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Jamaica Re-Elected to Serve on IMO Council for 2024/2025

Jamaica successfully secured a seat on Category “C” of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council, on Friday, December 1, following elections held at the 33rd Assembly in London, England. Jamaica successfully secured 120 votes from 168 votes, with a 20th...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is greeted by newly appointed President of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology, Dr. Anthony Oliver, prior to his taking the oath of office during the institution’s Presidential Installation and Graduation Ceremony, on Saturday (December 2). Minister Williams delivered greetings during the ceremony, which was held at the Church of the Open Bible on Washington Boulevard in Kingston.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is greeted by newly appointed President of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology, Dr. Anthony Oliver, prior to his taking the oath of office during the institution’s Presidential Installation and Graduation Ceremony, on Saturday (December 2). Minister Williams delivered greetings during the ceremony, which was held at the Church of the Open Bible on Washington Boulevard in Kingston.

PHOTOS: Minister Williams Attends Caribbean Graduate School of Theology Presidential Installation and Graduation Ceremony
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents data protection officer, Jacqueline Parkson, with her certificate during Friday’s (December 1) Training in Data Protection for Educators award ceremony at the University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica campus in Kingston.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents data protection officer, Jacqueline Parkson, with her certificate during Friday’s (December 1) Training in Data Protection for Educators award ceremony at the University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica campus in Kingston.

Education Minister Commends UTech and e-Learning Jamaica for Partnering on Data Protection
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, cuts the ribbon symbolising the formal handover of a two-bedroom house in Kendal, Manchester, to recipient, Nadine Lawrence (centre). The presentation was made on Friday (December 1). Applauding is Manchester Central Member of Parliament, Rhoda Moy Crawford. The unit was facilitated under the Local Government Ministry’s Indigent Housing Programme and is in keeping with the Administration’s thrust to provide homes for more Jamaicans.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, cuts the ribbon symbolising the formal handover of a two-bedroom house in Kendal, Manchester, to recipient, Nadine Lawrence (centre). The presentation was made on Friday (December 1). Applauding is Manchester Central Member of Parliament, Rhoda Moy Crawford. The unit was facilitated under the Local Government Ministry’s Indigent Housing Programme and is in keeping with the Administration’s thrust to provide homes for more Jamaicans.

Gov’t Consistently Responding to Citizens’ Housing Needs – Minister Mckenzie
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), is joined by family, friends and colleagues of late firefighter, Lorenzo Garnet Douse, for the formalities during a ceremony for the official renaming of the Ocho Rios Fire Station in St. Ann in his honour, on Thursday (November 30). The facility is now called the ‘Lorenzo Garnet Douse Memorial Building’.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), is joined by family, friends and colleagues of late firefighter, Lorenzo Garnet Douse, for the formalities during a ceremony for the official renaming of the Ocho Rios Fire Station in St. Ann in his honour, on Thursday (November 30). The facility is now called the ‘Lorenzo Garnet Douse Memorial Building’.

Ocho Rios Fire Station Officially Renamed ‘Lorenzo Garnet Douse Memorial Building’

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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right, seated), Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), Dr. Kasan Troupe (left, seated), and other sector stakeholders withthe LASCO/MOEY Principal and Teacher of the Year Competition finalists. The contestants paid a courtesy call at the Ministry in Kingston on Friday (December 1).
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PHOTO: Minister Williams Meets Finalists in the LASCO/MOEY Principal and Teacher of the Year Competition

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right, seated), Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), Dr. Kasan Troupe (left, seated), and other sector stakeholders withthe LASCO/MOEY Principal and Teacher of the Year Competition finalists. The contestants paid a courtesy call at the Ministry in Kingston on Friday (December 1).
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General Manager for Courts Ready Cash, Atasha Bernard (right), hands over a water tank to Principal of Gaynstead High School, Liston Aiken (second right), at the institution in Kingston on November 30. Looking on (from left) are Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South Eastern, Julian Robinson, and Senior Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Ewan Williams. The tank was provided under the company’s corporate social responsibility initiative, aimed at improving access to water in schools across the island.
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PHOTOS: Gaynstead High School Gets Water Tank

General Manager for Courts Ready Cash, Atasha Bernard (right), hands over a water tank to Principal of Gaynstead High School, Liston Aiken (second right), at the institution in Kingston on November 30. Looking on (from left) are Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South Eastern, Julian Robinson, and Senior Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Ewan Williams. The tank...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), along with (from left) Head, Corporate Communications Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Senior Superintendent of Police, Stephanie Lindsay and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Fitz Bailey, at the handover of 74 new bikes, valued at $63.913 million, to the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), at the Office of the Police Commissioner in Kingston, on December 1.
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Police Going After Criminals This Christmas

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is warning persons intent on committing crimes this Christmas that they will be apprehended and face swift consequences for their actions. Dr. Chang, who was speaking at the handover of 74 new motorcycles to the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) at the Office of the Police...
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Deputy Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (left) and Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch, Assistant Commissioner Gary McKenzie (right) lead a team from the Jamaica Constabulary Force in riding some of the motorbikes received during a handover ceremony held at the Office of the Police Commissioner in Kingston, on December 1.
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PSTEB Gets 74 New Bikes

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) today (December 1) received an additional 74 new bikes, valued at $63.913 million. This will take the total number of motorcycles acquired for the JCF since financial year 2018/2019 to 435 at a cost of more than $300 million. Speaking at the handover ceremony at the Office of...
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