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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Mrs. Sherrill O’Reggio Angus (third left) and Member of Parliament for Western Hanover, Hon. Ian Hayles (fourth right) cut the ribbon to officially open the Hanover Youth Information Centre and the parish’s National Youth Service office at the Watson Taylor Park Complex, in Lucea, on June 19. Others (from left) are: Acting Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Dennis Lawrence; Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Wynter McIntosh; 2015 Hanover Festival Queen, Kimberly Morant; Custos of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair and President of the Hanover Youth Council, Alija Dias.

Youth Information Centre Opens in Hanover

Young persons in the parish of Hanover now have a permanent location where they can obtain information and get involved in programmes staged by the Ministry of Youth and Culture. The Hanover Youth Information Centre and the National Youth Service...

Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second left) listens intently while Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse (left) gives advice to Dr. Abigail Morrison (second right), new medical intern who graduated top of her class of 2015 from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona, while looking on is Director, Health Service Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health, Dr. Lundie Richards. The occasion was a recent cocktail reception hosted by the Ministry of Health for the new medical graduates who were placed in public hospitals for their internship.

Brighter Future for Children Born with Sickle Cell Disease

Ministers of Government sign the Trade Facilitation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today (June 22), at the Cabinet Office in Kingston. Seated (from left) are: Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson; Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson. Overseeing the process (standing, from left) are: Trade Administrator, Trade Board Limited, Victor Cummings; Vice Chairman, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Major (Ret’d) Richard Reese; and Chairperson, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis. The agreement was signed at the Cabinet Office in Kingston today (June 22).

Gov’t Ministries Sign Trade Facilitation MOU

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, emphasises a point shortly before the historic vote on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Bills in the House of Representatives on May 12. The members voted 42 to 21 in favour of the CCJ replacing the United Kingdom-based Privy Council as Jamaica’s final appellate court. At left is Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. The Hon. Peter Phillips.

CCJ Will Ensure Access to Justice for Jamaicans

A photo of Ralston Wilson (standing), a dedicated single father of two children. In a matriarchal society, where there is a tendency for fathers to be deemed as not fully embracing their responsibilities, the value of a good father such as Mr. Wilson should never be underestimated, but celebrated.

Success in The Midst of Hardship

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right) shakes the hands of Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol during the launch of the Disaster Preparedness Month 2015 recently at the headquarters of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Kingston. Seated in the centre is Director General of ODPEM, Major Clive Davis.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

ODPEM Develops Tool to Assist With Disaster Impact Assessment

As part of the thrust to improve the country’s emergency response system, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in collaboration with the National Spatial Data Management Division has developed a system, that is intended to assist with disaster impact assessment. The system, dubbed Geo Spatial Damage Assessment Tool (Geo-DAT) is a locally developed smart phone application (app)...

An artistic representation of what the Ocho Rios Cruise Terminal/Pier will look like at the completion of the enhancement project.

11 years ago Tourism

TEF Working to Transform Resort Areas

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) continues to work assiduously in transforming and redeveloping the country’s resort areas as a means of strengthening the tourism industry and enhancing brand Jamaica. Approximately $200 million is allotted annually towards the general beautification and upkeep of the resort towns and surrounding areas with separate amounts allocated towards major transformation projects in the main resorts...

The bus used by the Mobile Customer Service Unit of the Registrar General’s Department. The Registrar General’s Department, is undergoing a transformation with a number of initiatives that has helped to improve service delivery and reduce the number of customer complaints.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

RGD Implements Intiatives Aimed At Improving Service Delivery

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD), is undergoing a transformation with a number of initiatives that has helped to improve service delivery and reduce the number of customer complaints. The entity, responsible for storing records of birth, marriage, still birth and death in Jamaica, began its service enhancement plan in 1999 when it became an Executive Agency of the government. A...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and
Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, addresses participants at the 2nd
annual

11 years ago Commerce

Efforts To Increase The Export Of Jamaican Products To Be Supported

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says that any effort to increase the export of Jamaican products will be enhanced and supported, in order to boost the country’s economic prospects. “Now more than ever, as a nation, we need to focus on the export of Jamaican products and services. Coming on...

Jamaica Library Service (JLS) Director General, Karen Barton (left), and Microsoft Jamaica’s Sector Manager for Education, Queenie Ko (right), observe as the entity’s Country Manager, George Gobin, demonstrates features of the Microsoft Office 2013 Pro Plus computer software applications, which were donated by the technology solutions entity, during a presentation ceremony at the JLS’ head office, Tom Redcam Drive, St. Andrew, on Friday (June 19). The overall donation is valued approximately $131.85 million (US$1.13 million)

11 years ago EducationTechnologyVision 2030

JLS Receives Computer Software Valued at $131.85 Million

The Jamaica Library Service’s (JLS) information and communications technology (ICT) project, currently being developed, has been boosted with the provision of computer software, valued approximately $131.85 million (US$1.13 million), by Microsoft Jamaica. The donation, which is the largest to date made by the technology solutions firm in the English-speaking Caribbean, entails Office 2013 Pro Plus applications, comprising: Microsoft Word, Excel,...

Young Tahalia Mitchell performs a dub poetry piece during today’s (June 19) staging of the Unite For Change National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

11 years ago Youth

Expose Child Abusers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has made an impassioned plea for Jamaicans to expose known perpetrators of child abuse, even if they are relatives or friends. “Don’t cover up child abuse whether it is happening in your family or in your community...don’t shield your wife, mother, father, husband, boyfriend, sweetheart, sugar daddy, brother, uncle, neighbour or friend,...

Medical Entomologist in the Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

11 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Householders Urged to be Vigilant in Preventing Mosquito Breeding

The Ministry of Health is imploring householders to be vigilant in preventing the breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Medical Entomologist in the Ministry, Sherine Huntley Jones, noted that the mosquito breeds when water gets trapped in containers in and around the home. As such, she said, they...