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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), speaks with Customer Service Director of the Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency, Stephanie Gordon (right), during a tour of booths at the ‘Government at Your Service’ pavilion, at the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, from June 16 to 20.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), speaks with Customer Service Director of the Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency, Stephanie Gordon (right), during a tour of booths at the ‘Government at Your Service’ pavilion, at the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, from June 16 to 20.

PICA to Roll Out Online Application Systems for Immigration and Citizenship

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will shortly roll out its online application systems for immigration and citizenship services. PICA’s online Passport Application Portal was recently tested by delegates at the Eighth Biennial Diaspora Conference, held from June 16...
Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Assistant Education Officer, Stephanie Rose (right), shows patron Matandara Clarke items on display at the IOJ booth at the just-concluded Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.
Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Assistant Education Officer, Stephanie Rose (right), shows patron Matandara Clarke items on display at the IOJ booth at the just-concluded Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

IOJ Using Mobile Exhibit to Promote Jamaica’s Heritage
The bearer party of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers conduct the ceremonial folding of the National Flag which draped the casket of the former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, during the burial in national Heroes Park, today (June 23), following the State Funeral at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, in Kingston.
The bearer party of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers conduct the ceremonial folding of the National Flag which draped the casket of the former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, during the burial in national Heroes Park, today (June 23), following the State Funeral at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, in Kingston.

Edward Seaga Laid to Rest
The body of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, adorned with the Jamaican flag, is carried into the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, in Kingston, on Sunday (June 23) by a bearer party of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers for the start of the State Funeral for Mr. Seaga. The former Prime Minister was buried in National Heroes Park.
The body of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, adorned with the Jamaican flag, is carried into the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, in Kingston, on Sunday (June 23) by a bearer party of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers for the start of the State Funeral for Mr. Seaga. The former Prime Minister was buried in National Heroes Park.

Nation Bids Final Farewell to Edward Seaga
One of the many flags that mourners carried on the streets of Kingston while they mourned the loss of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, while his State funeral was being held at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in downtown, Kingston, on Sunday (June 23). Mr. Seaga was buried in National Heroes Park.
One of the many flags that mourners carried on the streets of Kingston while they mourned the loss of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, while his State funeral was being held at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in downtown, Kingston, on Sunday (June 23). Mr. Seaga was buried in National Heroes Park.

Mourners Pay Tribute to Edward Seaga

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Diaspora

Mayor of Miramar Invites Jamaican Businesses

Mayor of Miramar in Florida, USA, Wayne Messam, says the city wants to attract Jamaican companies, as it is the fifth largest Jamaican diasporic location. He was addressing a session of the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston, on June 19. “We have a foreign trade zone and as long as you are...
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EducationYouth

Renovated Homestead Place of Safety Re-opens

The Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, has been renovated, making life more comfortable for the 44 young girls who reside there. The facility, which was refurbished  at a cost of  $23. 5 million, was re-opened on June 21 by Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. In his address,...
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Persons file past the casket of the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, during the lying-in-state at the National Arena on Thursday (June 20).
Community

19-Round Gun Salute for Edward Seaga

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will fire a 19-round gun salute on Sunday, June 23, the day of the State funeral for the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga. The salute is in keeping with the high national office that Mr. Seaga held. He was Jamaica’s fifth Prime Minister, serving from 1980 to 1989. The first gun salute...
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Member of Prliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, addresses participants at the opening session of the 37th annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (June 21). The two-day conference is being held by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC) under the theme ‘Navigating Global Disruption: Creating Opprortunities’.
Industry

Jamaica Prepares for Opportunities in Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Government is working assiduously to ensure Jamaica is able to exploit the potential opportunities anticipated with the onset of the technologically driven fourth industrial revolution, says Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness. Noting that activities linked with this development are “rapidly changing [the] world in which we live”, Mrs. Holness said the...
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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), addresses the media at a Press Conference for the results of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination, on Friday (June 21). With Mr. Samuda is the Minister of State, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.
Education

PEP Results Are Available

The results for the first cohort of grade-six students who sat the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination are now available for principals, teachers and parents to access. The results were released by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on Friday (June 21). PEP has replaced GSAT as the national secondary school entrance test. It is intended to provide a...
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Director of Emergency Cardiac Care at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) and Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Hugh Wong, highlights the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, during a recent JIS Think Tank.
Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Heart Foundation Continues CPR Push

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) continues to push for citizens to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in order to save lives. Director of Emergency Cardiac Care at the Foundation, Dr. Hugh Wong, said that with 70 per cent of all cases of sudden cardiac arrest taking place at home, the life saved through CPR could be that of...
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