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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) observes as Chief Executive Officer of Chain of Hope United Kingdom (UK), Emma Scanlan (right) signs a copy of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a US$10 million Jamaica Children Heart Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children during a ceremony at the hospital’s location in St. Andrew, on June 21. Chain of Hope UK, which is a charitable organisation, is among several public and private partners supporting the establishment of the cardiac centre. Also pictured is Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Philip Armstrong.

Heart Centre for Children’s Hospital

The capacity of the Bustamante Hospital for Children to perform cardiac surgeries is expected to vastly improve with the establishment of a US$10 million Jamaica Children Heart Centre. It is anticipated that the new centre will facilitate at least 150...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 21.

Education Minister Satisfied With First 100 Days

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), along with (from left) Chairman of the Board of Hardware and Lumber Ltd., Mr. Erwin Burton; Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Donna Duran; and General Manager of AgroGrace, Mrs. Olive Downer-Walsh, at a briefing at the company’s Spanish Town Road offices on Tuesday, June 21. They are observing products being carried by the company which are used in vector control management.

Health Minister Endorses Products to Control Mosquitoes

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton (left), is in discussion with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Deputy Keeper of Records, Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Deirdre English Gosse, at a briefing session for the inaugural Caribbean Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingstonon June 21. The conference will be held at the Montego Bay Conference Centre, St. James, from July 6-8.

Gov’t Committed to Civil Registration and Identification Policies

Founder of Genesis Academy, Pauline Beaumont (right), having a class discussion with food preparation teacher, Karen Nedwynter and students during one of her regular visits to the school. Mrs. Beaumont will be awarded the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education on Thursday, June 23.

Founder of Genesis Academy to Receive Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation

Principal of Lystra Primary School, in St. Thomas, Mrs. Estell Davis Wright, with her students who recently took the GSAT examination.

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Principal of Lystra Primary School to be Honoured

Countless students and community members of Somerset, in St. Thomas, are benefiting from the dedicated service of educator, Mrs. Estell Davis Wright. The principal of Lystra Primary School in St. Thomas since January 2003, Mrs. Davis Wright is one of 40 educators who will be honoured on June 23 with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education....

Placement Services Coordinator of the National Youth Service (NYS), Lancelot McCalla, speaking about the NYS shoe drive at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 16. At right is Senior Programmes Director of the NYS, Naketa West.

10 years ago JIS Think TankYouth

NYS to Launch Shoe Drive

The National Youth Service (NYS) will launch a shoe drive in July, as part of its annual volunteer initiative. This project is to assist all persons in need, including young people preparing for the new school term. The NYS is requesting businesses and the wider public to donate new pairs of shoes to the project. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think...

Albert Town High School Teacher and 2016 Prime Minister Medal of Appreciation awardee, Ivorine Pitters (centre) shares in conversation with students at the institution. Ms. Pitters has been teaching at Albert Town High since 1979.

10 years ago Education

Albert Town High School Teacher Grateful for Recognition

Having served the teaching profession for over 37 years, Ivorine Pauline Pitters views her nomination for the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for service to education as a highlight of her career. Ms. Pitters is a teacher of Home Economics, Management of Food and Nutrition at the Albert Town High School in Trelawny, an institution she has been serving with...

Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney (Left), Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller (Center) and Head of Co-operation, European Union Delegation, Jésus Baguena (Left) interact with children of the Jones Town Church of God Basic School in St. Andrew after a handing over ceremony at the Jones Town Church of God on June 17.

10 years ago EducationWorks / Construction

Jones Town Church of God Basic School Refurbished

The 142 students enrolled at the Jones Town Church of God Basic School in St. Andrew now have an improved learning environment following upgrades carried out at the institution. The school, which was previously operating in cramped conditions due to overcrowding and inadequate space, was refurbished at a cost of $26 million under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF’s) Poverty...

Lead Planning Officer for Phase 2 of the United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOMM)-led multinational security training initiative, ‘Exercise Tradewinds’, Lieutenant Colonel Mahatma Williams (right) of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), along with local and visiting programme participants at Monday’s (June 20) launch at the JDF’s headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston. From left are: Canadian armed forces Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kerber; Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Jamaica, Brigadier Rocky Meade; Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Marine Corps Forces, Colonel David Carbonero; Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Jamaica, Major General Antony Anderson; US SOUTHCOMM Division Chief in charge Joint Training and Exercises, Colonel Randall Warring; and Executive Director of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPOACS) and Jamaica’s former Police Commissioner, Francis Forbes.

10 years ago National Security and PeaceOffice of the Prime Minister

Participants in Exercise Tradewinds to Clean Beaches

Officers attending the Exercise Tradewinds multinational security training programme (Phase 2), now under way in Jamaica, will participate in six coastal clean-up projects on June 26. The projects are community relations events organised by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) that will target beaches and coastlines in Kingston, St. Catherine, and St. Ann. They will be carried out under the theme:...

10 years ago Education

Belizean Wins Women in Maritime Logo Competition

When the Women in Maritime Association for the Caribbean (WiMAC), announced its logo competition last year, Belizean Nicole Allen, a 16-year veteran in the maritime industry, was eager to enter. She wanted to show off her artistic skills and to design a logo that represented the women, who work in the industry. “They wanted a logo that would be reflective...

Principal Director, Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Albert Daley (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Lt. Colonel (Ret’d) Oral Khan (left) peruse a document at the opening of a three-day Climate Finance Readiness Training workshop for government entities at the Hotel Four Seasons in St. Andrew on June 20. Looking on is climate finance expert, Dr. Jason Yapp. (File photo)

10 years ago Environment

Jamaica Eyes Multi-billion Dollar Climate Change Fund

Jamaica is preparing to tap into US$10.3 billion available to fund climate change adaptation and mitigation projects. The country is joining 200 other developing states in formulating viable proposals to access financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Based in South Korea, the GCF was founded as a mechanism to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change....