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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (2nd right), peruse the features of a new $8.2 million state-of-the-art ultrasound machine, which was donated to the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital by the Government of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects initiative. The machine was officially handed over during a ceremony at the institution on Friday (November 16). Looking on (from left): are Labour and Social Security Minister and Member of Parliament for North East St. Ann, where the hospital is located, Hon. Shahine Robinson; the Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Leo Garel; St. Ann’s Bay Mayor and St. Ann Municipal Corporation Chairman, Councillor Michael Belnavis; and the Hospital’s Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr. Patrick Clarke.

St. Ann’s Bay Hospital Gets State-of-the-Art Ultrasound Machine

The St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital has received a major boost with the donation of a new state-of-the-art ultrasound machine, valued approximately $8.2 million, by the Embassy of Japan in Jamaica. The machine, which was provided under the Government of...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), converses with (from left) Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Belize, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, and Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Managing Director, Marlene Street Forrest, during a Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) stakeholder sensitization luncheon, hosted by the JSE at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on Friday (Nov. 16).

Minister Shaw Endorses Proposed Jamaica Social Stock Exchange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), converses with Director of the Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament, Jacob Ridenhour (left), following a welcome reception at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James on Thursday (November 15).The tournament, which will feature eight universities from the United States of America, will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall from Friday (November 16) to Sunday, (November 18).

Jersey Mike’s Classic To Showcase Brand Jamaica

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (front row, second left), hands over the signed copy of the Local Governance Partnership Agreement to Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Development Committee (PDC), Michael Jackson. Looking on are signatories (front row, from left): St. Catherine Municipal Corporation Chairman and Spanish Town Mayor, Councillor Norman Scott; Executive Director, Social Development Commission, Dr. Dwayne Vernon; and Trelawny Municipal Corporation Chairman and Falmouth Mayor, Councillor Colin Gager. Behind them are colleague Mayors and Municipal Corporation Chairmen from across the island.

Gov’t Reaffirms Support for Parish Development Committees

Early Childhood Officer at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Faithlyn Lyle, addressing guests at the media launch for the Kiwanis Club - Division 25 (Cornwall) ‘Playground Effect’ Project, which was held at the Hard Rock Café in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 15.

Kiwanis Club Embarks on Early Childhood Development Project

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

8 years ago Development

Market to be Built in Negril

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says plans are underway to construct a market in the resort town of Negril. Mr. McKenzie said he visited the proposed project site and has seen the designs, adding that “I was told by the technical team that the cost will be somewhere between $60 and $75 million for the construction”....

Director of Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn-Robinson speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston.

8 years ago Community

More Jamaican Men Being Urged to Be Positive Role Models

Director of Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn-Robinson, is urging more Jamaican men to be positive role models in the society. She was speaking with JIS News about the Bureau’s schedule of activities to mark International Men’s Day (IMD) on Monday, November 19. Mrs. Coburn-Robinson said the engagements will...

The Frontier Airlines plane carrying passengers and crew from Raleigh, North Carolina in the United States, taxis beneath the symbolic water arch at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay after making its maiden flight to the island on Saturday (November 17).

8 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Welcomes Inaugural Frontier Airlines Flight

The United States-based Frontier Airlines made its inaugural flight to the island on Saturday (November 17), touching down at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay en route from Raleigh, North Carolina. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, headed the local delegation welcoming the 88 passengers and six crew members. He was accompanied by Tourism Director, Donovan White; Jamaica Hotel and...

Project Manager for the Vernamfield Development project, Col. Oscar Derby (left), is warmly greeted by President of the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew, Barrington Miller (centre), when he arrived at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston on Thursday (November 15) for a meeting of the service club. Col. Derby was the guest speaker at the event. Also pictured is the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew’s Distinguished President, Winston Clarke.

8 years ago DevelopmentTransport

Reactivation of Aviation Activities at Vernamfield by MID-2019

Reactivation of aviation activities at Vernamfield in Clarendon is expected to begin by the middle of 2019. This is to be done under phase one of the US$2.5-billion Vernamfield Development project, dubbed ‘Aerotropolis Jamaica’, which is now under way. Project Manager for the Vernamfield Development Project, Col. Oscar Derby, said it is anticipated that “we’ll be flying out of this...

Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Stephen Wedderburn (right), converses with Toxicilogist/Analyst in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Errol Dakin; and Head of the Microbiology Department at the University of The West Indies (UWI), Dr. Alison Nicholson, at a World Antibiotic Awareness Week event held at Knox College, Spalding, Clarendon, on November 15.

8 years ago Health & WellnessScience

UWI Lecturer Warns Against Misuse of Antibiotics

Head of the Microbiology Department, University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Alison Nicholson, says overuse and misuse of antibiotics is affecting their effectiveness in treating infections, resulting in a rapid emergence of resistant bacteria worldwide. She noted that “bacteria have learned the secrets of how antibiotics work and are outsmarting them”. “Some of them (bacteria) have very elaborate mechanisms...

State Minister in the Labour and Social Security Ministry, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left), presents Marsha Graham with a plaque and certificate for being the Top Female Parent for the Parish of Clarendon at the National Parenting Support Commission graduation ceremony, held at the Saint Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen on November 15.

8 years ago Community

Persons Trained To Be Better Parents

Parents from Clarendon who took part in the Parenting Education Project have been encouraged to adopt the practices and techniques taught to them during the training period, which lasted over six months. Speaking at a National Parenting Support Commission parent graduation ceremony, at the Saint Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen, on November 15, State Minister in the Labour and...

Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade (left), unveil a commemorative plaque marking Wednesday’s (November 14) commissioning of the JDF’s new Maritime Patrol Aircraft Hangar, situated at the JDF Air Wing Manley Base, Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. The facility will serve as the operational base for the JDF’s newly established Maritime Air and Cyber Command. At right is the Unit’s Commander, Captain Antoinette Weymss Gorman.

8 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Will Deepen Cooperation To Strengthen Regional Security

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government intends to deepen its collaboration and cooperation with other Caribbean stakeholders and counterparts in order to strengthen regional safety and security. Speaking on November 14 at the commissioning of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) new Maritime Patrol Aircraft Hangar, at the JDF Air Wing Manley Base at the Norman Manley...