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Anti-Human Trafficking Forum Slated For Manchester On Feb. 12

Residents of Manchester will have the opportunity to learn more about the pitfalls of human trafficking, during a forum to be held at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville on February 12. The anti-trafficking in persons symposium, which gets underway...

Chief Executive Officer for First Heritage Cooperative Credit Union Limited (FHC), Roxann Linton (right), presents Past President and Acting Executive Director for the Woman Inc. Crisis Centre, Joyce Hewett (2nd right), and her colleagues (from left): Public Relations Coordinator, Tatiana Answer, and Public Education Coordinator, Angela Clarke, with a cheque in the sum of $350,000 during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Finance and Public Service in Kingston on Friday (February 7). The donation represents part proceeds from the 2019 Civil Service Week (CSW)/FHC 5K Walk/Run in Kingston. Woman Inc. also received a donation of $150,000 from Cuna Caribbean Jamaica Insurance Limited.

Civil Service Week Steering Committee And Partners Donate $500,000 To Woman INC.

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, speaking at the official opening of a satellite office and retrofitted examination depot for the Transport Authority and Island Traffic Authority in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Thursday (February 6).

Persons Encouraged To Use The Transport Ministry’s ‘Drive Safe’ Mobile App

Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore, making her contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House on Thursday (February 6).

Society Encouraged To Be Compassionate Towards Mentally Ill Persons

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (centre), converses with Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (left), and Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters. The occasion was the opening ceremony of the 11th annual Restorative Justice Conference at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on Friday (February 7).

Four Additional Family Courts Being Established

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), addresses persons attending the Ministry’s St. James Town Hall Meeting at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on Thursday (February 6).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

EU And IDB To Fund Major Upgrades At Several Public Health Facilities

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says several public health facilities are to be upgraded with funding support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and European Union (EU). He indicated that the IDB has provided a loan of US$50 million, while the EU has offered grant support of €10 million. The funds will be used to further...

HEART Trust/NTA’s Senior Director for Technical Vocation Education and Training (TVET) Development and Support Systems, and Chair of the National Career Awareness Development Week Organizing Committee, Dr. Marcia Rowe Amonde.

6 years ago DevelopmentHealth & Wellness

National Career Awareness Development Week Being Observed From Feb. 9-14

National Career Awareness Development Week will be observed from February 9-14 under the theme: ‘Career Development: The Vehicle that Leads to Success’. The scheduled activities get underway with the national church service on Sunday (February 9) at the Boulevard Open Bible Church, 12 Washington Boulevard, Kingston 20, commencing at 10:30 a.m. On February 11, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan, making his contribution to the 2019/20 State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on February 7.

6 years ago 2019/20 State of the Nation DebateSenate

Gov’t Spending $1.9B To Establish Goat Islands Wildlife Sanctuary

The Government will be spending $1.9 billion to establish the Goat Islands wildlife sanctuary, just off Jamaica’s south coast. Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan, who made the announcement, said this forms part of measures to safeguard Jamaica’s biodiversity and natural history. He was speaking during the 2019/20 State of the Nation Debate in...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), engages in a discussion with Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Godfrey Dyer (L); and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councilor Homer Davis, at the ceremony to break ground for the Canaan/Adelphi Water Supply System in Somerton, St. James, on February 5.

6 years ago CommunityLocal GovernmentTourism

70,000 Residents To Benefit From Caanan/Adelphi Water Supply System

More than 70,000 residents of several communities in deep rural St. James will benefit from the establishment of the Caanan/Adelphi Water Supply System. The $300-million project is being undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC) through partnership with Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), with funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). It will include installation of a 300,000-gallon storage tank,...

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (second right) looks on as K2 students of the Jamaica House Basic School, Beshawn Blairgrove (left); and Garey Dawkins (second left), scan books donated to the school by the Optimist Club of Kingston. The presentation ceremony was held on Thursday (February 6), at the school

6 years ago Education

Jamaica House Basic School Gets Educational Items From Kingston Optimist Club

More than 200 books and other educational materials have been donated to the Jamaica House Basic School by the Optimist Club of Kingston. The presentation was made at the institution’s West King’s House Road location in St. Andrew on Thursday (February 6), in observance of Optimist International Day. The items included storybooks and colouring books, crayons, counting and reading assistive...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), cuts the ribbon to symbolise the official opening of the satellite office and retrofitted examination depot for the Transport Authority and Island Traffic Authority (ITA) in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Thursday (February 6). Looking on (from left) are Island Traffic Authority (ITA) board member, David Baugh; Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dwayne Vaz; and Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Cecil Morgan.

6 years ago Transport

Transport Authority And Island Traffic Authority Open New Offices In Savanna-La-Mar

The Transport Authority has partnered with the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) to establish a $16-million satellite office and a retrofitted examination depot in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, said that the facilities, located on Barracks Road, will boost service delivery to stakeholders in western Jamaica. “The $16 million was money well spent because the level of service being...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left) exchanges greetings with Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Inés Fors Fernández (second right) at a foreign languages conference held on Thursday (February 6) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. Looking on are Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Jun José Gonzáles Mijares (right); and Ambassador of Chile to Jamaica, His Excellency Francisco Javier Bernales.

6 years ago Education

Terrelonge Wants More Students To Pursue Foreign Languages

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is encouraging more students to become bilingual and multilingual speakers, as this will greatly assist their own development and contribute to nation building. He argued that the next generation of Jamaicans will need to be competent in at least one foreign language in order to effectively...