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Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (centre), shares with students of the St. Andrew-based American International School of Kingston (AISK), at the launch of the school’s Sport Feva on February 3, on the grounds of the institution.
Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (centre), shares with students of the St. Andrew-based American International School of Kingston (AISK), at the launch of the school’s Sport Feva on February 3, on the grounds of the institution.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Take Up Non-Traditional Sports

The Government is pushing for more Jamaicans to get involved in non-traditional sports such as tennis and swimming. Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, said the aim is to diversify and expand the sports portfolio and capitalize...
Tourism Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), along with Chief Executive Officer, Island Grill, Thalia Lyn (right), and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), Diana McCaulay, view a display of waste materials often found on the island’s streets and in the gullies. Occasion was the launch of the ‘Nuh Dutty Up Jamaica’ campaign at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown, Kingston on February 4.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), along with Chief Executive Officer, Island Grill, Thalia Lyn (right), and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), Diana McCaulay, view a display of waste materials often found on the island’s streets and in the gullies. Occasion was the launch of the ‘Nuh Dutty Up Jamaica’ campaign at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown, Kingston on February 4.

Ministry and JET Launch Education Campaign to Keep Resort Towns Clean
Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right) and Senior Advisor to the Minister, Radley Reid observe as Immaculate Conception High School student, Samara Dewers, performs a physics experiment. Occasion was an open day at the institution’s premises in St. Andrew today (Feb. 4).
Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right) and Senior Advisor to the Minister, Radley Reid observe as Immaculate Conception High School student, Samara Dewers, performs a physics experiment. Occasion was an open day at the institution’s premises in St. Andrew today (Feb. 4).

SLB Does Not Discriminate – Minister Thwaites
Acting Director of the Restorative Justice Unit, Ministry of Justice, Roydon Hall, outlines Restorative Justice Week activities at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Acting Director of the Restorative Justice Unit, Ministry of Justice, Roydon Hall, outlines Restorative Justice Week activities at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Two Restorative Justice Centres to Open Next Year
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd left), is assisted by Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), as she cuts the ribbon to officially open the $4 billion state-of-the-art Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex (FMSTRC), at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), in St. Andrew, today (February 4). Also pictured are (from third left): Principal of the UWI Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald; Vice Chancellor, Professor E Nigel Harris, and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd left), is assisted by Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), as she cuts the ribbon to officially open the $4 billion state-of-the-art Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex (FMSTRC), at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), in St. Andrew, today (February 4). Also pictured are (from third left): Principal of the UWI Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald; Vice Chancellor, Professor E Nigel Harris, and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

PM Lauds University for $4 Billion Investment

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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (3rd left), is embraced by Nutritionist with the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Frances Mahfood (2nd left), shortly after he addressed the launch of Heart Month, held recently at the Spanish Court Hotel, in New Kingston. Also pictured are: Brand Manager at Wisynco, Omoye Phillpotts-Brown (left), and Executive Director of the Foundation, Deborah Chen (right).
Health & Wellness

Heart Foundation Lauds NHF for Subsidies on Medications

As the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) embarks on another month of increased awareness for the prevention of heart diseases, it is lauding the National Health Fund (NHF) for preserving the health of Jamaicans. Each year the HFJ observes February as Heart Month, when it stages exhibitions and other outreach activities across the island to promote healthy hearts. Executive Director...
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Members of the Clarendon Parish Development Committee Benevolent Society, with banner displayed, distribute handbills during an anti-crime march through Lionel Town in Clarendon, recently.
CultureVision 2030Youth

March Against Crime and Teenage Pregnancy in Clarendon

Hundreds of business operators, workers, residents and students of Lionel Town, Clarendon, protested against crime and other social challenges facing the parish at a march throughout the town last Friday, January 30. The event was organised by the Clarendon Youth and Child Protection Committee (CYCPC). Data garnered in the crafting of the Clarendon Local Sustainable Development Plan is showing an...
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Modernisation Specialist in the Office of the Cabinet, Michele Gordon Somers, makes a point at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Office of the Prime Minister

New Categories in Public Sector Customer Service Competition

Entities participating in the Public Sector Customer Service Competition, a component in the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme, can submit entries under two new categories in this year’s staging of the competition. The new categories are: the Most Responsive Entity and the Most Socially Aware Entity. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office, Modernisation...
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Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Mrs. Deborah Chen, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on February 3.
Health & Wellness

Heart Foundation Lauds Plan To Reduce Heart Disease

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica has lauded the National Multi-sectoral Non-Communicable Disease Strategic Plan as a major initiative to curb the prevalence of heart disease in Jamaica. Implementation of the plan, which is being led by the Ministry of Health, addresses the four major conditions that lead to illness and death in Jamaicans - heart disease, cancer, lung disease and...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, addressing workshop on: ‘Opportunities for Sustainable Energy Production In the Sugar Industry of Jamaica’, held in Kingston, recently. Others are (from right): Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Hillary Alexander and Energy consultant, William Saunders.
Technology

Renewable Energy Should Benefit Productive Sector – Robinson

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, says the introduction of renewable energy as part of the energy mix, will provide noticeable benefits to the productive sector and by extension the consumers of goods and services. “I think you’re going to see a reduction. For example, we have two new companies that...
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Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Mrs. Yulit Gordon.
Health & Wellness

Closer Collaboration Needed to Help Reduce Deaths Due to Cancer – JCS Head

With US$40 million (J$4.65 billion) being spent annually to treat cancer patients in Jamaica,  Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Yulit Gordon, is urging healthcare providers, academia, corporate organizations and individuals to work closer together to help reduce premature deaths, due to cancer. A 2008 report showed that the most prevalent types of cancers in Jamaica were: prostate,...
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