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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, presides over today’s (January 14) sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), at the Council’s Chambers, downtown Kingston.
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, presides over today’s (January 14) sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), at the Council’s Chambers, downtown Kingston.

KSAMC Ratifies Presentation Of Keys To Miss World

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has ratified the conferment of the Keys to the City of Kingston on Miss World 2019, Toni-Ann Singh. The resolution was passed at today’s (January 14) meeting of the Corporation in downtown...
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), visits two-year-old patient, Zaira Doyle, during a recent tour of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, in Kingston. The Minister visited young patients undergoing corrective surgery for various cardiac complications. With the Minister are Intensivist with Chain of Hope, Dr. Intikhab Zafurallah (left) and father of Zaira, Errol Doyle (right).
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), visits two-year-old patient, Zaira Doyle, during a recent tour of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, in Kingston. The Minister visited young patients undergoing corrective surgery for various cardiac complications. With the Minister are Intensivist with Chain of Hope, Dr. Intikhab Zafurallah (left) and father of Zaira, Errol Doyle (right).

New Ward To Be Constructed At Bustamante Hospital For Children
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘ThinkTank’
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘ThinkTank’

More Than 3,300 Persons Receive Assistance From Legal Aid Council
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, views the Appleton Estate Prime Minister’s Reserve Jamaica Rum, during a recent tour of the estate located in Nassau Valley, St. Elizabeth.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, views the Appleton Estate Prime Minister’s Reserve Jamaica Rum, during a recent tour of the estate located in Nassau Valley, St. Elizabeth.

Prime Minister Tours Appleton Estate
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

Youth Forum To Be Part Of Regional Platform For Disaster Risk Reduction

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Community Relations Officer of the National Works Agency’s (NWA) Western Office, Janel Ricketts.
Transport

Fairfield To Tucker Road In St. James Being Rehabilitated

The Fairfield to Tucker roadway in St. James is being rehabilitated, says Community Relations Officer at the National Works Agency’s (NWA) Western Region, Janel Ricketts. In an interview with JIS News, Ms. Ricketts said the project, which is being done at a cost of $74.1 million, represents the first phase of a comprehensive plan for the area that involves upgrading...
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Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President, Keith Duncan, addresses journalists during the launch of the PSOJ’s 2020-2022 Strategy, at the entity
National Security

PSOJ Looking To Build National Consensus On Crime

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is seeking to build national consensus on the Government’s strategy to significantly reduce crime. Crime is one of the priority areas of focus outlined in the PSOJ’s 2020-2022 Strategy, which was presented at a recent press briefing at the organisation’s offices in Kingston. PSOJ President, Keith Duncan, noted that a special private-sector working...
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Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin.
Health & WellnessJustice

JPs Urged To Help Combat Dengue

Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, is urging Justices of the Peace (JPs) to play an active role in the coordinated fight against dengue in the parish. He said that JPs can help by educating citizens about prevention and mitigation measures. “I would like to encourage the JPs from across the parish to speak to the citizens...
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Assistant Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Nadia Burgess, speaks at the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation, in Montego Bay, on Thursday, January 9.
Health & Wellness

Decline In Aedes Index For St. James

St. James has seen a further decline in its Aedes index, moving from nine per cent in late December to seven per cent as of January 2020. This has resulted from extensive measures by the St. James Health Department to eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito as it continues to fight the dengue fever. The lowering of the Aedes index means...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), enjoys a cup of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee on the occasion of the inaugural visit of the ‘Norwegian Bliss’ at the Ocho Rios Port in St. Ann on January 10. Joining him (from 2nd left) are Chairman of the National Cruise Council and St. Ann’s Bay Mayor, Michael Belnavis; Norwegian Bliss crew members - Captain Robert Lundberg, General Manager Djamel Benatmane and Chief Engineer, Rolf Isakson.
Tourism

Over 1.5 Million Cruise Passenger Arrivals In 2019

Preliminary data from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) indicates that cruise passengers accounted for over 1.5 million of the approximately 4.3 million tourists visiting the island in 2019. This was disclosed by Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who spoke with JIS News following last Friday’s (January 10) arrival of one of the Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) flagship vessels – the...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (5th left), and Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Hon. Bishop Conrad Pitkin (5th. right), unveil the sign at the roundabout at Ironshore, St. James, commemorating the renaming of Quebec Avenue as the Dr. Horace Chang Boulevard on January 9.
CommunityNational Security

Quebec Avenue in Ironshore, St. James Renamed ‘Dr. Horace Chang Boulevard’

The roadway running from the Ironshore/Quebec Avenue intersection into the community of Norwood in North West St. James has been officially renamed the Dr. Horace Chang Boulevard, in honour of the National Security Minister. A ceremony, organized by the St. James Municipal Corporation to commemorate the change, was held at the roundabout in Ironshore, where the roads intersect, on January...
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