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Paving in progress along the St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP).
Paving in progress along the St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP).

NWA Refers Matter of Debris Falling from Trucks to PSTEB

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it has been receiving reports from motorists in St. Thomas about aggregates falling from trucks transporting these on sections of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) and has referred the matter to the...
Chief Executive Officer for the Black River Hospital, Diana Brown-Miller (left) accepts a donation of medical supplies and equipment from Parottee Enrichment Project (PEP) Executive Board Member, Marilyn Bennett, during a handover ceremony on August 17. The organisation donated approximately US$6,000 worth of equipment and supplies to the facility.
Chief Executive Officer for the Black River Hospital, Diana Brown-Miller (left) accepts a donation of medical supplies and equipment from Parottee Enrichment Project (PEP) Executive Board Member, Marilyn Bennett, during a handover ceremony on August 17. The organisation donated approximately US$6,000 worth of equipment and supplies to the facility.

PEP Donates Medical Equipment and Supplies Valued US$6,000 to Black River Hospital
Director, Enabling Environment and Human Rights Unit at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Karlene Temple Anderson, addresses a JIS Think Tank on the NFPB’s Champions for Change Campaign, on August 22.
Director, Enabling Environment and Human Rights Unit at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Karlene Temple Anderson, addresses a JIS Think Tank on the NFPB’s Champions for Change Campaign, on August 22.

NFPB Embarks on Campaign to Reduce Discrimination Against Persons Living with HIV
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Labour Minister to Visit Several Farms in North America
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during the August 9 launch of the Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme at Jamaica House. Looking on is Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during the August 9 launch of the Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme at Jamaica House. Looking on is Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

HEART Student Applicants Assured of Enrolment

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third left), points to the sign for the $12-million Fairfield water shop in St. Elizabeth, which was commissioned on Monday, August 21. Others (from left) are Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster; Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Franklin Witter, and Councillor for the Myersville Division, Layton Smith.
Local GovernmentWater

Residents of Fairfield, St. Elizabeth, Get Water Shop

Residents of Fairfield District in St. Elizabeth are benefiting from a $12-million water shop, commissioned into service by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on August 21. The facility will provide up to 16,000 gallons of potable water daily to some 1,000 residents in Fairfield and surrounding areas. It comes equipped with the technologies to filter...
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Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (third left, back row), celebrates the launch of community Wi-Fi in Mavis Bank alongside (from second left) Sergeant Devon McFarlane of the Mavis Bank Police Station; Director of Projects, Universal Service Fund (USF), Jaime Robinson, and community members. The service was launched on Monday (August 21) at Mavis Bank square.
ScienceTechnology

Mavis Bank Gets Community Wi-Fi

The scenic, rural community of Mavis Bank in St. Andrew East Rural now has a new addition to its roster of interesting features in the form of free and safe community Wi-Fi. The service was brought to scores of residents by the Universal Service Fund (USF), which has been enabling community Wi-Fi service at dozens of town centres islandwide. Speaking...
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Technical Services Manager at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator & Resource Centre (IRC), Collin Porter.
CommerceIndustryInvestment

Food Processing Businesses Must Ensure That Labels Meet Regulatory Standards

Operators of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially those in the food processing industry, are being encouraged to ensure that food product labels and packages meet regulatory standards. The call came from Technician in the Science and Technology Division at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Pauline Bailey, who was speaking at a recent ‘Virtual Biz Zone’ session, hosted...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (third right, front row), Digicel Education and Special Needs Project Officer, Jeneard Williamson (third left, front row), and Early Stimulation Programme Director, Antonica Gunter-Gayle (right, back row), are joined by students of Stimulation Plus Child Development Centre and their parents. The occasion was a handover ceremony for school supplies donated by Digicel Foundation on Monday (August 21).
LabourSocial SecurityYouth

Digicel Foundation Donates School Supplies to Special Needs Students

Eighty-eight students enrolled in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) have been assisted in their preparations for the 2023/24 academic year with the provision of school supplies from Digicel Foundation. Speaking during the handover ceremony at Stimulation Plus Child Development Centre on Hanover Street in downtown Kingston on Monday (August 21), Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel...
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Founder of the Tameka Hill Foundation, Tameka Hill (fourth left, back row), with the 26 children and other persons from the Blue Hole community in St. Catherine, at a children’s treat, held on August 19, at the Blue Hole Pentecostal City Mission Church Incorporated, in the parish.
Youth

Children From Blue Hole, St. Catherine, Receive School Supplies

Twenty-six children from the community of Blue Hole in St. Catherine have received back-to-school supplies from the Tameka Hill Foundation. They were presented with the items on Saturday (August 19), at the Pentecostal City Mission Church Incorporated in the community. Pastor of the Church, Concheta Thomas, said it was an “amazing” moment for the children and their parents. “It is...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), converses with Matron at the St Ann Infirmary, Alicia Drummond-Knight, during a tour of the facility on Friday (August 18).
Local Government

St. Ann Infirmary to Be Renovated

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has allocated $50 million to carry out immediate renovation to the St. Ann Infirmary in Priory. In an interview with journalists following a tour of the facility on Friday (August 18), Mr. McKenzie expressed displeasure with the maintenance of the infirmary, outlining that urgent action will be taken to improve...
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