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Chairman of the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister City Health Mission, Vin Martin.
Chairman of the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister City Health Mission, Vin Martin.

Foundation Stages Banquet to Sponsor Health Mission to Montego Bay

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister City Foundation will stage its 13th annual fund-raising Banquet and Dance, at the Atlanta Marriott Century Hotel on Saturday, September 21, commencing at 7:30 p.m. The event will raise funds for the 20th Annual Health Mission...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (at podium), delivering the keynote address at Thursday’s (Sept. 12), Economic Reform Programme (ERP) stakeholders conference, hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: “Jamaica’s Economic Programme – Going for Growth, Staying the Course, Transforming the Economy”. Also pictured are: Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left, seated); and Co-Chairmen, Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles (2nd right); and Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (at podium), delivering the keynote address at Thursday’s (Sept. 12), Economic Reform Programme (ERP) stakeholders conference, hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: “Jamaica’s Economic Programme – Going for Growth, Staying the Course, Transforming the Economy”. Also pictured are: Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left, seated); and Co-Chairmen, Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles (2nd right); and Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter.

Private Sector Input Key in Economic Reform Programme
Some participants from across the four health regions at the Ministry of Health
Some participants from across the four health regions at the Ministry of Health's 2013 National Breastfeeding Week Church Service, held at the Hopewell Christian Deliverance Centre in Hanover on Sunday, September 15.

Breastfeeding Is Everybody’s Business – Health Minister
Students of the Moneague Colleague examine reading material at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) booth, at the book fair hosted by the institution on Thursday, September 12, at its St. Ann campus. JIS staff members Kavannaugh Campbell (left) and Ann Marie Whittingham (2nd left) wait to assist.
Students of the Moneague Colleague examine reading material at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) booth, at the book fair hosted by the institution on Thursday, September 12, at its St. Ann campus. JIS staff members Kavannaugh Campbell (left) and Ann Marie Whittingham (2nd left) wait to assist.

Moneague College Stages First Book Fair
Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, speaks at the London launch of the book ‘Global Reggae’ edited by University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor, Dr. Carolyn Cooper (seated 2nd right).
Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, speaks at the London launch of the book ‘Global Reggae’ edited by University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor, Dr. Carolyn Cooper (seated 2nd right).

Business Of Reggae Music Must Be Taken Seriously – Ndombet-Assamba

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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, gives the thumbs up after breaking ground for the Lucea Pipeline Replacement and Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Project at the Elgin Town Project Site near Lucea in Hanover on September 12.
Environment

Ground Broken For US$12.6 Million Lucea Pipeline Replacement Project

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, on September 12 broke ground for the Lucea Pipeline Replacement and Non Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction project valued at a projected cost of US$12.6 million. The ground-breaking ceremony took place in Elgin Town, near Lucea and work on the project is expected to get underway in a matter of...
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Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson.
Health & Wellness

Jamaica To Host Regional Health Financing Conference

Jamaica, through the National Health Fund (NHF), will host the annual Caribbean Conference on Health Financing Initiative from November 12-14 at the Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay. Chief Executive Officer of the NHF, Everton Anderson, told JIS News that the event, which is being held in the island for the first time, will provide opportunities for best practices to be garnered, and  also...
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Public Information Manager at the National Health Fund (NHF), Rosemarie Lee (right), and Health Promotions Officer at the NHF, Rosemarie Stewart (left), interact with citizens attending the Caribbean Wellness Day activities at the Ocean Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Saturday (September 14).
Health & Wellness

Caribbean Wellness Day Staged in Ocho Rios

MONTEGO BAY - Scores of persons participated in the Caribbean Wellness Day activities and received free health screening, as well as counselling on various health issues on Saturday (September 14) at the Ocean Village Shopping Centre, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. "Everybody should get checked, you need to know what your status is: are you physically fit, are you obese,...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator AJ Nicholson makes a point during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (Sep. 13) at Gordon House.
ParliamentSenate

Senate To Debate Changes To Terrorism Prevention Act

The Senate was on Friday, September 13, presented with a Bill to amend the Terrorism Prevention Act to enable Jamaica to ratify the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The Bill also seeks to implement special recommendations made by the financial action task force in regards to money laundering and terrorism financing. The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (second left), listens to a point being made by Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Jennifer Edwards (right). Also listening (from left) are: Acting Director General of Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson; Commandant of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), Col. Lemuel Lindo; and Director of Information and Training, ODPEM, Delmares White. Occasion was a briefing on Jamaica’s state-of-readiness for a hurricane, hosted by ODPEM at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Wednesday, September 12.
Local Government

$140 Million Spent on Drain Cleaning

Just under $140 million has been allocated by Government for drain cleaning this year in preparation for the Atlantic hurricane season and to guard against flooding. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, at a briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday, September 12, to look at Jamaica’s state-of-readiness...
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Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left) along with, Executive Director, Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Mrs. Faith Webster examine one of the three refrigerators donated to the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA). They were at the handing over ceremony of three refrigerators to the CISOCA. The ceremony was held on Thursday, September 12, at three Ruthven Road, Kingston.
InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Ramping Up Resources To Fight Gender-Based Violence

The Government has reiterated its commitment to the eradication of gender based violence in Jamaica. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer noted that this is being done through a number of initiatives such as training. “One such initiative is to train front line workers and stakeholders to sensitively and effectively handle gender based violence cases and...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (at podium), delivering the keynote address at Thursday’s (Sept. 12), Economic Reform Programme (ERP) stakeholders conference, hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: “Jamaica’s Economic Programme – Going for Growth, Staying the Course, Transforming the Economy”. Also pictured are: Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left, seated); and Co-Chairmen, Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles (2nd right); and Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter .
Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Holds First Conference on Economic Reform Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller, is re-affirming the government’s commitment to implementing the country’s Economic Reform Programme (ERP), within the context of the US$932.3 million four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF), negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking during the first of two major ERP stakeholders’ conferences, hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning, at the...
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