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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), pulls ribbon to officially open the new Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15). Sharing the moment (from left) are Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Maureen Golding; Executive Director, Cardiac Centre, Fabian Brown; Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund, Everton Anderson; and Reverend Elizabeth Riley.

Health Minister Opens Paediatric Cardiac Centre at Children’s Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has officially opened a new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. The centre currently offers treatment and surgeries for children living with congenital heart defects. It...

Executive Director, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson.

WCJF Hosts Adolescent Mothers Parenting Conference April 16

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HEART Trust/NTA Accepting Applications for HOPE Summer Employment Programme

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing the ceremony to break ground for the 800-room Amaterra Resort in Trelawny, on April 12.

Growth in Tourism Stimulates Investments

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right) addressing the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Post-Cotonou Caucus of Ministers at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 14. At right is Director General, CARIFORUM, Percival Marie.

Negotiations Launched for CARIFORUM Regional Protocol

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, points to an artist’s impression of what the new Cardiac Ward will look like at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15), during the opening of the Paediatric Cardiac Centre.

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New Cardiac Ward to be Built at Children’s Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has announced that a new Cardiac Ward will be constructed and equipped on the grounds of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, at a cost of between $90 million and $100 million. Addressing the opening of a new Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Hospital on Monday (April 15), Dr. Tufton said the new...

Secretary-General, CARICOM and Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (left) and Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development in the European Commission, Neven Mimica, sign six financing Agreements of European Union-CARICOM cooperation, valued at €114.8 million, during a ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 15.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

CARICOM and EU Sign Financing Agreements

Six Financing Agreements of European Union-CARICOM cooperation, valued at €114.8 million, which will have a direct impact for the citizens of the Caribbean Region, were signed today (April 15). The agreements were signed by Secretary-General, CARICOM and Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; and Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left); and Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development in the European Commission, Neven Mimica, affix their signatures to two financing agreements, under the 11th European Development Fund, valued at $2.8 billion (€20.20 million), at a ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on April 15.

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Government Signs Agreements with European Union

The Government today (April 15) signed two financing agreements with the European Union (EU), under the 11th European Development Fund, valued at J$2.8 billion (€20.20 million). This will support the Public Finance Management Reform Programme at a cost of €3.65 million (J$509.1 million), with first disbursement of J$132.5 million, and address environmental and climate change challenges through improved forest management...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) in discussion with Secretary General, CARICOM and the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, during the meeting of the CARIFORUM Post-Cotonou Caucus of Ministers at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 14.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Meeting of the CARIFORUM Post-Cotonou Caucus of Ministers

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right) addressing the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Post-Cotonou Caucus of Ministers at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 14. At right is Director General, CARIFORUM, Percival Marie. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade,...

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Government Welcomes Windrush Compensation Scheme

The Government has welcomed the announcement of the establishment of the Windrush Compensation Scheme by the British Government, and is encouraging individuals who have been affected to submit their claims. The scheme applies to members of the ‘Windrush Generation’ - immigrants who arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1948 and 1973 from Jamaica and other Caribbean countries to address...

Newly acquired equipment in the paediatric cardiac unit at the Bustamante Hospital for Children

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Children Treated at New Paediatric Cardiac Unit at Bustamante Hospital

The new Paediatric Cardiac Unit at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is now operational. For the period April 8 to 12, a volunteer medical mission team from the United Kingdom, organised through Chain of Hope, performed procedures on children suffering from congenital heart conditions in the unit, alongside the local cardiac team at the hospital. Ten children were successfully treated...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi (right), exchange the signed agreements under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), at the MInistry in New Kingston on April 11.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Poised for More Investments from China

Jamaica is poised to benefit from significant economic and infrastructural development initiatives under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the People’s Republic of China. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi, signed the agreement under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), at the Ministry’s...