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Regional Nutritionist at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Nadine Simmons-Lewis, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James on September 27.

Western Regional Health Authority To Host Breastfeeding Symposium And Expo

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) will host a breastfeeding symposium and exposition at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on October 3. The event, which is being held for stakeholders in the four parishes under the WRHA, is in line...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), looks on as Councillor Donovan Samuels of the Tivoli Gardens Division, presents a scholarship to University of the West Indies medical student, Jahnoy St. Jacques, during the launch of the Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (Sept. 25).

Nine Students Awarded Inaugural Edward Seaga Scholarship

(FILE Photo) Government Senator Kerensia Morrison (standing) highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation debate in the Senate on Friday (October 26). Other Government Senators pictured (seated from left, second row) are: Matthew Samuda; and Dr. Saphire Longmore. In the front row is Senator Ransford Braham.

Senator Appeals For Dog Owners To Secure Animals

The National Land Agency Team ( from left) Business Services Manager, Olecia Powell; Acting Director of Information and Communications Technology, Ian-Keith Goldson; Acting Senior Director of Business Services, Nicole Hayles; and Information Services Manager, Kenroy Scarlett.

NLA To Merge iMapjamaica App into eLandjamaica October 1

Chief Executive Officer of the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown.

NCRA To Play Key Role In Boosting Manufacturing

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at the Carifesta Exposé, on September 23 at the Little Theatre in Kingston. Carifesta Exposé featured some of Jamaica’s best performances at the recent CARIFESTA XIV, held in Trinidad and Tobago from August 16 to 25.

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PHOTOS: Hon. Olivia Grange at Carifesta Exposé

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at the Carifesta Exposé, on September 23 at the Little Theatre in Kingston. Carifesta Exposé featured some of Jamaica’s best performances at the recent CARIFESTA XIV, held in Trinidad and Tobago from August 16 to 25.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, delivers the keynote address at the Youth for Sustainable Development (Y4SD) 2019 Conference, at JAMPRO in St. Andrew, today (September 27). Y4SD is a non-profit movement of young professionals who take pride in supporting the sustainable development of Jamaica, in keeping with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the Vision 2030 National Development Agenda.

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State Minister Says Government Firm On Protection Of Environment

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says the Government is firm in its protection of the environment to achieve sustainable development. Delivering the keynote address at the Youth for Sustainable Development (Y4SD) 2019 Conference, at JAMPRO in St. Andrew today (September 27), Mr. Terrelonge cited the imposition of a ban on single-use...

Deputy Chairman of the Social Development Commission Board of Directors and Mayor of Port Maria, His Worship Richard Creary (left), presents the Gayle Cricket Club team with their winning trophy. The Gayle Cricket Club won the 2019 Social Development Commission (SDC) /Wray & Nephew National Community T/20 Cricket Competition on August 25.

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Members Of Gayle Cricket Team Give Back

Members of the Gayle Cricket Team, winners of the 2019 Social Development Commission (SDC)/Wray & Nephew National Community T/20 Cricket Competition, have given back some of their prize money to the parish. “Over the years, we have won the St. Mary parish phase of the competition several times, and each year, 15 per cent of those prize monies went to...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), distributes brochures on the dengue virus to a passerby in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, yesterday (September 26) while on a tour of the town. In an effort to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that cause dengue, the Ministry, through the National Health Fund (NHF), has earmarked more than $130 million and more than 1,000 temporary vector workers to search and destroy mosquito breeding sites across the island as well as to boost public education on the disease.

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PHOTOS: Min. Tufton Distributes Dengue Brochures

Undergraduates and lecturers of Bethlehem Moravian College in St. Elizabeth participate in a welcome ceremony for Their Excellencies, The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, when they toured the institution on Thursday, September 26.

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Students And Teachers Encouraged To Embrace Moralistic Principles

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has challenged students and educators to hold fast to Jamaica’s cultural and moralistic principles. The Governor-General was speaking at the Bethlehem Moravian College on Thursday, September 26, during an educational tour of St. Elizabeth, accompanied by Lady Allen. They also visited Munro College and Lovers’ Leap. “Students and future teachers, I...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) converses with Chief Executive Officer of Abacus Health Products, Perry Antelman (right), during a tour of booths at the opening of the CanEx Business Conference and Expo on Thursday (September 26), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Listening are Founder of the event, Douglas Gordon (second left), and Chief Executive Officer of Zimmer and Company Sales and Distribution, T’Shura Gibbs.

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Minister Shaw Announces Cannabis Partnership With Harvard Institute

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, will be partnering with the Harvard International Phytomedicines and Medical Cannabis Institute (HIPI) in the United States on initiatives aimed at improving the country’s competitiveness in the global cannabis industry. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, in making the disclosure, said that representatives of HIPI will be visiting the island from September 30...

Minster of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaks at a Violence Prevention and Peace Building Symposium, hosted by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), in partnership with the Ministry of National Security, at the Montego Bay Community College, St. James, on September 26.

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Multisectoral Approach Needed To Effect Change In St. James – Dr. Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says a coordinated multisectoral approach is needed for crime-prevention strategies to work effectively in St. James. Speaking at a Violence Prevention and Peace Building Symposium at the Montego Bay Community College in St. James, on September 26, Dr. Chang said that while the social-intervention programmes employed by civil society have reaped some...