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Retired educator, Yvonne “Miss Mackie” Francis (centre), is surrounded by community members and students of the Kitson Town Seventh Day Evening Institute in St. Catherine, which she regularly visits to provide advice to the students.
Retired educator, Yvonne “Miss Mackie” Francis (centre), is surrounded by community members and students of the Kitson Town Seventh Day Evening Institute in St. Catherine, which she regularly visits to provide advice to the students.

Retired Educator is a Community Treasure

Retired educator, Yvonne Francis, is a treasure in her Kitson Town community in rural St. Catherine. Every day, the 75-year-old gets up at 5:00 a.m. to tend to her small herd of goats and her backyard plot of cassava and...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes (seated left), looks on as Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (seated centre) and 2nd Vice President, Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), Raymond Eytle (seated right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the JEF’s headquarters in Kingston, on September 5. Others (standing from left) are: Senior Director, Workforce Development and Employment at HEART Trust/NTA, Denworth Finnikin; Chief Executive Officer, JEF, Brenda Cuthbert; and Senior Manager, Learning, HRD and Workplace Solutions, Yvonne Davis. The signing signals the renewal of a partnership between the HEART Trust/NTA and the JEF, which will, among other things, develop programmes to benefit the Jamaican workforce.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes (seated left), looks on as Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (seated centre) and 2nd Vice President, Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), Raymond Eytle (seated right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the JEF’s headquarters in Kingston, on September 5. Others (standing from left) are: Senior Director, Workforce Development and Employment at HEART Trust/NTA, Denworth Finnikin; Chief Executive Officer, JEF, Brenda Cuthbert; and Senior Manager, Learning, HRD and Workplace Solutions, Yvonne Davis. The signing signals the renewal of a partnership between the HEART Trust/NTA and the JEF, which will, among other things, develop programmes to benefit the Jamaican workforce.

HEART TRUST/NTA Partners with JEF
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), stands behind representational cheque for $250,000, which was presented to the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica by the Wisynco Group during a ceremony at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), on September 5. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Wisynco Group, William Mahfood; Vice President, Membership Administration, Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Sybil McLean; spokesperson for the Foundation, who is living with the disease, Shoyea-Gaye Grant; Chief Executive Officer of KPH, Beulah Stevens; Head of the Foundation, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid; and Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie.
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), stands behind representational cheque for $250,000, which was presented to the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica by the Wisynco Group during a ceremony at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), on September 5. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Wisynco Group, William Mahfood; Vice President, Membership Administration, Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Sybil McLean; spokesperson for the Foundation, who is living with the disease, Shoyea-Gaye Grant; Chief Executive Officer of KPH, Beulah Stevens; Head of the Foundation, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid; and Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie.

Health Minister Commends WISYNCO for Donation
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill at a JIS Think Tank held JIS Head Office.
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill at a JIS Think Tank held JIS Head Office.

2.4 Per Cent Increase in Stopover Arrivals
Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.
Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.

Several Activities Planned for Tourism Awareness Week

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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing the official opening of the upgraded parish office of the Ministry in Falmouth, Trelawny, on September 4.
Labour

Minister Appeals to All Workers to Contribute to the NIS

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has appealed to all working persons, including the self-employed, to make their contributions to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). “In the final analysis, the benefits to be derived under the scheme, when compared to contributions, are indeed very generous,” he said. The Minister pointed out that under the law, all working...
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A new offshore patrol vessel, His Majesty’s Jamaican Ship (HMJS) Norman Manley, was commissioned into service by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in November 2023.
National Security and Peace

JDF Ending Active Search Operation

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been conducting search operations for the single engine aircraft which crashed in Jamaican waters last Friday for the past 48 hours. Assets from both the JDF Coast Guard and the JDF Air Wing are still deployed in the search area but a decision has been made to suspend the search operation at 1600 hours...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, addressing the official launch of National Employers’ Month celebrations, at the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) headquarters, in Kingston, on September 5. National Employers’ Month (September) will be celebrated under the theme: ‘Our Agenda...Growth, Development, Partnership for Prosperity’.
Commerce

Private Investments in Logistics Hub Worth Billions Of Dollars

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says billions of dollars of private investments in infrastructure and other developments, would be involved in the Logistics Hub Initiative. She pointed out that several leading global firms have already made bids on some of the planned projects, while others are already underway. Mrs. Ffolkes...
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A new offshore patrol vessel, His Majesty’s Jamaican Ship (HMJS) Norman Manley, was commissioned into service by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in November 2023.
National Security and Peace

US Coast Guard Withdraws from Search

The United States (US) Coast Guard Cutter has called  off  its search for the  TBM900 aircraft that crashed in Jamaican waters near Portland, on Friday, September 5. Civil/Military Cooperation Officer at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major Basil Jarrett, told JIS News today (September 7), that a Spokesman from the Cutter said it is unlikely  they will find any survivors...
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Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the United States of America, in Kingston, Elizabeth Martinez, addresses a press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister on September 6, to give an update on the search operations for the aircraft which crashed in Jamaican waters on September 5. The media briefing was attended by personnel from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, the Ministry of Health and the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority.
Foreign Affairs

Govt. Commended for Response to Crash of Aircraft

Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in  Kingston, Elizabeth Martinez, has thanked the Government of Jamaica for its response to the crash of the TBM900 aircraft in Jamaican waters on September 5. “Coordination between all of the Jamaican authorities and the Unites States authorities has been excellent and again we are very thankful,” Mrs. Martinez said. She was speaking...
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