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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses a Public Relations and Communications Retreat for Government Officers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, downtown Kingston, on Thursday (September 28).
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses a Public Relations and Communications Retreat for Government Officers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, downtown Kingston, on Thursday (September 28).

Gov’t Communication Being Streamlined

The Government is moving to streamline communication, which will see ministries, department and agencies (MDAs) working more closely to ensure effective dissemination of official information and promote meaningful engagement with the public. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the...
Stakeholders participate in the recent commissioning of a community Wi-Fi facility that was installed in Harmons Valley, Manchester, by the Universal Service Fund (USF). From left are President, Youth Sub-Committee, Parish Development Committee, Nicardo Miller; Councillor, Porus Division, Manchester, Claudia Morant-Baker; Marketing and Public Relations Manager, USF, Oraine Wallace; Member of Parliament, Manchester South, Robert Chin; community member, Pusey Hill, Creigh Pitter; Parish Manager, Social Development Commission, Manchester, Beverley Booths, and Elder, Harmons Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church, Tyrone Gregory.
Stakeholders participate in the recent commissioning of a community Wi-Fi facility that was installed in Harmons Valley, Manchester, by the Universal Service Fund (USF). From left are President, Youth Sub-Committee, Parish Development Committee, Nicardo Miller; Councillor, Porus Division, Manchester, Claudia Morant-Baker; Marketing and Public Relations Manager, USF, Oraine Wallace; Member of Parliament, Manchester South, Robert Chin; community member, Pusey Hill, Creigh Pitter; Parish Manager, Social Development Commission, Manchester, Beverley Booths, and Elder, Harmons Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church, Tyrone Gregory.

USF Instals Wi-Fi Facilities in Manchester Communities
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Road Closure Notice for the Withorn to Darliston Main Road in Westmoreland
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second left), with (from left) Chair of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Corah Ann Robertson Sylvester; Senior Director, Transport Policy (International and Land) at the Ministry, Tanya Bedward; and Director General of the MAJ, Rear Admiral Peter Brady. Occasion was the MAJ Office Centre Building illumination ceremony to commemorate World Maritime Day 2023, at the MAJ offices in downtown Kingston on September 28.
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second left), with (from left) Chair of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Corah Ann Robertson Sylvester; Senior Director, Transport Policy (International and Land) at the Ministry, Tanya Bedward; and Director General of the MAJ, Rear Admiral Peter Brady. Occasion was the MAJ Office Centre Building illumination ceremony to commemorate World Maritime Day 2023, at the MAJ offices in downtown Kingston on September 28.

Jamaica Remains Steadfast That Caricom Interests are Represented on IMO Council
Tourism enthusiast, Katrina Chin (right), a student at the University of the West Indies (UWI), makes a point during a panel discussion at the Tourism Awareness Week Youth Forum, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 27. Listening is University of Technology student, Kawaine Anderson.
Tourism enthusiast, Katrina Chin (right), a student at the University of the West Indies (UWI), makes a point during a panel discussion at the Tourism Awareness Week Youth Forum, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 27. Listening is University of Technology student, Kawaine Anderson.

Director of Tourism Emphasises Importance of Investing in People and the Environment

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Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT), Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col) Godphey Sterling, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (September 28).
CybersecurityOffice of the Prime Minister

National Cybersecurity Authority in Two to Four Years

Government is looking to establish the new National Cybersecurity Authority within the next two to four years. “The Authority will be created as a creature of statute and will seek to provide overarching guidance to how cyber (computers and computer networks) is treated in Jamaica,” said Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT), Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col) Godphey...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
EducationYouth

More Than 100,000 Jamaicans to Be Trained in Good Parenting This Year

More than 100,000 persons will be trained in good parenting by the National Parenting Support Commission this academic year. This is more than twice the number trained last year, according to Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. She was speaking during Wednesday’s (September 27) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. “During the last post-Cabinet press briefing, I informed...
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Parish Organiser of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), in St. Elizabeth, Marieck Hendricks-Morgan, speaks at a special ceremony to honour senior citizens in the parish, at the St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Santa Cruz on September 21, in celebration of Senior Citizens
LabourSocial Security

Senior Citizens Recognised in St. Elizabeth

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through its National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), has awarded several senior citizens in St. Elizabeth for their continued service in communities and the wider parish. The men and women were recognised during a ceremony held at the St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Santa Cruz on September 21, in celebration of Senior Citizens'...
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Principal Director, Public Sector Modernisation Division, Office of the Cabinet,  Karlene McKenzie Spencer, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Wednesday (September 27) at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Office of the Cabinet

Government to Host Inaugural Service Excellence Awards

The Government has launched its first-ever Service Excellence Awards to recognise and reward public-sector entities demonstrating outstanding performance in delivering quality services to citizens. The competition is open to all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), and the deadline for the submission of entries is October 6. Winners will be announced on October 25. The event is being coordinated by the...
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Food safety and quality management inspector filling out quality control form.
EducationHealth & Wellness

Moneague College Launches Climate-Smart Agro-Processing Short Courses

Moneague College in St. Ann has launched three short courses in agro-processing to complement its Associate of Applied Science Degree in Climate Smart Agro-Processing. The courses are Basic Concepts of Greening, Food Safety and Quality Management, and Introduction to Food Processing Practices. The associate degree programme was developed in collaboration with the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Colleges...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), hands Shauna Adderly the keys to her new home in the Windsor Hills housing development in Trelawny on Wednesday (September 27). A total of 77 solutions were handed over under phase one of the National Housing Trust (NHT) project.
HousingPrime Minister

PM Hands Over 77 Housing Solutions in Trelawny

A total of 77 housing solutions were handed over by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the Windsor Hills housing development in Trelawny on Wednesday (September 27). The National Housing Trust (NHT) solutions, which form phase one of the project, comprise 42 serviced lots and 35 one-bedroom units. Nine of the housing solutions went to public-sector workers and...
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