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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, symbolically cut the ribbon to handover six Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulances at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. In the background is Manager of the EU Unit at the Panning Institute of Jamaica, Dianne Davis.
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, symbolically cut the ribbon to handover six Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulances at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. In the background is Manager of the EU Unit at the Panning Institute of Jamaica, Dianne Davis.

Work on Upgrading of May Pen Hospital This Year – Dr. Tufton

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says work will be undertaken this year to upgrade the Type C May Pen Hospital to a Type B facility. “We’ll be sending the architects and the other professionals and we’re going to...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)

Review Being Done on Role of Municipal Police
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, tries out one of the six ambulances provided to the health sector by the European Union (EU), during a ceremony at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. Sharing the moment is Head of Delegation, EU to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, tries out one of the six ambulances provided to the health sector by the European Union (EU), during a ceremony at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. Sharing the moment is Head of Delegation, EU to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.

May Pen Hospital to Get Erin Radiology Centre
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses students at the launch of the 39th Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) All-Age and Junior High Athletic Championships on April 20 at the National Stadium in Kingston. The championships will be held from April 26 to 28 at Stadium East.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses students at the launch of the 39th Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) All-Age and Junior High Athletic Championships on April 20 at the National Stadium in Kingston. The championships will be held from April 26 to 28 at Stadium East.

Insports Provides $500,000 to Assist Schools Preparing for All-Age and Junior High Champs
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addresses an agricultural forum at the Duckenfield Primary School in St. Thomas on April 21.
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addresses an agricultural forum at the Duckenfield Primary School in St. Thomas on April 21.

Agriculture Ministry to Establish Six School Gardens in Eastern St. Thomas

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General Secretary of Education International, Fred van Leeuwen (right), addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s (JTA) 16th annual Education Conference at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel & Spa in St. James, recently.
Education

Govts Urged to be Wary of Private Education Interests

General Secretary of the global teachers’ advocacy organisation, Education International, Fred van Leeuwen, has cautioned Governments against the outsourcing of education to private interests, noting that this could undermine the foundation of public schooling. “In too many places portions of our public school systems are being carved out and outsourced to private businesses. In too many places, market principles determine...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), listens as Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon. (FILE)
Local Government

SDC Seeking to Expand LEDSP

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is seeking to expand its Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), says the agency’s Executive Director, Dr. Dwayne Vernon. Speaking at a post-Sectoral Debate press conference at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, on Hagley Park Road, yesterday (April 20), Dr. Vernon said the SDC has been having tremendous success in terms of...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)
Local Government

$95 Million Being Spent on Upgrading of Infirmaries

The Government is spending $95 million to improve five infirmaries across the island. Work has started at the Manchester and Portland infirmaries, at a cost of $15 million each; $5 million is being spent at the Trelawny facility; and $40 million and $20 million at the St. James and Westmoreland infirmaries, respectively. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon....
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the launch of the mobile property tax unit in Port Maria, St. Mary, on February 8. (FILE)
Local Government

Ministry to Acquire Another Mobile Unit to Collect Property Tax

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says another mobile unit will be acquired to assist in the collection of property taxes. Making his 2017/18 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on April 19, Mr. McKenzie said the property tax collection target of $7.26 billion for 2016/17 was exceeded by $350 million, totalling $7.61 billion. This,...
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Principals, vice-principals and heads of departments from schools across the island attend an educational leadership and management training session at the Mandeville Hotel, Manchester, on April 19.
Education

Students Must be Included in School Leadership – Green

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is calling for the revitalisation of student councils in schools where they are not currently functioning. He noted that student participation, through these councils, is a vital part of the leadership of institutions. “I hope that you are incorporating your students in a real way, and put...
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Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw (right), is in conversation with the team carrying out work to facilitate traffic and lane diversion along sections of the Mandela Highway, which take effect Saturday, April 22.
Local Government

Mandela Highway Traffic Changes Take Effect Saturday

Effective Saturday, April 22, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be implementing major traffic and lane changes along a section of the Mandela Highway in order to facilitate road work associated with the expansion and upgrading project underway. “We are going to be closing down a section of the eastbound carriageway between the Highway 2000 off-ramp and the Ferry Police...
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