 144 tablets to two primary schools in St. Ann to support virtual learning for students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). Brown’s Town Primary received 126 tablets while 18 devices were delivered to Alva Primary under the Tablets in Schools Programme. They will benefit...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green addresses a forum held on October 1, at the Commodore New Testament Church of God, in St. Catherine.
Fisheries

Local Fisherfolk to get COVID-19 Relief Support

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green says the Government will shortly provide details, on a COVID-19 relief programme, for persons in the fisheries sector. Speaking at a public forum hosted for local fisherfolk at the Old Harbour Bay Baptist Church in St. Catherine on October 1, Mr. Green said he will provide details of the programme in the...
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The Virgin Atlantic plane carrying passengers and crew from London, England, taxis beneath the symbolic water salute at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, as the airline resumed flights to the island on October 2.
Foreign AffairsTourism

Virgin Atlantic Resumes Flights to Jamaica

After a hiatus from Jamaica due to its borders being closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) earlier this year, Virgin Atlantic has resumed flights to the island. Virgin Atlantic flight ‘VS 165’ from London, England, carried some 192 passengers and 10 crew members to the Sangster International Airport in St. James, on October 2. During a press...
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