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High Commissioner, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, presents the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) to the Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson Wilkin, at a ceremony held recently at the High Commission in London. Rev. Hudson Wilkin was unable to travel to Jamaica to attend the National Honours and Awards Ceremony held at King’s House on October 21.

Jamaican Trailblazers Presented With National Awards In London

Dame Karlene Davis and the Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson Wilkin, two Jamaican trailblazers living in the United Kingdom (UK), have been presented with the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) for outstanding contribution in their fields. High Commissioner, His Excellency Seth...

Pastor of the Spanish Town Methodist Church and retired staff member of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Bradley Simmonds (right), offers prayers during the RGD’s Thanksgiving Service to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the agency, at the Spanish Town Methodist Church, White Church Street, St. Catherine, on November 24. Participating (from left) are Chief Executive Officer (Acting), Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Desmond Davis; Director of Finance and Administration, RGD, Debbie-Ann Martin; and Director of Records Information Management, RGD, Alvin Morris.

PHOTOS: RGD’s 140th Anniversary Church Service

Mayor of Kingston, His Worship, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams (seated right), signs Memorandum of Understanding with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Robert Hill; and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, at the launch of the Fast-Track Cities Programme on Monday (November 25), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. Observing (from left) are Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness/Project Liaison, KSAMC, Terry Forrester; Director, Health Promotion and Protection, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Simone Spence; Senior Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nicole Skyers; and Country Director, UNAIDS, Manoela Manova.

MOU Signed To Make Provisions For Persons Living With HIV/AIDS

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre); and Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis Del Solar (right), engage with Cedric Hussey of the Mount Charles branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), at the Eat Jamaican Day exposition on the lawns of Devon House in St. Andrew on November 25.

Ministry Looking To Hire Agricultural Aides To Assist Farmers

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing Monday’s (November 25) opening session of the two-day Regional Policy Tourism Crisis Communication, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management meeting, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston

Systematic Approach Needed To Counter Tourism Threats – Bartlett

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (left) and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe, look at one of the entries in the photography segment of the JIS Heritage Competition, at the awards ceremony on Monday (November 25), at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, St. Andrew.

6 years ago CultureOffice of the Prime Minister

No Backing Down From Reparation Calls – Minister Henry

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says Jamaica will not back down from its push for reparation for the descendants of enslaved Africans. He noted that while the smatterings of compensation from a few organisations is a good place to start, and the country is encouraged by the show of support, a piecemeal...

(FILE) Attorney-at-Law and Policy Advisor for Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), Nicole Foster, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank on Front-of-Package Labelling.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Front-Of-Package Labelling A Human Rights Issue – Healthy Caribbean Coalition

Policy Advisor for the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), Nicole Foster, says that consumers must have easy access to information on the contents of packaged foods, noting that the matter is a human rights issue. “This is a matter of our right to know, our children’s right to know as well as our right to the highest attainable standard of health...

Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández (centre), with the 40 medical professionals from her country and other officials at the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Occasion was a welcome reception for the healthcare professionals, held today (November 25), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices in St. Andrew. The team members will be deployed across the island to bolster the public healthcare service.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Jamaica Welcomes Cuban Medical Doctors

Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández (centre), with the 40 medical professionals from her country and other officials at the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Occasion was a welcome reception for the healthcare professionals, held today (November 25), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices in St. Andrew. The team members will be deployed across the island to...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), views produce on the stall of Joy Boman (left), at the Chapelton Market, Clarendon, on November 22, following the Farmers’ Market opening ceremony. The Clarendon Municipal Corporation hosted the Farmers’ Market as part of Local Government and Community Development Month celebrations. The aim of the Farmers’ Market is to revitalise the Chapelton Market space.

6 years ago Agriculture

PHOTOS: Minister Shaw At Farmers’ Market

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

6 years ago Local Government

Local Gov’t Ministry Wants Volunteers for Int’l Conference

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has issued a call for volunteers from western parishes to participate in the Seventh Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20). The three-day conference will be held from July 8 to 10 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Addressing a sensitisation...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), applauds after unveiling the plaque commemorating the official renaming of the Spalding High School, Alphansus Davis High. At left is the former principal in whose honour the institution has been renamed. The ceremony was held at the school grounds in Clarendon on November 19.

6 years ago Education

PM Hails Alphansus Davis for 31 Years of Service to Education

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has lauded retired principal and educator, Alphansus Davis, for 31 years of outstanding contribution to education. Mr. Holness noted that Mr. Davis, who was appointed as one of his senior advisors in 2007, while he was Education Minister, was instrumental in the transformation of the education system. At the time, Mr. Davis was...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Stigma Stymies Progress in Achieving HIV Targets

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says stigma associated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continues to stymie Jamaica’s efforts to achieve its 90-90-90 treatment targets that will set the country on a course to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The targets set by UNAIDS, are for 90 per cent of people living with HIV...