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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

No Confirmed Case of Cholera in Jamaica

PRESS RELEASE - The Ministry of Health is informing the public that currently there has been no confirmed case of cholera in Jamaica. The last known case of cholera in Jamaica occurred 150 years ago. Additionally, there is no increased...

Participants at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Region Six Certification Fair, held earlier this year at the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine.

ECC to Stage Certification Fair June 23

Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley (with mike), addresses the Council’s Science, Technology and Wellness fair 2017, held at the Chinese Benevolent Association, in Kingston, on June 16.

Students Attend National Science, Technology and Wellness Fair

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd left), engages in conversation with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Jamaica, Gail Abrahams; Chief Executive Officer of Sweetie, Patria-Kaye Aarons; and Chief Executive Officer, Combs and Company, Susan Combs. Occasion was the AMACHAM Female Entrepreneurship Luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday (June 15).

Public Education on National Financial Inclusion Strategy

Under-Secretary for Diaspora Protocol and Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sharon Saunders, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held recently at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Work Progressing on Global Immigration Card

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left) is in discussion with former Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards recipient, Jerome Cowans, at a press conference to announce the return of the awards at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle office in Kingston on June 19

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New Categories Added to PM’s Youth Awards

New categories and features have been added to the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence, which returns this November after a three-year hiatus. For the first time, awards will be presented for excellence in Innovation, Science and Technology and Environmental Protection. These are in addition to the traditional areas of Agriculture, Sports, Youth-In-Service, Arts and Culture, Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Academics...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education to Dr. Gilzene Fearon, during the awards ceremony at Jamaica House last year. (File)

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Outstanding Educators to be Honoured June 21

The Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 21, on the Lawns of Jamaica House. Forty outstanding educators who have contributed 1,428 years of service collectively to education will receive the PMMA. The recipients were nominated by their peers, community members and elected representatives. The recipients include Arnoldo Allen, New...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

9 years ago Education

Principals Urged to Stick to School Support Contribution Policy

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reminding secondary-school principals to adhere to the school support contribution policy in the 2017/18 academic year. Under the policy, implemented in 2016, the Government abolished the payment of auxiliary fees, and increased the funding to the high schools from $2.6 billion to $5.3 billion. For the upcoming academic year, the allocation will...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (2nd right) and Commissioner of Corrections at the Department of Correctional Services, Ina Hunter (3rd left) cut the ribbon to symbolize the official opening of the Hydroponics farm at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre recently. Observing are Correctional officers at the facility.

9 years ago AgricultureNational Security and Peace

Hydroponic Farm Donated to St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre

The St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre has benefitted from the donation of a hydroponic farming facility from the College of Agriculture, Science and Education, which will aid in the rehabilitation of inmates. Hydroponic is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil. The farming system was officially handed over by State Minister in the Ministry...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), listens to a point being raised by Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, during a Children’s Drug Treatment Programme seminar at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (June 17).

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Misconceptions about Marijuana Must be Dispelled- Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton says misconceptions about marijuana (ganja) must be dispelled to stem misuse of the drug, especially by children. “Dispelling those perceptions means all hands on deck. It means public education, it means (those) in the court system or are providing counselling, being aware. You have to give that lecture almost every time you...

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Misconceptions about Marijuana Must be Dispelled − Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says misconceptions about marijuana (ganja) must be dispelled to stem misuse of the drug, especially by children. “Dispelling those perceptions means all hands on deck. It means public education, it means (those) in the court system or are providing counselling, being aware. You have to give that lecture almost every time you...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (at podium), speaks at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) Youth and Public Media Access Consultation 2017, held on June 15 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Others (from left) are Chairman of the PBCJ, Gladstone Wilson, and Opposition Spokesman on Information, Julian Robinson.

9 years ago Youth

Youth Participate in Public Media Access Consultation

The first of two Youth and Public Media Access consultations was hosted by the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ), on June 15, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information; the Broadcasting Commission and the Social Development Commission, the forum was aimed at consulting with young persons to...