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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens as Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (at podium), provides details regarding the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division. Occasion was a press conference to announce the declaration of the SOE at Jamaica House on Sunday (Jan. 26). Also pictured (from left), are: Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade; and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

Eastern Kingston Residents Urged To Cooperate With Security Forces

Residents of the Eastern Kingston Police Division are being encouraged to cooperate with security personnel as they carry out enhanced security operations in the area under the newly declared State of Public Emergency (SOE). Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Jamaica On Alert For Coronavirus

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) speaking at a Roundtable Discussion on Electric Mobility held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on January 24. Listening are are Principal Director in the Ministry , Fitzroy Vidal (left) and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), Emanuel DaRosa.

Strategic Investment Needed in Electric Mobility – Minister Williams

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace (3rd right), breaks ground for construction of the $73 million Green Acres Police Station in St. Catherine on Friday (January 24). Others (from left) are: Councillor for the Bellevue Division, Alphanso Johnson; Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott; Minister of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary Griffiths; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh.

JCF Reviewing Social Intervention Strategy

Principal Director in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Fitzroy Vidal (right), addresses the roundtable discussion on electric mobility held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on January 24. At left is Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Electric Mobility Framework Completed

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held recently, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

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Reggae Month 2020 Will Be Bigger And Better – Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that this year’s Reggae Month will be “bigger and better” with several activities planned to celebrate Jamaica’s music under the theme: ‘Come Ketch di Riddim.’ Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Ms. Grange said that the Ministry and its partners “have been able to put together 29 days...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, greets Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Managing Director, Marlene Street Forrest (left), during the JSE

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Gov’t Committed to Social Partnership – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains committed to maintaining the social partnership arrangement in order to combat potential threats to Jamaica's economy. These relate to crime, climate change, environmental sustainability, energy security, pandemics, among others. Mr. Holness said that while significant gains have been recorded under the Economic Reform Programme (ERP), the country remains vulnerable...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), announces the declaration of a State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division during a press conference at Jamaica House on Sunday (Jan. 26). Also pictured (from left) are: Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade; Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.

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PM Announces SOE for Eastern Kingston Police Division

A State of Public Emergency (SOE) is now in effect for the Eastern Kingston Police Division. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a press conference at Jamaica House on Sunday (Jan. 26) morning. He said that security personnel from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were deployed at midnight to...

Staff of Southern Parks and Market (SPM) Waste Management Limited remove garbage from a section of the Bull Savannah community in St. Elizabeth as part of dengue clean-up activities on Saturday (January 25).

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St. Elizabeth Communities Cleared of Bulky Waste

Several communities in St. Elizabeth were cleared of bulky waste and other garbage on Saturday (Jan. 25). The initiative was part of the national dengue clean-up campaign aimed at controlling the spread of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. Clean-up activities took place in Junction, Bull Savannah, Tryall District, Comma Pen and Ballards Valley. Mayor of Black...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left), highlights the need to clear communities of bulky waste such as old cars, which can become breeding sites for the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. He was participating in activities under the national dengue clean-up exercise in the Grants Pen community in St. Andrew on Saturday (Jan. 25). Listening to the Prime Minister (from 2nd left) are: Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Robert Hill; and Medical Entomologist and Head of the National Vector Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones.

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PM Leads Dengue Clean-up in Grants Pen

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Saturday (Jan. 25), joined residents of Grants Pen in St. Andrew in searching for and destroying mosquito breeding sites in their community, under the national dengue clean-up campaign. The three-day exercise, which began on Friday (Jan. 24), is being undertaken in an effort to control the spread of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito,...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) plants an East Indian mango tree with the help of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Kingston Girl of the year, Deja-Nai Grant (foreground, 2nd left) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative to Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (foreground, right). Occasion was the launch of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew on Wednesday (January 22). Looking on (in background from left) are: Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector in the Ministry, Sanniel Wilson-Graham; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Richard Blair; Chairman of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors (CPHD) Forum, Brian Crichlow; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Representative in Jamaica, Dionne Clarke-Harris; and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson.

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Jamaica a Regional Leader in Protecting Plant Health

Jamaica has been commended by regional and international organisations for launching the International Year of the Plant Health (IYPH), becoming the first country in the Caribbean to join the global movement. The United Nations observance under the theme: ‘Protecting Plant Protecting Life,’ aims to increase global awareness about the importance of protecting plant health in order to end hunger, reduce poverty,...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, applies net to water drum in Grants Pen, St Andrew.

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Grange: Fight Against Mosquitoes Will Continue After 3-Day Clean Up

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed volunteers across the island who are participating in the three-day national dengue clean up activity. Minister Grange was speaking at the New Day Primary and Junior High School in St Andrew where the Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, officially launched the clean up campaign...