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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), listens to a point from Acting Senior Director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson, during a recent International Women
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), listens to a point from Acting Senior Director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson, during a recent International Women's Day (IWD) event at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Joint Select Committee on Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act to Meet Wednesday

The first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act will be convened on Wednesday (March 20). Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the disclosure while addressing a recent International Women's...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), turns on the main water valve in Junction, St. Elizabeth, to officially commission the Essex Valley Water Supply Project on October 23, 2019.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), turns on the main water valve in Junction, St. Elizabeth, to officially commission the Essex Valley Water Supply Project on October 23, 2019.

Survey Shows 99% of Population Have Access to Improved Source of Drinking Water
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), is in discussion with Chairman, Education Transformation and Oversight Committee (ETOC),  Dr. Adrian Stokes, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, during a press conference at the Overseas Examinations Commission offices in Kingston on March 14.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), is in discussion with Chairman, Education Transformation and Oversight Committee (ETOC),  Dr. Adrian Stokes, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, during a press conference at the Overseas Examinations Commission offices in Kingston on March 14.

Implementation of ECC Reclassification to Take Effect April 1
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.

Cabinet Approves Contracts for Infrastructure Works
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the Ministry’s semi-virtual townhall – ‘On a PATH to Transformation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’ – on March 13 at the St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church Hall in May Pen, Clarendon.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the Ministry’s semi-virtual townhall – ‘On a PATH to Transformation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’ – on March 13 at the St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church Hall in May Pen, Clarendon.

PATH’s Proposed Transformation Expected to Enhance the Initiative’s Reach

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

Study to Identify Wells on Bauxite Lands in St. Ann South Eastern

The Government will be commissioning a study to identify wells on bauxite lands in St. Ann South Eastern, and to partner with bauxite companies to enable nearby communities to access these wells for water. This was disclosed by Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, during a tour of water...
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Students at St. Catherine High School listen attentively while Acting Special Projects Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Charnele Henry (second right), shares information about the agency and the JIS publications on display. Looking on is Special Projects Officer, JIS, Romona Geohaghan (seated left). Students and adults visited the JIS booth to receive information on healthy eating, citizen rights, breast cancer, road safety, and other subject matters at the school’s health fair on Friday, March 15. Visitors to the booth were also able to interact with Writer/Producer/Presenter, JIS Radio, Jayda Francis, and test their skills at voice acting.
EducationHealth & WellnessYouth

PHOTOS: St. Catherine High School Health Fair

Students at St. Catherine High School listen attentively while Acting Special Projects Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Charnele Henry (second right), shares information about the agency and the JIS publications on display. Looking on is Special Projects Officer, JIS, Romona Geohaghan (seated left). Students and adults visited the JIS booth to receive information on healthy eating, citizen rights, breast cancer,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), hands over a birth certificate to Tavia Richards-Murray, guardian for Ashley Williams, one of the first recipients under the National Identification System (NIDS) ‘Operation Birthright’ Programme, that was launched at Jamaica House in Kingston on September 9, 2022. Sharing the moment are then Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Modernisation of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth, and Representative of the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke.
NIDSOffice of the Prime Minister

Operation Birthright Responds to Concern Highlighted in Report

The Government’s National Identification System (NIDS) ‘Operation Birthright’ Progamme is actively responding to a concern highlighted in the Jamaica ‘Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2022: Situation of Women and Children’. The report, which was launched on Friday (March 15) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew, found that Jamaica has almost universal registration of...
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President of the St. Mary Associate Branch Society, the parish arm of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Fabian Rhule.
AgricultureYouth

Youth in Agriculture Village for St. Mary Agri-Expo on April 1

Patrons attending the St. Mary Agri-Expo on Monday, April 1, will experience the addition of a Youth in Agriculture Village. This year’s activities will be held under the theme ‘Nourishing our future; Safeguarding farms, ensuring food security’. President of the St. Mary Associate Branch Society, the parish arm of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Fabian Rhule, said this year’s show, the...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, engages with primary-school students at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library as part of activities to mark Read Across Jamaica Day 2023.
EducationYouth

Education Ministry to Scale Up Literacy Programmes

The Ministry of Education and Youth will be seeking to scale up literacy intervention programmes in schools across Jamaica. The Jamaica Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2022: Situation of Women and Children, launched on Friday (March 15) at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew, reported that the level at which students aged seven to 14...
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