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Ramble Bridge Closure Adjustment

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the closure of the Ramble Bridge in St. Thomas is now expected to be restricted to seven hours per day for the duration of the project. The closure period is now slated...
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Traffic Delays This Weekend Along Hagley Park Road
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) and Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen, highlight the Service Level Agreement and Medical Equipment Maintenance Policy, at a signing ceremony held on August 15 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) and Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen, highlight the Service Level Agreement and Medical Equipment Maintenance Policy, at a signing ceremony held on August 15 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Health Ministry Allocates $500 Million to Each RHA
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

Jamaica Close to Full Employment – PM
Scores of students and residents of Manchester line up to take advantage of the medical and humanitarian mission held at the Bethany Primary School in the parish on Tuesday (August 15). The Rachel Dixon Memorial Fund, which has been giving back to communities such as Bethany, Devon and Hibernia in Manchester for the past 15 years, teamed up with the Jamaica Nurses Association of Florida, the Kiwanis Club of South Dade, Florida and the Dinthill Past Student Association to stage the mission.
Scores of students and residents of Manchester line up to take advantage of the medical and humanitarian mission held at the Bethany Primary School in the parish on Tuesday (August 15). The Rachel Dixon Memorial Fund, which has been giving back to communities such as Bethany, Devon and Hibernia in Manchester for the past 15 years, teamed up with the Jamaica Nurses Association of Florida, the Kiwanis Club of South Dade, Florida and the Dinthill Past Student Association to stage the mission.

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Health & Wellness

Gov’t Awards $27 Billion in Contracts for Pharmaceuticals

The Government of Jamaica has awarded 61 contracts, valued at $27 billion, for the procurement of essential drugs under the 2023-2026 Pharmaceutical Awards Programme. The National Health Fund (NHF) signed the contracts with the 34 local and international suppliers at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (August 15). LASCO Distributors Ltd. was awarded the largest contract at...
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Principal Director of the Social Justice Division, Ministry of Justice, Jamie-Ann Chevannes, addresses a JIS Think Tank.
Justice

Social Justice Division Delivers Healing Hat-Trick

The New Social Justice Division within the Justice Ministry has been working to deliver healing and create a culture of peace by increasing access to Alternative Justice Services (AJS). The Division is a one-stop shop, housing three critical branches of the Ministry, namely Restorative Justice (RJ), Child Diversion and Victim Services, which members of the public can access free of...
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Director General, Carol Coy.
Finance & Public Service

Unemployment Falls to New Record Low 4.5 Per Cent

The country’s unemployment rate fell to a new record low 4.5 per cent in April 2023, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Labour Force Survey for the period. This was 1.5 percentage points lower than the out-turn for the corresponding timeline in 2022, Director General, Carol Coy, indicated. Speaking during STATIN’s quarterly digital media briefing on Tuesday (August...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), and Chief Social Innovator, NexxStepp Lifelong Educational Services and Founder/Organiser, Little Genius Competition, Tishauna Mullings (second right), listen to Amir Murray, a contestant in the Little Genius Competition, during a courtesy call at King’s House on August 15.
Governor General

PHOTOS: Little Genius Competition Contestants Call on G-G

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), and Chief Social Innovator, NexxStepp Lifelong Educational Services and Founder/Organiser, Little Genius Competition, Tishauna Mullings (second right), listen to Amir Murray, a contestant in the Little Genius Competition, during a courtesy call at King’s House on August 15.
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Operator of the dental department at the NADS Family Health Care in St. Catherine, Dr. Simone Brady, at the community health fair, held at the Green Acres Commercial Business Complex in the parish, on August 13.
Health & Wellness

Persons in St. Catherine Benefit from Health Fair

More than 200 persons, including schoolchildren, benefited from a community health fair organised by NADS Family Health Care in St. Catherine, on Sunday (August 13). Held at the Green Acres Commercial Business Complex, in the parish, the fair provided general checks, school medicals, eye checks, immunisations, pap smear, and laboratory testing. Operator of the dental department at the facility, Dr....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during the ground-breaking ceremony for the $907-million Sheffield Palms housing development in Retreat, Westmoreland, on Friday (August 11).
Office of the Prime Minister

Jamaica’s Economic Dividends Must Be Used Wisely – Prime Minister Holness

The dividends of Jamaica’s economic performance must be used wisely and in the interest of the citizens, according to Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking during Friday’s (August 11) ceremony to break ground for the $907-million Sheffield Palms housing development in Retreat, Westmoreland, Mr. Holness maintained that “the economic benefits cannot be frittered away while people are suffering”....
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