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Students attending the National Child Month Committee’s recent youth forum at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston are entertained by one of their peers from Holy Childhood High School.
Students attending the National Child Month Committee’s recent youth forum at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston are entertained by one of their peers from Holy Childhood High School.

Good Turnout of Students for Recent Youth Forum

More than 200 students representing high schools islandwide participated in the National Child Month Committee’s annual youth forum, held recently at the Caenwood Centre on Arnold Road in Kingston. Using dance, music, drama, poetry and lively discussions, the students expressed...
Students participating in the exciting goat scramble during the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival at Minard Estate in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, last year.
Students participating in the exciting goat scramble during the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival at Minard Estate in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, last year.

Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival Slated for Nov. 9
Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Errol Greene, brings greetings during the Bustamante Hospital for Children’s 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston on Sunday (November 5).
Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Errol Greene, brings greetings during the Bustamante Hospital for Children’s 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston on Sunday (November 5).

Bustamante Children’s Hospital Congratulated for 60 Years of Service
Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Students Encouraged to Consider Urban Planning as Career Option
The inaugural United Airlines flight from Denver, Colorado, arriving at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday (November 4). The new flight will now make weekly stops at SIA.  
The inaugural United Airlines flight from Denver, Colorado, arriving at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday (November 4). The new flight will now make weekly stops at SIA.  

Inaugural Flight from Denver, Colorado

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Foreign AffairsGender Affairs

Gender Equality is an Intrinsic Human Right – Minister Grange

Jamaica is guided by principles that gender equality is an intrinsic human right and the foundation of democracy, social justice, and good governance, says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. In an address delivered by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, at the recent inaugural Gender Equality Awards, hosted...
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Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
DevelopmentEducationTechnology

Educational Institutions Deemed Key to Developing Resilient Communities

Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, says educational institutions play a key role in developing resilient communities. Addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held ahead of World Town Planning Day (WTPD) 2023 on November 8, Professor Young noted that “as we contemplate the role of...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the official handover ceremony for the newly renovated Cambridge Health Centre in St. James on November 2. The ceremony was also used to launch the Compassionate Care Programme at the facility.
Health & Wellness

Ministry Pursuing Audit of Enhanced Healthcare Delivery Programme

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says steps are being taken to audit the Ministry’s Enhanced Healthcare Delivery Programme. This, he indicated, is being pursued against the background of concerns raised by clients regarding the state of critical equipment utilised as part of the programme, noting that they have advised that these invariably malfunction. “I have...
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