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Representative of the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control Mrs. Kay Morrish-Cooke of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica points out the ravages of smoking on the body to students at the Anti-Tobacco Youth Forum held in February 23 at the Courtleigh auditorium.

Jamaica Cancer Society Promotes Healthy Lifestyle Practices among Youth

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) has used the month of February to promote healthy lifestyle practices, especially among high school aged students across the island. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the JCS, Yulit Gordon said...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and the Most Hon. Mrs. Juliet Holness (second right) listen to a point being made by Commanding Officer, HMJS Middlesex, Lieutenant Commander Aceion Prescott (foreground) aboard the vessel following the official naming and commissioning ceremony at HMJS Cagway, Port Royal on February 28. At left is Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague.

JDF Receives Surveillance Vessels

Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller. (FILE)

Jamaicans Should Support and Promote Positive Messages in Music

General Manager, Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Denise Arana (centre), provides details about the DBJ’s Regional Infrastructure Conference at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on February 28. She is flanked by Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sharlene Williams (left) and Consultant, Jamaica Venture Capital Programme, Audrey Richards. The conference is set for March 6-7 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

DBJ Conference to Target Local Investors

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd right), greets Keith Simpson who was at Everybody’s Pharmacy on Slipe Road to fill his prescription. At left is another patient, Althea Brown. Occasion was the launch of the Kingston leg of the Public Sector Pharmacy Partner Pilot Programme on Tuesday (February 28) at the pharmacy’s Slipe Road offices. Looking on at right is Clinical Pharmacist at Everybody’s Pharmacy, Dr. Ernestine Watson.

Six Kingston Pharmacies Sign on to Public-Sector Partner Programme

University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona lecturer and entrepreneur, Dr. K’adamawe K’nife, makes a presentation to farmers from East and West Rural St. Andrew during a workshop by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Home Economics Division, aimed at providing the tools and information for them to transform their farming groups into successful business ventures. The workshop was hosted at the Michael Manley Foundation on Hope Boulevard on February 28.

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RADA Stages Workshop for Farmers

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) hosted the first in a series of workshops for farmers, yesterday (February 28), aimed at providing the tools and information for cottage industries to transform agricultural production into formal business ventures. The initiative, being carried out by RADA’s Home Economics Division, brought together farmers from East and West Rural St. Andrew, at the Michael...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is greeted by Custos of St. Catherine, Rev. Jeffery McKenzie, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Mary’s Field Housing Development in Kitson Town, St. Catherine, on February 28. At centre is West Central St. Catherine Member of Parliament and Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

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Police Post to be Built in West Central St. Catherine

A police post is to be constructed in the West Central St. Catherine constituency, says Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who is also Member of Parliament for the area. Dr. Tufton noted that ground is to be broken before the end of the year for the facility. The announcement was made today (February 28), at a ground-breaking ceremony...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (3rd left), signs contract totalling $240 million to rehabilitate 60 kilometres of cane roads between Long Pond in Trelawny and the Appleton sugar factory in St. Elizabeth, today (February 28), at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices, in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Director of Stone Plus Limited, Clinton Campbell; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry, and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

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60 Kilometres of Cane Roads to be Rehabilitated

The Government is spending $240 million to rehabilitate 60 kilometres of cane roads between Long Pond in Trelawny and the Appleton factory in St. Elizabeth. The project will connect the two major sugar-producing areas, with sugar cane being transported to the Appleton factory for processing. The work will be undertaken over the next two financial years under the Cane Haul...

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

9 years ago Education

Innovative Workforce the Way Forward

Jamaica is developing an education system that is quality based, with a special focus on skills in technology, to ensure that the country has a workforce that is creative and innovative. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is also ensuring that students attain strong reasoning skills and the ability to solve problems. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid,...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), touches a statue of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, which is mounted at the Hydel Group of Schools in St. Catherine. The occasion was the annual Marcus Garvey Symposium held at the institution on Tuesday, February 28. Looking on (from left) are Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) President and Chairman of Hydel’s Garvey Studies Department, Steven Golding, and the institution’s Founding President, Hyacinth Bennett.

9 years ago Education

Green Hails Partnership for Teaching of Garveyism at Hydel

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has hailed the partnership to facilitate the teaching of the philosophies of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, at the Hydel Group of Schools in St. Catherine. Hydel has, since 2009, collaborated on this undertaking with the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which was founded by Mr. Garvey...

New Mayor of Kingston, Senator, Councillor Delroy Williams.

9 years ago Local Government

Mayor has Big Plans for Downtown Kingston

Significant changes are coming to the city of Kingston, particularly downtown Kingston. “Business cannot be done in disorder, and so we need to start by restoring order in the city,” Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams, tells JIS News in an interview. “We have already got buy-in from the vendors. They know that although downtown Kingston is the largest shopping...

Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Rev. Jeffrey McKenzie (4th left), interacts with students at a bursary and scholarship awards function, organised by the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), at the parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in Spanish Town. At third left is Executive Director of the Foundation, Pauline Gregory-Lewis.

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PAEF Continues to Help Uplift Communities

The St. Catherine-based Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), is continuing its work to help develop communities. Now in its fourth year of operation, the PAEF assists students with school uniforms, scholarships and bursaries; trains community members in entrepreneurship; repairs educational institutions, and assists the elderly. Recently, PAEF partnered with the Noble Foundation to do refurbishing work on the St....