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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses Thursday’s (September 1) Town Hall on Housing and Land, at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses Thursday’s (September 1) Town Hall on Housing and Land, at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James.

Gov’t Reaffirms Commitment to Providing Affordable Housing for Jamaicans

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to providing affordable housing for working-class Jamaicans and eradicating the issue of squatting across the country. Addressing Thursday’s (September 1) town hall on...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at a Town Hall meeting at the Harmony Beach Park, Montego Bay, St. James, on August 31.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at a Town Hall meeting at the Harmony Beach Park, Montego Bay, St. James, on August 31.

Country Poised for Sustainable Growth and Lower Unemployment – PM
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), interacts with Jamaica’s High Commissioner-designate to Canada, Marsha Coore-Lobban, during her courtesy call at the Ministry’s offices in St. Andrew on Tuesday (August 29).
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), interacts with Jamaica’s High Commissioner-designate to Canada, Marsha Coore-Lobban, during her courtesy call at the Ministry’s offices in St. Andrew on Tuesday (August 29).

PHOTOS: Minister Chang Gets Courtesy Call from High Commissioner-Designate to Canada
Minister of Health and Wellness, and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), with some of the 39 students from primary and high schools, as well as tertiary institutions, who received educational support from the MP, at a recent back-to-school event, held at the Watermount Open Bible Church in St. Catherine. Nestlé Jamaica Limited also awarded each Primary Exit Profile (PEP) student with $10,000.
Minister of Health and Wellness, and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), with some of the 39 students from primary and high schools, as well as tertiary institutions, who received educational support from the MP, at a recent back-to-school event, held at the Watermount Open Bible Church in St. Catherine. Nestlé Jamaica Limited also awarded each Primary Exit Profile (PEP) student with $10,000.

PHOTOS: Students Feted
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), in discussion with Jamaica’s High Commissioner-designate to Trinidad and Tobago, Natalie Campbell-Rodriques, during a courtesy call on the Minister of State, at the Ministry’s Downtown offices, today (September 1). Mrs. Campbell-Rodriques served as a member of the Senate of Jamaica, and as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, having returned to Jamaica from Rwanda, where she started a real estate company and undertook consultancies with international entities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on developmental issues, including youth and gender matters.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), in discussion with Jamaica’s High Commissioner-designate to Trinidad and Tobago, Natalie Campbell-Rodriques, during a courtesy call on the Minister of State, at the Ministry’s Downtown offices, today (September 1). Mrs. Campbell-Rodriques served as a member of the Senate of Jamaica, and as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, having returned to Jamaica from Rwanda, where she started a real estate company and undertook consultancies with international entities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on developmental issues, including youth and gender matters.

PHOTOS: Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge

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Special Provisions for New School Year on SCHIP

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New Rates for Rafting on the Rio Grande

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
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School Administrators Urged to Get Rid of Mosquito Breeding Sites

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Houses for Tourism Workers in the West

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Thursday’s (August 31) Town Hall Meeting on Housing and Land at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James.
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More Youth Needed in Jamaica’s Labour Force – Prime Minister Holness

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