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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, addressing a town hall at the Zorn Moravian Church in Christiana, Manchester, on December 9.

Dr. Tufton Calls For Increased Vigilance Against Dengue

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling for increased vigilance in combatting the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue. He was addressing a town hall at the Zorn Moravian Church in Christiana, Manchester, on Monday (December...

State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, (second right), oversees the signing of memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to facilitate the third instalment of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) export development programme, Export Max III, which will provide 48 exporters and export-ready firms with capacity building and export promotion support. Beneficiaries under the programme signing (seated, from left) are Chief Executive Officer (CEO), R.E. Construction Project Management Svc, Rudolph Edwards; Managing Director, Liquid Light Digital, Adrian Lopez; CEO, CNC Wellness Company Limited, Janet Rankin Henry; and General Manager, Medicanja Limited, Andray McKenzie. Also witnessing the process (standing, from left) are President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Richard Pandohie; CEO, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards; and Manager, Sales and Promotions Support Unit, JAMPRO, Ricardo Durant. The signing took place at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Wednesday (December 10).

Action Being Taken To Make The Export Of Goods And Services Easier

Optometrist, Stephanie Yee (left), examines the eyes of patient, Daphne Bernard, at the Don Daly Medical Mission in Flanker, St. James, on Tuesday (December 10). Simultaneous clinics were held in Negril and Ketto in Westmoreland.

Hundreds In Western Jamaica Receive Free Health Services

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses real estate stakeholders during the Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) International Realtors Conference and Expo 2019, which was held recently at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay.

Infrastructure Development Increasing Real Estate Demand – Mr. Shaw

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) council meeting, at its Church Street offices in downtown Kingston, on December 10. With the Minister is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.

Culture Ministry And KSAMC Partner To Do Murals In Kingston

A peace mural mounted on Downer Avenue in the Swallowfield community on Saturday (December 7), under the Ministry of National Security

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Peace Murals Mounted In Swallowfield

The Ministry of National Security has partnered with the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts to mount peace murals in the Swallowfield community in St. Andrew. On Saturday (December 7), students from the institution painted pieces of artwork with words and images advocating peace, on walls on Downer Avenue and Old Henry Lane. The murals are an...

Sixth-form supervisor at Oberin High School in St. Andrew, Everton Leslie (centre), interacting with the school’s head girl, Shanique Bennett and sixth-form student, Rochaun Edwards, at the Stand Up! Talk Up! Youth Conference at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (December 9).

6 years ago EducationYouth

Teacher Calls For Increased Measures To Address Bullying

Sixth-form Supervisor at Oberlin High School in St. Andrew, Everton Leslie, is highlighting the need for increased measures to effectively address bullying in schools. He suggested the staging of fora where students from across the island can be sensitised about the issue, while giving victims an avenue to speak up about what they have suffered. Mr. Leslie, who was addressing...

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia, addresses a cybercrime and cybersecurity workshop at the Hilton Resort and Spa in St. James, recently.

6 years ago Cybersecurity

US Ambassador Calls On Nations To Unite In Fighting Cybercrime

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia, is calling for a united approach among nations in combatting the growing problem of cybercrime. Addressing a cybersecurity workshop for Latin American and Caribbean countries in Montego Bay recently, he noted that while the Internet has changed lives, ushered in new industries and provided for greater connectivity at lower costs, it has also...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, speaks at the agency’s eighth annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, recently.

6 years ago Youth

CPFSA Seeks To Place Wards Of The State In Meaningful Jobs

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is seeking to have 50 wards of the State engaged in meaningful work by March 2020, under its Transition to Work Programme for children in State care. This was noted by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey, at the agency’s eighth annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) and Lady Allen (second right), are joined by (from left) Chairman, National Prayer Vigil Committee, Rev. Dr. Roy Henry; Custos Rotulorum of St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, in worship at the 27th annual national prayer vigil, held on December 8 at the Coke Methodist Church, Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

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PHOTOS: G-G At National Prayer Vigil

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) and Lady Allen (second right), are joined by (from left) Chairman, National Prayer Vigil Committee, Rev. Dr. Roy Henry; Custos Rotulorum of St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, in worship at the 27th annual national prayer vigil, held on December 8...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Programmes Specialist, Richard Kelly (right), discusses key findings of the United Nations 2019 Human Development Index (HDI) Report with (from left) Resident Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Takeshi Takano; Global Youth Leader and Development Policy Specialist, Tijani Christian; and University of the West Indies student and Model UN Delegate, Matthew McHayle. Occasion was a ceremony held at the UNDP Jamaica’s country office in Kingston on Monday (November 9) to unveil the 2019 UN report locally.

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Jamaica Improves Ranking In 2019 Human Development Index

Jamaica has been placed in the high human development category with a ranking of 96 out of 189 countries and territories in the United Nations 2019 Human Development Index (HDI) Report. This is an improvement over the country’s ranking of 97 in 2018. Published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) the HDI report is the globally accepted standard...

Executive Vice President, Sagicor Life Insurance, Mark Chisolm (left), presents a certificate to Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III participant, Cheryl Williamson, at the graduation exercise for the adult literacy and social skills intervention programme on December 5, at the Sagicor Auditorium, St. Andrew. Thirty-three participants received training in academic and behaviour intervention, mentorship for job preparation as well as individual counselling sessions.

6 years ago JusticeYouth

33 Young People Benefit From Training Under CSJP III

Thirty-three young men and women from communities across the island are better equipped to obtain employment, having graduated from the adult literacy and social skills intervention programme under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. The graduation exercise was held on December 5 at the Sagicor Auditorium, St. Andrew, where participants were presented with certificates and special awards for...