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Addressing the House of Representatives on February 12, Dr. Tufton noted that the stock level of certain drugs continues to be monitored, including paracetamol tablets, paracetamol syrup, oral rehydration products and intravenous fluids.
Addressing the House of Representatives on February 12, Dr. Tufton noted that the stock level of certain drugs continues to be monitored, including paracetamol tablets, paracetamol syrup, oral rehydration products and intravenous fluids.

Adequate Supply of Medication to Treat Dengue – Health Minister

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says there is an adequate supply of medication to treat the dengue outbreak. "There is no shortage of medication in the public or the private health system," he said, adding that paracetamol...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses today
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses today's (February 12) sitting of the House of Representatives. To his right is Minister of Finance and the Public of Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

PM Tables Bill to Retake Ownership of Shares in Petrojam
Special needs child, Brittany Bailey (right), expressing gratitude to (from left) Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Japan, Shinichi Yamanaka; Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden, after receiving her new wheelchair on Tuesday (February 12), at the Early Stimulation Programme’s offices in downtown Kingston.
Special needs child, Brittany Bailey (right), expressing gratitude to (from left) Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Japan, Shinichi Yamanaka; Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden, after receiving her new wheelchair on Tuesday (February 12), at the Early Stimulation Programme’s offices in downtown Kingston.

Assistance for Special Needs Children
Senior Investigator at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Phillip Morgan (left); Manager of the Pollution, Prevention Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Bethune Morgan (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Yaneke Watson, peruse the National Policy for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes, at a public sector consultation on the policy, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on February 12.
Senior Investigator at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Phillip Morgan (left); Manager of the Pollution, Prevention Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Bethune Morgan (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Yaneke Watson, peruse the National Policy for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes, at a public sector consultation on the policy, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on February 12.

NSWMA to Host Consultations on E-Waste Regulations
Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona and Head of the Scientific Review Committee for the Institute for Educational Administration and Leadership-Jamaica (IEAL-J) biennial Conference, Dr. Carmel Roofe.
Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona and Head of the Scientific Review Committee for the Institute for Educational Administration and Leadership-Jamaica (IEAL-J) biennial Conference, Dr. Carmel Roofe.

Jamaica Hosts Int’l Conference on Educational Leadership March 7 to 8

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Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, provides an update of developments with State refinery, Petrojam, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Tuesday (February 12).
Foreign Affairs

Gov’t Reports Good Progress in Repurchase of Venezuelan Stake in Petrojam

The Government is reporting that “good progress” has been made in negotiating the repurchase of the Venezuelan entity, PDV Caribe’ 49 per cent stake in State refinery, Petrojam. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, who heads Jamaica’s negotiating team, indicated that PDV accepted a settlement price offer agreed on by the parties, following “serious”...
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Science Officer at the Montego Bay Marine Park, Chris May (centre), leads the clean-up effort along on World Wetlands Day on February 2.
Environment

Mobay Residents Encouraged to Keep Wetlands Free of Garbage

Science Officer at the Montego Bay Marine Park, Chris May, is imploring residents of the city to desist from using wetland areas as dumping sites for solid waste. The appeal comes in light of the Marine Park’s removal of nearly 1,200 pounds of garbage from mangroves along Howard Cooke Boulevard and the Freeport main road on World Wetlands Day, February...
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Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), engages with Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Zavia Mayne (centre) and Permanent Secretary, Collette Roberts Risden during the recent quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s offices in downtown Kingston.
LabourSocial Security

Jamaica Looking to Increase Participants Under US Hospitality Programme

Representatives from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and their United States (US) counterparts are in discussion to increase the number of participants under the overseas hospitality programme. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, during an interview with JIS News recently. “Last summer, a team led by myself and State Minister (Zavia) Mayne went to Washington...
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President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), Anthony Pierre, speaking at the media launch of the 37th Annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants held on Friday (February 8) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Finance & Public Service

Regional Gov’ts Urged to Adopt International Public-Sector Accounting Standards

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC) is calling for regional heads of government to adopt the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). These are a set of accounting principles issued by the IPSAS Board for use by public-sector entities around the world in the preparation of financial statements. “The accounting profession is very much bent on the...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), and others dripping candle wax, as part of a tradition, on the grave of former Jamaican religious revivalist, painter and sculptor, Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds. This was done in commemoration of the 108th anniversary of his birth, on Sunday (February 10) at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Kapo was one of the greatest artists in Jamaica
Culture

PHOTOS: Remembrance of Sculptor and Cultural Force, Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds

  State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, placing a plant on the tomb of former Jamaican religious revivalist, painter, sculptor and cultural force, Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds, in commemoration of the 108th anniversary of his birth, on Sunday (February 10) at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Kapo was one of the greatest...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Tourism

Tourism Minister says SMTE Conference was a Success

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the recently held global conference on small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) was a success. The conference, which was held on January 29 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James was a collaboration between the Government and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). It sought to develop the capacity of SMTEs...
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