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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) responds to questions from journalists during a press briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on February 5, where he provided an update on Jamaica’s national emergency response and preparedness for the coronavirus. He is flanked by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan (left); and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.

Border Protection Personnel Being Prepared For Coronavirus

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is training border protection and control personnel to deal with the novel coronavirus. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said 329 frontline employees at the Norman Manley and Sangster International airports, including immigration,...

Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (left), proudly shows off his blood donation during the USF’s ‘Are you My Type’ pre-Valentine’s Day blood drive last year. At right is Nurse Latoya Allen of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS)

USF Stages Pre-Valentine’s Day Blood Drive Friday

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), addressing journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (February 5), where he provided an update on Jamaica’s national emergency response and preparedness for the coronavirus. Listening (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan; and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.

National Coronavirus Coordinating Mechanism Being Instituted

Former Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Rudyard Spencer

House Of Representatives Pays Tribute To Ruddy Spencer

(FILE) National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 4). At left is Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague.

East Kingston SOE Extended Until April 25

Primary-school students participating in a 2017 Restorative Justice sensitsation session.

6 years ago Justice

Activities For Restorative Justice Week 2020 Under Way

A peace walk, youth forum and islandwide sensitization sessions are among the features for Restorative Justice Week 2020, being observed from February 2 to 7 under the theme ‘Supporting Peace and Unity in Our Community’. Restorative Justice Programme Coordinator, Andriene Lindsay, told JIS News that the activities, which began with a thanksgiving service on Sunday (February 2) at the Church...

Chief for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Raul Salazar (left), navigates the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction website while External Relations Officer for the UNDRR Regional Office, Saskia Carusi, looks on.

6 years ago Local Government

Registration Under Way For Seventh Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Platform

Registration has commenced for the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean. The event is slated for July 7 to 10 in Montego Bay, St. James, under the theme ‘Building Resilient Economies in the Americas and the Caribbean’. Registration is scheduled to close a month ahead of the meeting, and interested parties are encouraged...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third left), with five participants in a driver-training programme, who were presented with their provisional licences during the official launch of the programme, at the Maxfield Avenue offices of the Ministry of Transport and Mining, on Tuesday (February 4). The participants (from left) are Kemar Webb, Tasha-Gaye Rose, Shaniel Sylvester, Dorothy Chambers and Ricardo Plummer. They are part of an initial batch of 30 persons from Kingston, recruited through the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, who will benefit from the initiative.

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30 Young Persons Begin Driver-Training Programme Under HOPE

An initial cohort of 30 young persons from Kingston will benefit under a driver-training programme aimed at transforming them into professional public transportation agents. Recruited through the Government’s Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, the youngsters will be undertaking 25 one-hour lessons for the next two months. The driver-training programme, which is being undertaken in collaboration with the Transport...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange views a mural of Tommy McCook and the Skatalites which is part of the Jamaica Jamaica! exhibition now on show at the National Gallery of Jamaica until the end of June. Minister Grange launched the exhibition as a major activity for Reggae Month.

6 years ago Culture

Minister Grange Opens Jamaica Jamaica! Exhibition at National Gallery

The Jamaica Jamaica! exhibition — which tells the story of the island’s music; and has been seen by thousands of people in France and Brazil — is finally on show in the birthplace of Reggae music. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, officially opened the exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in Kingston...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), is presented with a copy of the Judiciary’s Strategic Business Plan, titled ‘Benchmarking the Future: Courting Success’, by Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, during the document’s recent launch, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. Mr. Chuck represented Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

6 years ago Justice

Justice Minister Calls For Support Of Judicial Strategic Business Plan

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging wide-ranging stakeholder support for the first ever Strategic Business Plan for the Judicial Arm of Government. He has also pledged the Administration’s support through the provision of the requisite resources to ensure the achievement of the stipulated goals and targets. The Minister was speaking at the Plan’s recent launch, held at the Terra...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), in conversation with (from second left): Member of Parliament for North East St. Catherine, Leslie Campbell; Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism, Wykeham McNeill and Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, at a special viewing of new mobile justice units (in background) by Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament, on Duke Street in downtown Kingston, on February 4.

6 years ago Justice

New Mobile Units To Enhance Outreach Services Of Legal Aid Council

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the two newly acquired mobile justice units will significantly enhance the Legal Aid Council (LAC) outreach services for persons in marginalised and deep rural communities. “This is going to be a game changer for small communities, rural and inner-city areas, where many of these residents don’t even have the bus fare to go...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 4).

6 years ago National Security and PeaceParliament

ZOSOs Extended In Denham Town And Mount Salem

The Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) in Denham Town, Kingston; and Mount Salem, St. James, will be extended by a further 60 days to April 20, 2020 and May 9, 2020, respectively. The House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 4) approved two Resolutions for the extensions, which were moved by National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. A Zone of...