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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, cuddles heart patient, little Sashanique ahead of her surgery, which is being done as part of a Chain of Hope-sponsored medical mission to the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Looking on (from left) are Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr Sharrone Forrester; Vice President of Quality, Edwards Lie Science, Mark Gayle; CEO, Chain of Hope, Emma Scanlan, and Director, Gift of Life Florida. Heidi Hess.

Cardiac Centre at Children’s Hospital by Mid-2017

The cardiac centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is scheduled for completion by the middle of 2017. This was disclosed by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, following a meeting with a Chain of Hope-funded medical mission...

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

PM Assures of Local Input in Plans for New Parliamentary Complex

In this file photo, Accountant General, Mrs. Carlene Murdoch (right), assists pensioners at her office in downtown Kingston. The Accountant General’s Department serves over 40,000 Government pensioners.

Government Pensioners to Benefit from Increase

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), gets a high-five from media personality, Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley (right), after participating in a tug-o-war contest with students attending the finale of the Ministry’s Health Youth Positive Energy (HYPE) School Tour at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew on Friday (March 17). The event was staged in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to promote healthy lifestyles in schools.

Hundreds of Students Attend Hype Event

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), is in discussion with Opposition Spokesperson on Justice and Governance, Senator Mark Golding (left); and Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA) Professor Trevor Monroe, at a National Public Education Symposium held recently at the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston.

Measures Continue in New Fiscal Year to Improve Justice System

9 years ago Sport

Government Backs Bolt Farewell in Jamaica

Kingston, March 17, 2017 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the Ministry is providing financial support to the Racers Grand Prix, which will feature Usain Bolt’s farewell performance on Jamaican soil in June. At the launch of the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston today, Minister Grange announced funding support in the sum...

Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Holistic Rehabilitation Programme at South Camp Road Juvenile Centre

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is taking a holistic approach to rehabilitating young girls in state care at the South Camp Road Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre in Kingston. Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter, says an approximately $248-million (US$1.93-million) donation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has enabled the facilitation of several social reintegration programmes at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), embraces outgoing Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), following her contribution to the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 16. It was Mrs. Simpson Miller

9 years ago Budget 2017/2018Opposition

Opposition Leader Proposes Special Standing Committee on Social Security

Outgoing Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is proposing that a Special Standing Committee on Social Security be established in Parliament, aimed at increasing participation in pension schemes. The Committee, she suggested, should also focus on promoting retirement planning and savings in the nation. She lamented that not many Jamaicans take the matter of pension and...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (File Photo)

9 years ago JIS Think TankNational Security and Peace

Dept. of Correctional Services to Expand Rehabilitation Programme

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has received US$2.5 million to expand its rehabilitation programme. The programme, ‘New Path Project’, which began at the South Camp Correctional Centre, was implemented in collaboration with Trust for the Americas, a non-profit agency of the Organization of American States (OAS). The project promotes productive alternatives for juvenile remandees and offenders in Jamaica. It...

Acting Director, Information Technology at the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Dwight Grant, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 14, about the implementation of the Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) by April 1, 2017.

9 years ago Technology

JLS to Implement ILMS April 1

Come April 1, the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) will be implementing an Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) called Koha, to improve the efficiency of the library’s operations as well as service for users. Koha is an automated open-source management system used by public libraries worldwide. Elaborating on the use of the system, Acting Director, Information Technology at JLS, Dwight Grant,...

A participant gives her views at a town hall meeting held by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), at the Power of Hope Deliverance Ministry, in Riverton Meadows, in Kingston, March 15.

9 years ago Local Government

NSWMA to Clear and Beautify Entrance to Riverton Meadows

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is to clear and beautify the front of Riverton Meadows, in St. Andrew. Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, says while a dump exists beyond the community, Riverton Meadows is a residential area, and the activities at the entrance of the community give it a negative perception. “We have lived with it...

State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), looks on as President of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCAF), Victor Montagliani (centre), presents the CONCACAF banner to Caribbean Football Director for CONCACAF, Horace Reid. Occasion was the official opening of the CONCACAF regional office at the Courtleigh Corporate Centre in Kingston on March 15.

9 years ago Sport

CONCACAF Office will Boost Football in Jamaica and Wider Region – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the establishment of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) office in Jamaica will serve to improve the technical capacity of football administrators in the island and the wider region. Ms. Grange, in a statement read by State Minister in the Ministry of National Security,...