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Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (centre), is assisted by TEF officers (from left) Royleta Fraser and Marva Francis, to bag debris collected during a clean-up exercise on International Coastal Cleanup Day , September 21, 2019, on the Palisadoes coastline.
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (centre), is assisted by TEF officers (from left) Royleta Fraser and Marva Francis, to bag debris collected during a clean-up exercise on International Coastal Cleanup Day , September 21, 2019, on the Palisadoes coastline.

Less Plastic On Coastline

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, says the ban on single-use plastics has reduced the amount of plastic pollutants collected along the Palisadoes coastline on International Coastal Cleanup Day, this year. “Last year when the...
National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

National Security Ministry To Implement Social Intervention Pilot Project
Executive Director of the Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, say the TAGU Supplier vessel donated to the institution, will boost marine research and training.
Executive Director of the Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, say the TAGU Supplier vessel donated to the institution, will boost marine research and training.

Donation Of Vessel To Boost Training And Research At CMU
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, flanked by the two newly appointed high court judges, Acting Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Nicole Simmons (left) and Acting Puisne Judge, Justice Tricia Hutchinson, during a swearing-in ceremony at King’s House in St. Andrew on Wednesday (October 9).
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, flanked by the two newly appointed high court judges, Acting Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Nicole Simmons (left) and Acting Puisne Judge, Justice Tricia Hutchinson, during a swearing-in ceremony at King’s House in St. Andrew on Wednesday (October 9).

Two Judges Sworn Into Higher Office
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (left), in discussion with Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre Board Member, Dr. David Smith (centre), and Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Chief Executive Officer and Director General, Frank Comito, during Wednesday’s (October 9) opening of the second Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, in Mona, St. Andrew.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (left), in discussion with Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre Board Member, Dr. David Smith (centre), and Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Chief Executive Officer and Director General, Frank Comito, during Wednesday’s (October 9) opening of the second Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, in Mona, St. Andrew.

Tourism Resilience Summit In Progress

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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing today’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
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NHT Board Members Announced

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, has announced the appointment of the Board of Directors for the National Housing Trust (NHT). The 12-member Board will be chaired by Lennox Channer. The other members include Senator Kavan Gayle, Doran Dixon, Senator Kerensia Morrison, Granville Valentine, Sergeant Patrae Rowe, O’Neil Grant, Nesta Clare Smith Hunter,...
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Head of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat, Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva (seated sixth left) and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (seventh left), with delegates at the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Multisectoral Workshop to Promote the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, St. James, on October 8.
Health & Wellness

Head Of FCTC Secretariat Highlights Importance Of Eliminating Illicit Trade In Tobacco Products

Head of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat, Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, says the move to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products (the Protocol) was a milestone in the history of tobacco control and public health. Calling it the first legally binding instrument adopted under the World Health Organization (WHO) FCTC, Dr. da Costa e...
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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing today’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Health & Wellness

Point Hill Health Centre To Be Renamed In Honour Of Dr. Kenneth Baugh

The Point Hill Health Centre, located in the constituency of West Central St. Catherine, is to be renamed in honour of late former Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament, Dr. Kenneth Baugh. The operations at the Type Three health centre were temporarily relocated to the nearby Point Hill Community Centre to facilitate the construction of a new building, financed...
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Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (left); and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Wahkeen Murray (right), assist students of the Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf (CCCD) in the use of computers. Occasion was the commissioning of a Community Access Point (CAP) at the institution
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USF Allocates Another $50 Million For Special Needs Community

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has earmarked another $50 million for the implementation of projects to benefit the special needs community during this financial year. The entity’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Daniel Dawes, made the disclosure at the commissioning of a Community Access Point (CAP) at the Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf (CCCD) in St. Andrew on Tuesday (October...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the House of Representatives on October 8.
Agriculture

Ministry And Stakeholders Take Action To Safeguard Banana Industry

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and other relevant stakeholders are on high alert and have taken swift action to implement preventive initiatives to safeguard the Jamaican banana and plantain industry against the Tropical Race 4 Disease (TR4). This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, in a statement to the House of Representatives on October 8....
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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing Wednesday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
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$100 Million From LAMP Fund To Support Land Titling

Cabinet has approved the use of $100 million from the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) Fund as grant funding to support land titling for approximately 2,000 beneficiaries under the voluntary system of land registration. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, during Wednesday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House....
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