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Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). (FILE)
Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). (FILE)

Most MPs Have Submitted Work Programmes to Combat Chik-V

The National Health Emergency Response Monitoring Committee is reporting that to date, most Members of Parliament (MPs) have submitted their work programmes under the Chik-V National Integrated Vector Control / Clean-Up Programme. According to the Committee, 55 of the 63...
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) at the Community Safety and Security Branch, Karina Powell-Hood, highlights safety tips for the yuletide season at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (December 17).
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) at the Community Safety and Security Branch, Karina Powell-Hood, highlights safety tips for the yuletide season at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (December 17).

Police Offer Safety Tips For the Festive Season
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), gives her remarks at a press briefing held at Jamaica House today (December 17), with members of the National Council of the Partnership for Jamaica. Listening (from left) are: Ambassador Patricia Durrant, Donna Parchment Brown, and Rev. Lenworth Anglin, Members of the Partnership’s Governance Committee; President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Chris Zacca; Representative of the Confederation of Trade Union, Oneil Grant; and Representative of the Civil Society Group, Bishop Joseph Ade Gold.
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), gives her remarks at a press briefing held at Jamaica House today (December 17), with members of the National Council of the Partnership for Jamaica. Listening (from left) are: Ambassador Patricia Durrant, Donna Parchment Brown, and Rev. Lenworth Anglin, Members of the Partnership’s Governance Committee; President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Chris Zacca; Representative of the Confederation of Trade Union, Oneil Grant; and Representative of the Civil Society Group, Bishop Joseph Ade Gold.

Partnership for Jamaica Membership Commits to Agreement
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the graduation ceremony for the National Parenting Support Commission’s (NPSC) mentorship training programme on Wednesday (Dec. 17), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Listening at head table (from left) are: Chairman of the NPSC, the Most Hon. Lady Rheima Hall; and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the graduation ceremony for the National Parenting Support Commission’s (NPSC) mentorship training programme on Wednesday (Dec. 17), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Listening at head table (from left) are: Chairman of the NPSC, the Most Hon. Lady Rheima Hall; and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison.

Support for At-Risk Parents
Public Relations Officer of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emeleo Ebanks. (FILE)
Public Relations Officer of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emeleo Ebanks. (FILE)

JFB Urges Fire Safety This Christmas

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Principal of G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Dr. Joyce Graham-Royal, says her aim is to take the institution to university college status.
Education

G.C. Foster Eyes University College Status

Recently installed principal of G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in St. Catherine, Dr. Joyce Graham-Royal, says she is aiming to transform the institution into a university college. As part of the process, she said, a number of programmes will be improved and new ones introduced. “My first order of business is to start the process of transferring...
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Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, emphasizes a point as he addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on Tuesday (Dec. 16), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Culture

NYS Hails Public-Private Partners

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, is hailing the various public and private sector entities that are supporting its youth employment programmes, which are providing valuable work experience and skills training for thousands of young people across the island. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (December 16), Mr. Smith said the collaboration with the...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (centre), shares a light moment with Chief Executive Officer of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Dennis Chung (right), and President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) and Chief Executive Officer of Johnsons and Sons Organic Fertilizer Co. Ltd., Hugh Johnson. Occasion was the SBAJ’s annual Christmas luncheon on Wednesday (December 17), at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston.
Commerce

Retailers Chided for Failure to Pass on Oil Savings

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has echoed concerns that some retailers are failing to pass off oil price savings to customers and has pledged to address the issue. Mr. Hylton argued that for the last few months the price of oil has been falling on the global market, from as high as US$110 per barrel to about...
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Chief Executive Officer at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, highlights the performance of the Consumer Protection Tribunal (CPT) at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Commerce

Jamaicans Urged to Make Use of Consumer Protection Tribunal

Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, has said that the Consumer Protection Tribunal (CPT) is an effective forum for aggrieved consumers to seek redress. Speaking with JIS News, the CEO pointed out that since the establishment of the tribunal over a year ago, consumers have been receiving more satisfactory redress for breaches of their rights....
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Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Welcomes New US-Cuba Relations

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the Government of Jamaica enthusiastically welcomes the joint announcement in Washington and Havana today of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Cuba, and she has congratulated United States President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro on the historic development and for their bold and visionary leadership on...
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