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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, delivers a Statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 14). Seated at left is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry.

Minister Grange Condemns Acts Of Violence Against Women

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has condemned the recent acts of violence against women. “I join with my fellow Jamaicans to express outrage that there are misguided persons who believe that the lives of our...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses the House of Representatives on January 14. At left is National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang

Minister Expects Smooth Transition From Polystyrene Products

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses the opening ceremony for the Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Programme Americas Workshop hosted by the High Commission of Canada to Jamaica and Global Affairs Canada at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (January 14). Also pictured (from left) are Counsellor and Head of Development, Canadian High Commission, Pascale Turcotte; Senior Advisor, Global Affairs Canada, Cheryl Gopaul-Saikali; and High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters.

Jamaicans Urged To Help End Gender-Based Violence

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre), shares a photo opportunity with members of the organising committee of the David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Scholarship Fund at one of its annual fundraising balls held at the National Education Association Atrium in downtown Washington DC.

Jamaican Embassy To Be Honoured At Scholarship Ball

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 14).

Government Pleased With Response To Plastic Ban

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), pays keen attention while Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communication at the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Kimberley Stiff (centre), points out features of the new Port Royal cruise port. Occasion was a tour by the Minister today (January 14).

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Port Royal Residents Lauded For Preserving Image Of Community

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has lauded the residents of Port Royal in Kingston for “preserving” the image of the community and helping to make it a cruise destination. The Minister, who was speaking with JIS News during a tour of the completed Port Royal cruise port, today (January 14), said the area is now...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point while making a statement in the House of Representatives on January 14.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Flu Vaccine Distributed Islandwide

A total of 25,400 doses of trivalent influenza vaccine (northern hemisphere formulation) has been purchased and distributed through the regional health authority network. This was disclosed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in a statement to the House of Representatives on January 14. He informed that preliminary reports from the National Epidemiology database show that...

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Clinic (LAC), Hugh Faulkner, is encouraging citizens to utilise the services of the Mobile Justice Unit

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No Child Should Go To Court Without A Laywer – Legal Aid Council

The Legal Aid Council is reminding parents and guardians that no child should go before the court without legal representation, including children deemed uncontrollable. “Although a child being uncontrollable is not a criminal offence, we provide a lawyer to intervene, because if a child comes before the court as uncontrollable, a judge may send that child to a juvenile correctional...

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.

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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 Kingston. Miss Singh was presented with the keys during a cultural tribute, held in her honour at Emancipation Park in...

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).

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New Ward To Be Constructed At Bustamante Hospital For Children

Construction of a 20 to 25-bed ward at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, is to commence this year. The two-storey structure will house the hospital’s paediatric cardiac centre patients, and an 18-bed overnight facility for parents of patients on the ward. The infrastructure development project, valued at $100 million, is being jointly financed by the National Health Fund...

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘ThinkTank’

6 years ago Justice

More Than 3,300 Persons Receive Assistance From Legal Aid Council

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner, has reported that the LAC provided duty counsel to 3,331 persons for the 2018/2019 fiscal year. “For duty counsel, 3,331 sessions were done to assist Jamaicans. In other words, 3,331 Jamaicans had an attorney present to advise them of their rights during [police] question-and-answer sessions,” Mr. Faulkner told JIS News....

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.

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Prime Minister Tours Appleton Estate

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, recently toured the world-renowned Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience, located in Nassau Valley, St. Elizabeth. The tour, which gave an insight into Jamaica’s rich history and culture, included Joy Spence, the first female Master Blender in the world and Appleton Estate's Master Blender; Managing Director of J. Wray & Nephew Limited, Jean-Philippe...