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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses graduates of the Jamaica National Service Corps (intake 1803), at a Jamaica Defence Force passing out parade held on February 23 at Up Park Camp in Kingston.

PHOTOS: Jamaica Defence Force passing out Parade

Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (seated, centre), with graduates of the Jamaica National Service Corps (intake 1803), at a Jamaica Defence Force passing out parade held on February 23 at Up Park Camp...

Chairman of the Enterprise Team of the Bernard Lodge Master Plan, Joseph Shoucair (right); Urban Planner, Martin Addington (left); and Land Surveyor for Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings, Michael Spence, discuss plans for Greater Bernard Lodge Development while on tour of the area on February 22.

Master Plan for Bernard Lodge Township Being Finalised

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

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.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Victoria Jubilee Hospital Receives Equipment

The Victoria Jubilee Hospital has received medical equipment valued at US$6,700 from United Kingdom-based charity, Rejuvenate Jamaica Hospitals, to improve its neonatal services. The equipment, five incubators and five phototherapy devices, were handed over during a ceremony held on February 22, at the hospital’s North Street address in Kingston. The charity will also be donating two blood pressure machines and...

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.

7 years ago CommerceIndustry

Export Regulations for the Medicinal Cannabis Industry By April

Export regulations for the medicinal cannabis industry are expected to be finalised by the end of April. Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Manager for Logistics and Infrastructure, Don Gittens, made the disclosure as he addressed a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in Kingston on February 21. “Once export regulations are in place, we expect our licensees to trade...

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).

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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....