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Chief Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye (left), addresses a post-Sectoral Debate presentation press briefing by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), at Jamaica House, today (May 11). At right is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Templer.

Indigent Persons to be Housed at Infirmaries

The Government has partnered with Food For The Poor to provide accommodation for indigent persons at infirmaries. Among them are persons deemed mentally challenged and who have recovered consequent on receiving medical care, but have either been abandoned by their...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), in discussion with former Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Ludlow Mathison, at the launch of a Production and Marketing Organisation (PMO) parish group for St. Thomas, held at the Village Green Restaurant, in Morant Bay, on May 10.

Agricultural Aides to Assist with Registration of Farmers

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre, seated), and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Her Excellency Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (right, seated), sign the EU Sugar Technical Assistance Consultancy Programme agreement at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 10. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry. In the back row (from left) are United Kingdom Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Nicholas Astbury; Sugar Transformation Unit Project Manager, Keleen Young-Grandison; Agricultural Attaché, EU Delegation in Jamaica, Stefano Cillí; Technical Assistance Programme Consultants, Gordon Allert and Andreas Bockermann; and Spanish Ambassador-designate to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep María Bosch Bessa.

Sugar Industry to Benefit From EU-Funded Technical Assistance

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), speaks with Principal of Genesis Academy, Donna Lowe (left); and Chairman, Caryl Fenton, during a tour of the special education institution on South Camp Road in Kingston on Thursday (May 11).

Cabinet to Get Special Education Policy in June

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP — Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

PM Holness Congratulates Minnis and Macron on their Election Victories

Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviuor at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan (right) listens as Attorney-at-Law and parent of a child with autism, Ricardo Sandcroft, relates his experiences with his autistic child. They were speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank at the agency’s head office.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Autism Support Association Calls for Greater Integration

Despite growing awareness among Jamaicans of children with autism, there still needs to be more acceptance of the disorder. Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Jamaica Autism Support Association, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, tells JIS News that many persons with autism spectrum disorder who go undiagnosed are...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses journalists at his post-2017/18 Sectoral Debate presentation briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 10.

9 years ago Commerce

Gov’t Remains Committed to Medical Marijuana Industry

The Government remains committed to supporting and facilitating stakeholder activities leading to the development of a medical marijuana industry in Jamaica. This undertaking has been given by Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Karl Samuda, who indicated that the Administration is working to expand on research being carried out. He reiterated, however, that this must be in accordance with...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the 3rd International Conference on TVET in the Caribbean on May 10 at the Hilton Spa and Resort, St. James, under the theme ‘TVET for Sustainable Regional Development’.

9 years ago Education

Traditional Education Must be Joined With TVET – Minister

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says there must be a “full marriage” between traditional education and technical vocational education and training (TVET), and that separation is no longer an option. Senator Reid, who was addressing the 3rd International Conference on TVET in the Caribbean on May 10, at the Hilton Spa and Resort, St....

Hon. Fayval Williams, MP, Minister of Education, Youth and Information

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Net International Reserves Now at US$2.8 Billion

The Government is reporting that the Net International Reserves (NIR) are at the highest they have ever been at US$2.849 billion, since 2002. State Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure during her contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 9. She also mentioned the Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre), in discussion with Managers at Gebbers Farms in Washington, United States, Catherine Grandy (second right) and Bob Grandy (right), after the Gebbers Farms management and workers academic grants presentation ceremony on May 5 at the Ministry’s North Street office. Listening are Supervisor at Gebbers Farms, Eyon Gayle (left) and Liaison Officer, Sheldon Brown.

9 years ago Labour

Female Farm Workers Leave for US in June

For the first time, female farmworkers will participate in the Jamaican Overseas Agricultural Programme to the United States this year. A group of 64 women will depart in June for the Gebbers Farms in Brewster, Washington DC. The announcement was made by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, at a ceremony held on May 5 at her...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (2nd left), is in light conversation with (from right) Custos Rotulorum for the Parish of Kingston and Chairman of the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation (KSADHF) Limited, Hon. Steadman Fuller, and his wife, Sonia Fuller; and Chief Executive Officer of the KSADHF, G. George Watson. Occasion was the recent launch of the KSADHF at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

9 years ago Community

December 16 to 23 is Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week

The inaugural Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week 2017 will be held from December 16 to 23. The event is being organised by the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation (KSADHF) Limited, which is chaired by Custos Rotulorum for the Parish of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller. Homecoming Week, slated to become an annual flagship event of the Foundation,...

Runners line up for the start of the 2018 MoBay City Run in front of the Old Hospital Park, Montego Bay, St. James.

9 years ago Community

Organisers of Mobay City Run Hailed

The St. James Parish Council and other entities throughout Montego Bay have hailed organisers of the fourth annual MoBay City Run, which was staged on May 7. According to Mayor, His Worship, Homer Davis, the charitable event, which was divided into 3k, 5k and 10k sections, was one of the best things to have happened in Montego Bay since the...