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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, addresses a Youth in Agriculture forum on Friday (September 7) at the Knox Community College
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, addresses a Youth in Agriculture forum on Friday (September 7) at the Knox Community College's Cobbla campus in Manchester.

Minister Shaw Looking to Link Small Ganja Farmers with Large Processors

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is looking to link small ganja farmers with large processors who have the ability to convert ganja into a range of medicinal products. “What I'm working on is...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right) stands next to the statue of Jamaica
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right) stands next to the statue of Jamaica's late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, at the unveiling in Gordon Town Square, St. Andrew, on September 7. The event coincided with the 99th anniversary of the birth of the late cultural ambassador, who was an acclaimed writer , poet, folklorist , educator and radio and television personality . She was affectionately known as 'Miss. Lou'. Sharing the moment (from left) are: sculptor, Basil Watson; Co-Executor of Miss. Lou's estate, Judge Pamela Appelt; Prime Minister's wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew , the Most. Hon. Juliet Holness; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; and Miss Lou's son, Fabian Coverley.

Cheers and Applause Greet Unveiling of Miss Lou Statue

Cornwall Regional Expands Accident and Emergency Operations at Mount Salem

Literacy More than Reading and Writing – Senator Reid

Craft Vendors Can Learn Spanish at Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre

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Health & Wellness

Health Minister Leads Mosquito Control Exercise in Hague, Trelawny

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, led Trelawny vector control workers on an operation in Hague on Friday (Sept. 7) to identify mosquito breeding sites and educate residents about the importance of proper vector control. The exercise was part of the Ministry’s island-wide campaign to eliminate breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is responsible for transmitting...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Chairman of the Youth Advisory Committee of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., reading to students during an International Literacy Day event at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston on September 7. International Literacy Day will be observed globally on September 8.
EducationYouth

Minister Grange Reads to Students for Int’l Literacy Day

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, hosted a Read-In session with scores of students from Corporate Area schools at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston, on Friday (September 7). The event, which included storytelling and readings of poetry and short stories to the children by representatives of Government and the literary community, was staged by...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while addressing the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) recent media sensitisation seminar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. The seminar, which was held under the theme ‘Statistics and the Media – Why Understanding Official Data Matters’, was aimed at assisting media practitioners to understand, interpret and present official data accurately, and focused on the gross domestic product and consumer price index.
Finance & Public Service

Media Urged to Report Government Statistics Responsibly

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says media practitioners, particularly those involved in delivering news and current affairs content, have a key role to play in how official government statistics are communicated to the public. Speaking at a recent Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) media sensitisation seminar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St....
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), inspects the new batch of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recruits, during a passing out parade and awards ceremony for 169 new constables on Friday (September 7), at the National Police College of Jamaica in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.
Social Security

One Hundred Sixty-nine New Constables Added to JCF

A total of 169 new constables will be deployed shortly to strengthen the work of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), following their graduation from the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) on Friday (September 7). Of the total, 40 will be assigned to the St. Catherine South Division, 25 to Kingston East, 19 to St. Andrew South, 15 to St....
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Chief Executive Officer of the Petro-Caribe Development Fund, Dr. Wesley Hughes.
PetroCaribe

Jamaica Benefits from Petro-caribe Arrangement

The PetroCaribe arrangement has resulted in the financing of projects worth US$5 billion over the past 13 years. Chief Executive Officer of the Petro-Caribe Development Fund, Dr. Wesley Hughes, made the announcement while speaking at a ceremony held yesterday (September 6) at the Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre, 10-12 North Parade, Kingston, for the 203rd anniversary of the Jamaica Letter written...
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AgricultureEducation

Knockalva Agricultural School Now a Polytechnic College

The Knockalva Agricultural School is now a polytechnic college, providing greater access to tertiary education for persons in western Jamaica. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid,  noted that the rebranded institution, located in Hanover, will bring tertiary studies to the doorsteps of residents of the parish in addition to St. James and Westmoreland. “We cannot...
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