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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), in discussion with Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on October 21.

Quick Response Teams to be Formed to Protect Country from Ebola

Quick response teams, comprising members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), are to be formed as part of the Government’s response mechanism to protect the country from any threat of the deadly Ebola virus. More than 4,000 persons have died...

Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable
Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P. — Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

PM Sends Condolence Message to Canadian Government

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is greeted by
Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers — Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is greeted by Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers' College in Granville, St. James, Dr. Asburn Pinnock (left), while Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, looks on. Occasion was the handing over of 300 tablet computers to the institution under the Tablets in Schools pilot project.

Technology to Advance Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College – Principal

Late Senate President Hailed as Nation Builder

Remarks by the Prime Minister at the 2014 High-Level Caribbean Forum

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left), breaks ground for the US$20 million ($J2.2 billion) Total Logistics Facility, at the Kingston Wharves, on October 22. Also taking part are (from left): Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Wharves; Grantley Stephenson; Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica, Professor Gordon Shirley.

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PM Breaks Ground for Total Logistics Facility at Kingston Wharves

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on October 22, broke ground for the US$20 million, (J$2.2 billion) Total Logistics Facility, at the Kingston Wharves. This is the first major infrastructure under the National Logistics Hub Initiative. Construction of the facility is to be completed in just under one year, and will see some 150 persons being employed indirectly...

Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Min Zhu, addressing students at the Montego Bay Community College in St. James, on Wednesday, October 22. During his address, Mr. Min said Jamaica’s achievements so far under the stand-by arrangement with the Fund has been impressive.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Deputy Managing Director of IMF Commends Jamaica

Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Min Zhu, says Jamaica’s achievements so far under the extended fund facility agreement with the Fund can only be described as miraculous. Addressing students at the Montego Bay Community College in St. James after a tour of the facilities on October 22, Mr. Min said because of the financial “miracle”...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), converses with Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAJ) President, Arnold Foote, Jr., during the entity’s 2013 Media of the Year Awards Luncheon, held at the Terra Nova Hotel, St. Andrew, on October 22. Senator Falconer delivered the keynote address.

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AAAJ Commits to Support Ebola and Chik-V Public Education Campaign

The Government’s Ebola and Chikungunya public education campaign is expected to be significantly boosted by a commitment of support from the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ). The organization’s President, Arnold Foote, Jr., has pledged to lobby members’ and clients’ support for the undertaking. Their input will include the establishment of a National Communications Task Force to formulate a plan...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir. Patrick Allen delivering the keynote address at the launch of the 2014 Youth Consultative Conference, at the Sea Gardens Beach Resort in Montego Bay, on October 22. The conference was held under the theme: ‘Confident youth: making a strong future through the global logistics hub’, and was attended by over 100 student leaders drawn from schools across Western Jamaica.

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GG Launches Youth Consultative Conference on Logistics Hub

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, launched the 2014 Youth Consultative Conference on the Logistics Hub Initiative, on October 22, at the Sea Gardens Beach Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. The YCC represents the coming together of over 100 youth leaders drawn from schools across Western Jamaica, to discuss ideas aimed at shaping the future of...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), listens as Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, outlines details of Jamaica’s Ebola response and preparedness, during Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited’s $4.3 million cheque presentation to the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), to purchase a state-of-the-art thermal temperature scanner, for placement at Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport. The donation was handed over at the financial entity’s New Kingston head office, on October 21.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Re-Assures Jamaicans

The Minister of Health is re-assuring that Jamaica is being adequately prepared to effectively deal with any Ebola case, in the event of an outbreak. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, maintains that there is adequate protective gear available for health workers, and other first responders, pointing out that arrangements remain in place for the acquisition of additional supplies. “The...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), hands over guidelines for the operation of funeral establishments, and mortuaries, to President of the Funeral Directors

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Guidelines Issued to Funeral Establishments

The Government has supplied booklets to operators of funeral establishments and mortuaries, even as it cautions members of the public to cease spreading misinformation on Ebola. The booklets are guidelines for the operation of funeral establishments, and are geared at preventing the transmission of infectious diseases. Developed through consultations with stakeholders in the industry, the guidelines seek to formalize operational...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), and Chile’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Eduardo Bonilla, symbolically exchange documents containing the Defence Technical Agreement, signed on October 21 between both countries, at the Ministry of National Security, Oxford Road, in St. Andrew.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

JDF Members to Benefit from Advanced Training

The Government and the Republic of Chile have entered into a Defence Technical Agreement, with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to benefit from advanced training in humanitarian relief and peace-keeping efforts. The agreement was inked on October 21, at the Ministry of National Security, Oxford Road, in St. Andrew, by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, and Chile’s Ambassador to Jamaica,...