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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

Road, water and sewerage improvement works will be undertaken in sections of the Corporate Area at a cost of $1.24 billion. Cabinet has approved the award of a contract for the Munroe/Wellington Road Water and Sewerage project, which will entail...
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
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.

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

COJ Opens Kingston Office This Saturday, Introduces E-Ticketing
New Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (left), receives a congratulatory handshake from Outgoing Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, during the Change of Command ceremony held at the Office of the Police Commissioner, located at 101-105 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew on March 18.
New Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (left), receives a congratulatory handshake from Outgoing Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, during the Change of Command ceremony held at the Office of the Police Commissioner, located at 101-105 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew on March 18.

JCF Will Not Fail to Serve and Protect Jamaicans – Commissioner Blake

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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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Newly minted correctional officers perform a march-past at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) closing out ceremony, which was held at the Carl Rattray Staff College in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on Friday ( March 15).
National Security

New Correctional Officers Charged to Become Change Agents

Newly recruited correctional officers are being encouraged to be agents of change as they carry out their role in rehabilitating incarcerated persons. “I want to remind you as you step into the field, that you all play a significant role in impacting the lives of those you serve during the journey of rehabilitation and transformation,” said Commissioner of Corrections at...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during the Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI) Career Expo 2024 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 15.
Tourism

Minister Bartlett Underscores Importance of Ideas Driving Tourism Innovation

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the generation of ideas is key to driving continuous changes that facilitate the constant emergence of innovations in the local hospitality industry. “Ideas are what drive tourism. Tourism doesn’t happen with repeating business activities on a daily basis; [it] grows because there are changes. [Where] there is innovation, there is value added,” Mr. Bartlett...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 12. Listening keenly is Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Finance & Public Service

FID to Engage Private Professional Realtors to Market and Sell Forfeited Properties

The Financial Investigations Division (FID) is to engage a private company of professional realtors, in keeping with the procurement rules, to market and sell forfeited properties valued at billions of dollars. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the disclosure as he opened the Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, recently. “Currently, the...
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