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Compassionate Care Programme Launched At Falmouth Public General Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton says a cultural change in service delivery within Jamaica’s health facilities is on the horizon, with the launch of the Compassionate Care Programme. He stated that practitioners in public health will spark...
Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Marilyn Headley (left), engage in conversation prior to the planting of a neem tree at the Donald Quarrie High School, in St. Andrew on October 5. Occasion was the national tree planting day ceremony held at the institution.
Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Marilyn Headley (left), engage in conversation prior to the planting of a neem tree at the Donald Quarrie High School, in St. Andrew on October 5. Occasion was the national tree planting day ceremony held at the institution.

1000 Trees to Be Planted In East Rural St. Andrew Constituency
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third left) cuts the ribbon to officially open the new housing facility at the St. Catherine Infirmary in Spanish Town on October 5. Assisting from left are: Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Portmore Mayor, Leon Thomas; Senior Vice President of Customer Services at the Jamaica Public Service Company, Ramsay McDonald; Chairperson of the Poor Relief Department, Keisha Lewis; and Spanish Town Mayor, Councillor Norman Scott.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third left) cuts the ribbon to officially open the new housing facility at the St. Catherine Infirmary in Spanish Town on October 5. Assisting from left are: Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Portmore Mayor, Leon Thomas; Senior Vice President of Customer Services at the Jamaica Public Service Company, Ramsay McDonald; Chairperson of the Poor Relief Department, Keisha Lewis; and Spanish Town Mayor, Councillor Norman Scott.

Training For Staff of Infirmaries
Superintendent at the St. Catherine-based Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Facility, Martin Dryden (left), along with Overseer, Carol Johnson, look at the trophies the wards have won for participation in the Jamaica 4-H Clubs expositions, sports, and other activities.
Superintendent at the St. Catherine-based Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Facility, Martin Dryden (left), along with Overseer, Carol Johnson, look at the trophies the wards have won for participation in the Jamaica 4-H Clubs expositions, sports, and other activities.

Rehabilitation Programme at Rio Cobre Juvenile Facility Strengthened
Leader of Government Business and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses today
Leader of Government Business and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses today's (October 5) sitting of the Senate.

Senate Approves Extension of State of Public Emergency

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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left); Managing Director, Jamaica Flour Mills, Derrick Nembhard (right); and Chairman, Jamaica Flour Mills (JFM) Foundation, Professor Neville Ying (back row, third right), share a moment with this year’s recipients of the JFM Foundation and Hart/Jacobs Scholarships during an awards luncheon, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on October 4. Dr. Tufton received the JFM Foundation scholarship in 1989.
Youth

Tertiary Students Receive Scholarships from Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation

Eight tertiary students have received scholarships valued at $3.6 million from the Jamaica Flour Mills (JFM) Foundation and the Hart/Jacobs Scholarships, for the 2018/19 academic year. The new JFM Foundation scholarship recipients are Shaniequa Brown, who will be pursuing a BSc. Accounting, University of the West Indies (UWI); Akeem Campbell, BSc. Actuarial Science, UWI; Andrew Hercules, B. Eng. Chemical Engineering...
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Taxi Operator, Clive Blackwood, gives his views to JIS News on the presence of members of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) in Montego Bay, St. James.
Transport

Motorists and Pedestrians in Mobay Praise PSTEB Members

Motorists and pedestrians in Montego Bay, St. James, say the presence of members of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) has brought greater security and public order to the streets of the Second City. In a vox pop conducted by JIS News on October 3, members of the public welcomed the PSTEB police officers, noting that they have...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), greets Vice President of Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment/ Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament, Frank Cuervo (left), at the recent media launch of the event at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Looking on are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right); and Executive Director of Jamaica Classic, Jacob Ridenhour.
Tourism

Jamaica Ripe For Investment in Sports Infrastructure

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is ready for investment in the development of sports infrastructure. Such investment, he said, will enable the country to attract mega sports events and capitalise on that lucrative segment of the global tourism market. Minister Bartlett was speaking at the media launch of the second staging of the Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), listens to Director General, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme, Office of the Cabinet, Veniece Pottinger-Scott, at the launch of the Records and Information Management (RIM) Policy Implementation and Sensitisation Programme on Thursday (October 4) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
EducationInformationVision 2030Youth

RIM Policy Implementation and Sensitisation Programme Launched

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in collaboration with the Office of the Cabinet, has launched the Records and Information Management (RIM) Policy Implementation and Sensitisation Programme, geared towards ensuring that all activities and decisions of the Government are fully and accurately documented, managed and monitored. The policy will govern records and information management across all ministries, departments and...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), is greeted by President, Rotary Club of Kingston, Linval Freeman, at the club
Finance & Public Service

Microcredit Act to Be Tabled Next Financial Year

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the proposed Microcredit Act will be tabled in the Houses of Parliament in the next financial year, 2019/20. “Certainly, I am hoping for the first half of the next financial year that the Microcredit Act will be tabled and debated,” he said. Dr. Clarke was speaking at the...
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