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Social Development Commission (SDC) Local Economic Development (LED) Coordinator for Manchester and St. Elizabeth, Damian Lowe.

SDC Calls for Local Economic Initiatives to Access its Services

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is encouraging small entrepreneurs within communities to access its services through the Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP). Speaking with JIS News, Acting Public Relations Manager at the SDC, Mandel McKulsky said Local Economic Initiatives...

epresentatives of the Jamaica Baptist Union (left), register persons who participated in the organisation’s Community Partnership Fair, held at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday ( February 22).

Passports for Persons at JBU’S Community Partnership Fair

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, places a wreath at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 135th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Sunday (February 24).

PHOTOS: Floral Tribute to Sir Alexander Bustamante

Representatives from United Kingdom-based charity, Rejuvenate Jamaica Hospitals, Rohan Brown and Joan Lindsay, along with Director of Nursing Services for the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Elise Fairweather Blackwood; Chief Executive Officer, Kingston Public Hospital and Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Colleen Wright; and Senior Medical Officer at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Dr. Rishi Chand, view one of five incubators donated to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital by the charity, during a handover ceremony held on February 22 at the hospital’s North Street address in Kingston.

Victoria Jubilee Hospital Receives Equipment

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Manager for Logistics and Infrastructure, Don Gittens, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, held on Thursday (February 21), at the JIS headquarters in Kingston.

Export Regulations for the Medicinal Cannabis Industry By April

7 years ago Health & Wellness

RGD to Host Registration Fair in Gayle, St. Mary

Residents of Gayle and its environs in St. Mary, will be able to access late registration and late entry of name services, free of cost at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) registration fair slated for Tuesday, February 26 at the Gayle Seventh-day Adventist Church. Speaking with JIS News, RGD’s Marketing and Planning Manager, Nicole Whyte noted that the fair is...

Vector control workers at the Ministry of Health ‘Taking Responsibility Road Tour’, at the Walter Hall Anglican Parish Church in Lucea, Hanover, on Thursday, February 21.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Over 50 Persons Employed as Vector Control Workers in Hanover

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says over 50 vector control workers have been employed in Hanover, to assist in the destruction of mosquito-breeding sites in the parish. Speaking at the Ministry of Health ‘Taking Responsibility Road Tour’, at the Walter Hall Anglican Parish Church in Lucea, Hanover, on February 21, Dr. Tufton said the workers have been...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), speaking with Custos for the Parish of St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell, during the Jamaica Day Civic Ceremony held at the National Arena on Friday (February 22).

7 years ago Culture

Students Urged to Preserve Culture

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is urging the youth to help highlight and preserve the country’s culture. Addressing students at the Jamaica Day civic ceremony held at the National Arena on Friday (February 22), Mr. Terrelonge noted that it was important for young people to have knowledge of their history. “You...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) in discussion with (from left): Parish Manager for St. James Public Health Services, Charmaine Williams-Beckford; Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Heroy Clarke; Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Errol Greene; and Special Advisor to the Health Ministry, Dr. Stephanie Reid, following the launch of the Ministry’s Compassionate Care Programme at the Montego Bay Comprehensive Health Centre (Type 5) in St. James on February 21.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Coordinated Fight Against Dengue Continues in St. James

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton says the coordinated fight against the dengue virus in St. James is continuing, with over 10,000 visits conducted in communities across the parish by Vector Control workers. He stated that vector control coordinators have been vigorously assisting in the elimination of mosquito breeding sites in the parish, having identified and destroyed approximately 1500...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (7th left) and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (6th left) participate in the official ground breaking ceremony for the Closed Harbour Beach project in Montego Bay on February 22. Joining the moment are (from left): Chairman, Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Senator Ransford Braham; Acting General Manager, UDC, Heather Pinnock; Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Dr. Carey Wallace; Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Heroy Clarke; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis; Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Attorney General and Member of Parliament for St. James West Central, Marlene Malahoo-Forte; Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, Godfrey Dyer; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

7 years ago Information

Government Centre to Be Constructed in Montego Bay

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says a Government Centre is to be constructed in Montego Bay, St. James to facilitate easy access to information and services for citizens. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Closed Harbour Beach Park Development in Montego Bay on February 22, Prime Minster Holness said land has already been identified for the project....

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (centre) with members of the Scout Association of Jamaica who have been presented with the Queen’s Scout badge. They are from left: Alex Brown, Dwight Crowl, Shaver Dacres, Tremayne Morgan, Edsoneil Walker and Jevaughn Wint. The Governor-General made the presentation during a public meeting of the Scout Association of Jamaica at the lawns of King’s House on Thursday (February 21). The Queens Scout badge is the highest youth award achievable in the scouting movement in the Commonwealth.

7 years ago Governor General

Governor General Encourages Young Persons to Get Involved in Scout Movement

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen is encouraging more young persons to get involved in the scout movement. The Governor-General, who is the Chief Scout of Jamaica, pointed out that the valuable scout movement has helped to shape and to build character in the country’s young men and women for over 100 years. He was speaking at...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), is flanked by the Executive team of the Ministry of Health ‘Taking Responsibility Road Tour’, at the Walter Hall Anglican Parish Church in Lucea, Hanover, on Thursday (February 21).

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Residents Of Hanover Encouraged To Adopt Healthy Lifestyle Practices

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is encouraging residents of Hanover to adopt healthy lifestyle practices to prevent the risks of obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Speaking at the Ministry of Health ‘Taking Responsibility Road Tour’, at the Walter Hall Anglican Parish Church in Lucea, Hanover, on February 21, Dr. Tufton said the Ministry is at the forefront in improving the...