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Acting Director of Health Services, Planning and Integration, at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence, displays an equipped bag for primary healthcare midwives. Dr. Spence is also Coordinator of the €22-million Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC).

Childbearing Women Called on to Make Personal Health Management A Priority

With Jamaica making steady progress in the reduction of maternal and child mortality, there is a call for childbearing women to make personal health management a priority. According to Acting Director of Health Services, Planning and Integration at the Ministry...

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a press conference on the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday (October 8). At left is Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Health Ministry Administering HPV Vaccine to Second Cohort of Girls

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), addresses a post-United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) press conference held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday (October 8). At left is Head, Health Promotion & Protection Division, Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence.

World Leaders Commit to Tackling NCDs

Director, Community Cultural Development Services, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Marjorie Leyden-Vernon.

JCDC Stages Activities for National Heritage Week

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, addressing Friday's (October 5) sitting of the Upper House.

Gov’t to Undertake Education Campaign on Plastic, Polystyrene Ban

Custos Rotulorum of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, addresses stakeholders at a Justice of the Peace training session staged by the Ministry of Justice at Sandals Montego Bay on Saturday ( October 6).

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Justices of the Peace Urged to be Ethical

Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, has charged the parish’s justices of the peace (JPs) to be ethical in the performance of their duties and avoid actions that bring the office into disrepute. He urged the JPs not to recommend anyone by filling out forms or vouch for persons not known to them. “I, therefore, ask you...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, has a light moment with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), and President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, during the JMEA’s awards gala held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (October 6).

8 years ago Agriculture

‘Produce Local and Export Global’ – Metry Seaga

Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Metry Seaga, has charged manufacturers and exporters to “produce local and export global”. He was speaking at the JMEA awards gala held on Saturday (October 6) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Mr. Seaga said that manufacturing is showing positive signs with good growth numbers each quarter. “I personally am very...

8 years ago Health & WellnessHOPE Programme

More HOPE Workers for Westmoreland Vector Control Programme

Vector Control Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Ryan Morris, says the Aedes Aegypti mosquito population in the parish should decrease with the help of the second cohort of 25 Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme vector control workers. Mr. Morris informed JIS News that the mosquito population had increased with the recent heavy rains, and the HOPE programme...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) converses with J. Wray & Nephew Foundation Chairman, Clement “Jimmy” Lawrence (right) prior to the start of the recently held handover ceremony for the Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth. The school was renovated and expanded by J. Wray & Nephew Foundation at a cost of over $30 million.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Agro-Economic Zone for Holland Estate

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says a major agro-economic zone is to be established at the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth. He made the disclosure at a recent handover ceremony for the expanded Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, in the Parish. Mr. Hutchinson said the agro-economic zone will comprise...

Deputy Governor General and Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (left), handing over the Governor General’s Award for Exporter of the Year for 2017 to Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Seprod Group of Companies, Richard Pandohie, during the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) Annual Awards Hala held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (October 6).

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Seprod Takes Top Awards

Seprod Group of Companies walked away with top honours at the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association’s (JMEA) inaugural awards gala held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (October 6). The company won all major categories, taking the Governor General’s Award for Manufacturer of the Year, the Governor General’s Award for Exporter of the Year, and the...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Audley Shaw looks at a product made by a women

8 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Sector Gets $100 Million in Productivity Support

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Audley Shaw says some $100 million has been approved to provide productivity support for several crops including Irish Potato and Onion. The Minister made the disclosure while addressing stakeholders at the launch of the 2018/2019 Irish Potato Programme at Christ Church, Christiana, Manchester, on October 4. The programme is part of Government’s...

Minister of Justice, the Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses stakeholders at the Ministry’s Justice of the Peace Training Session, held at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James on Saturday ( October 6).

8 years ago Justice

Justice Minister Calls on JPs to Be Role Models

Minister of Justice, the Hon. Delroy Chuck, has charged Justices of the Peace (JPs) to be role models in their communities in order to pass on good values to the youth of Jamaica. Minister Chuck was speaking at a training session for JPs held at the Sandals Montego Bay Resort in St. James on Saturday (October 6). “You the Justices...