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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, makes a point during his presentation at a post Canada mission press briefing, held today (October 15) at the Ministry’s New Kingston Offices.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, makes a point during his presentation at a post Canada mission press briefing, held today (October 15) at the Ministry’s New Kingston Offices.

Conference on Logistics Hub Initiative November 12

A one-day conference on the Logistics Hub initiative will be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston, on November 12. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, at a post Canada mission...
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.

Minister Falconer to Participate in Seminar for Information Ministers of Developing Countries
Medical Director of the Breast Care Centre at Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham, Maryland, Dr. Regina Hampton (left), accepts an award from Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie at WARR’s 13th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Gala held on Saturday, October 12, at the Sheraton Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland. Looking on is Executive Director and Founder of WARR, Totlyn Taylor-Newby.
Medical Director of the Breast Care Centre at Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham, Maryland, Dr. Regina Hampton (left), accepts an award from Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie at WARR’s 13th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Gala held on Saturday, October 12, at the Sheraton Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland. Looking on is Executive Director and Founder of WARR, Totlyn Taylor-Newby.

WARR Commended for Effort at Fighting Breast Cancer
An illustration showing a Paul Bogle as a child in the fictional series
An illustration showing a Paul Bogle as a child in the fictional series 'Young Heroes', written by Jamaican author Gwyneth Harold Davidson.

JIS Radio Looks at Young Lives of National Heroes
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), in conversation with Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Joze Graziano Da Silva, in the hospitality room at the Norman Manley International Airport, during Mr. Da Silva’s recent visit to Jamaica.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), in conversation with Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Joze Graziano Da Silva, in the hospitality room at the Norman Manley International Airport, during Mr. Da Silva’s recent visit to Jamaica.

World Food Day to be Observed October 16

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A procession with the body of former Mayor of Portmore, George Lee, on their way to a funeral home in Portmore, after the body arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, today (October 14). Mr. Lee, who died on September 29 in Florida after a period of illness, is to be accorded an official funeral by the Government of Jamaica. The funeral service will take place at The Power of Faith Ministries, Portmore, on Thursday, October 17, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Community

Body of Mayor George Lee Arrives for Official Funeral

The body of former Mayor of Portmore George Lee has arrived in Jamaica. He is to be accorded an official funeral on Thursday, October 17. Mr. Lee’s body arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on Monday, October 14 at 8 am and was led to a funeral home in Portmore in a 20-car procession. The procession travelled along George...
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Ambassador the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie, administers the Oath of Office for the new Board of the National Association of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO). They are (left to right): President, Rick Nugent; Executive Secretary, Janice Wisdom; Treasurer, Lorraine Leonie Carter; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Richard Constable; Recording Secretary, Carol Williams, and Parliamentarian Errol Mitchell. The installation was held at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel on October 12.
Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Commends NAJASO

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie, has lauded the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO) for its 36 years of service to Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora. Ambassador Vasciannie, who was addressing the installation ceremony of the new NAJASO Executive Committee at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel on October 12, noted that...
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Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (third left), addresses staff members of the embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C., on October 11. To the Minister’s right is Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Brian Wynter and to his left is Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie.
Finance & Public ServiceForeign AffairsOfficial Visits

Work of Embassy Praised

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The work being done by staff at the embassy in Washington, D.C., to represent Jamaica in the United States (US), has come in for high praise from Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips. Dr. Phillips, who met with members of the embassy on October 11, told them that their work to promote Jamaica’s interest...
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Media Consultant and Lecturer at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), Fae Ellington, addresses the launch of the Meadowbrook High School Heritage Week activities today (Oct. 14), at the institution in St. Andrew.
CommunityEducation

Students Urged to Learn from Achievements of Outstanding Jamaicans

Media Consultant and Lecturer at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), Fae Ellington, is encouraging the country’s youth to know their history and be inspired by the accomplishments of outstanding Jamaicans. She was delivering the main address on Monday, October 14, at the launch of the Meadowbrook High School Heritage Week activities at the institution in St. Andrew....
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Minister of Youth and Cuture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right) greets Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Pearnel Charles, at the National Heritage Week Thanksgiving service held yesterday (Oct. 13), at the Power of Faith Deliverance Ministries in May Pen, Clarendon.
Culture

Museums Free to the Public During Heroes Weekend

All museums, including the one in Fort Charles, Port Royal will be opened to the public free of cost during the Heroes weekend from Saturday, October 19, to National Heroes Day on Monday, October 21. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, made the announcement on Sunday, October 13, at the National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Service held at the Power of Faith...
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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left); Senior Medical Officer, Cornwall Regional Hospital, Dr. Delroy Fray (right); and Chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), George Duncan (third right), with members of the Transplant Links Community (TLC) group from the United Kingdom, who took part in the kidney transplants at the hospital from October 8 to 11.
Health & Wellness

Cornwall Regional Hospital Introduces Kidney Transplant Programme

Administrators and medical personnel at the leading health institution in Western Jamaica, the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), are always striving to put the institution on the cutting edge of 21st Century medicine, in the provision of health care. The latest initiative is the introduction of a Kidney Transplant project, which got off the ground on October 8. Through collaboration with...
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Chairman of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Expo 2013, Sonia Kerr-Bowen (third left), cuts the ribbon to signal the official opening of the Chamber
Tourism

Hundreds Attend Expo in Mo-Bay

Hundreds of persons from across western Jamaica converged on the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on October 11, for the official opening of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Expo 2013. The many patrons attended the event to see the wide array of goods in the display booths, and to take part in the...
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