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Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the importance of the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey, on January 4.

Jamaicans Urged to Participate in Health and Lifestyle Survey

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye, is appealing to Jamaicans to participate in the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey III, which is currently being carried out across the island by the Caribbean...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), joins hands with other leaders of the country in receiving a word of prayer being offered by Bishop, Dr. Albert West (left), during the 12th annual staging of the Heal the Family, Heal the Nation church service at the National Arena on January 4. He is joined by (from 2nd left) Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, Julian Robinson; Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Anthony Hylton; Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller; State Minister of Finance, Hon. Fayval Williams; Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck; and Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte. The service, hosted by The Power of Faith Ministries International Inc., in association with the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches, was held under the theme ‘Working Together for Kingdom and Nation Building’.

Prime Minister Urges Citizens to Reject Culture of Dons

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Local Government Seeks Added Source of Funding to Repair Parochial Roads

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Denzil Thorpe (left), in conversation with Contractor General, Dirk Harrison, at an orientation session for newly elected local government officials, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on January 4.

Contractor General Emphasises Importance of Managing Conflict of Interest

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a regional orientation session for councillors from the municipal corporations of Kingston and St. Andrew, and St. Thomas, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, yesterday (January 4). At right is Director, Legal Unit in the Ministry, Sophia Knight.

Local Government Representatives Urged to Read Handbook

Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Paul Thompson (left), listens while Senior Compliance Officer with the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Phillip Morgan, makes a point during a tour of businesses in the town on January 3.

9 years ago Local Government

Business Operators Urged to Dispose of Their Garbage the Right Way

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is encouraging business operators in Port Antonio, Portland, to dispose of their garbage appropriately or they will be ticketed for littering. Mr. Gordon, who was addressing a town hall meeting at the Portland Municipal Corporation, on January 3, said the “root” of the garbage pile-up in the parish...

Principal of St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) in Santa Cruz, Keith Wellington, who is also the LASCO Principal of the Year for 2016.

9 years ago Education

STETHS Adopts Greenhouse Technology

The administration of St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) in Santa Cruz is using greenhouse technology to teach agricultural science and to combat praedial larceny at the institution. Principal, Keith Wellington, told JIS News that with greenhouse technology, the hope is that STETHS can return to its glory days of being one of the top educational institutions that have agriculture...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. (FILE)

9 years ago National Security and Peace

New Police Commissioner Must Come with Specific Performance Targets – Montague

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says the next Police Commissioner must come with specific performance targets to be achieved under his or her contract. Addressing the Police Commissioner’s annual devotional exercise at the Commissioner’s Office in St. Andrew on January 3, the Minister said the Police Services Commission has been apprised of the change. Mr. Montague also noted that...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addresses the first group of farmworkers to be dispatched to Canada for 2017, at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston, yesterday (January 3).

9 years ago Labour

Highly Qualified Persons to be Included in Overseas Employment Programme

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Programme is being diversified to include highly qualified and skilled workers. Since the beginning of December 2016, the Ministry has been actively recruiting Information Technology (IT) specialists to work in North America as part of a pilot programme being undertaken in partnership with the Jamaican diaspora in the United States of...

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), listens to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, at the Police Commissioner’s annual devotional exercise, held at the Police Commissioner’s Office on Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, on January 3. FILE

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Security Minister Announces Measures to Combat Crime and Violence

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, has announced a raft of measures to combat crime and violence and to improve the effectiveness of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for 2017. Speaking at the JCF’s annual devotional exercise at the Police Commissioner’s Office, Old Hope Road, in St. Andrew, on January 3, Mr. Montague informed that among the measures will be...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, greets some farm workers as they board the bus yesterday (January 3) after they were dispatched at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston to work in Canada.

9 years ago Labour

375 Farm Workers Leave for Canada January 4

The first batch of farm workers for 2017 were dispatched yesterday (January 3), at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Services Centre, in downtown Kingston. The group of approximately 375 workers is scheduled to leave the island on Wednesday, January 4 to take up employment opportunities in greenhouse production of vegetables, fruits and other agricultural crops in...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. (FILE)

9 years ago Agriculture

Minister wants Police to Take Firm Stand Against the Illicit Burning of Sugar Cane

The police are being urged to take a firm stand against persons who illicitly burn sugar cane, which has resulted in significant loss of income for farmers. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, said cane farmers must be protected against the practice, which can sometimes “wipe out” the means of survival for entire families and communities....