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Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of Customs, Velma Ricketts Walker (right), display signed copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate direct access to the information system of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) by the JCA. The signing of the MOU took place at the JCA’s Head Office in Kingston on Tuesday (July 25).
Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of Customs, Velma Ricketts Walker (right), display signed copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate direct access to the information system of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) by the JCA. The signing of the MOU took place at the JCA’s Head Office in Kingston on Tuesday (July 25).

Jamaica Customs Granted Access to Interpol’s Database to Strengthen Border Security

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has gained direct access to the information system of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), as it seeks to strengthen Jamaica’s border-protection capabilities. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the undertaking was signed between...
Retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dezeita Taylor, delivers the keynote address at the recent graduation ceremony of the Rock River Primary School in Clarendon.
Retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dezeita Taylor, delivers the keynote address at the recent graduation ceremony of the Rock River Primary School in Clarendon.

Young People Urged to be Careful of What They Post Online
Senior General Manager for Finance at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwight Ebanks.
Senior General Manager for Finance at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwight Ebanks.

NHT is Still in Your Corner
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, addresses a town hall on the constitutional reform process at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St. James in April.
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, addresses a town hall on the constitutional reform process at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St. James in April.

Constitutional Reform Town Halls in St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland
Nurse of the Year 2023, Shantal Remekie (left) and Nursing Student of the Year 2023, Bobbie-Ann Collins, display their trophies during the recent staging of the Nurse and Nursing Student of the Year Awards Ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The LASCO Chin Foundation and the Nurses Association of Jamaica partnered in the undertaking.
Nurse of the Year 2023, Shantal Remekie (left) and Nursing Student of the Year 2023, Bobbie-Ann Collins, display their trophies during the recent staging of the Nurse and Nursing Student of the Year Awards Ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The LASCO Chin Foundation and the Nurses Association of Jamaica partnered in the undertaking.

PHOTOS: 2023 Nurse and Nursing Student

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton (second left), addresses patients at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, during a tour of the facility on July 20. He is joined (from left) by the hospital’s Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Roan Grant; Director of Nursing Services at the facility, Gracia Davis-Brown and Parish Manager, Hanover Public Health Services, Aldwayne Beckford.
Health & Wellness

Call Centre to Handle Public Health Queries

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, has announced plans to employ the services of a call centre dedicated to handling complaints and queries from the public about the public health sector. In making the disclosure at a news briefing at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, on July 20, Dr. Tufton, said the call centre,...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (front, centre) is flanked by the 2023 Festival Queen Contestants during a courtesy call at the VMBS Building, Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston, on Friday (July 21).
CultureYouth

Parish Queens Participate in Training Programme

Thirteen parish queens are currently attending a two-week training programme in preparation for the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition 2023. The competition is part of Jamaica’s 61st anniversary of Independence celebrations under the theme ‘Jamaica 61…Proud and Strong’. Chairman of the National Festival Queen Committee, Silvera Castro, told JIS News that the queens will be participating in several sessions aimed...
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Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) Managing Director, Donna Marie Howe (centre), in discussion with British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater (left), and Regional Director for the Commonwealth Caribbean at Department for Business and Trade at the British High Commission, D
Mining

Jamaica Bauxite Mining Ltd. Hosts British High Commissioner

The Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) provided the British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater, with valuable insights into Jamaica's diverse economic landscape, during a tour of the entity’s operations in St. Ann, on July 20. The tour showcased an array of revenue streams that JBM has been successfully tapping into, such as the Ochi Alkaline Spring Water,...
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Corporal Caroun Bennett (kneeling) of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing, demonstrates how to secure a victim to be airlifted to a medical facility, while Major Alphanso Gayle (second right) and Corporal Antjuan Lawrence of the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps, look on. Corporal Gabriela Ashley is strapped for airlift. They were at the Caribbean Cadet Camp exhibition held at Clarendon College on Sunday (July 23).
Youth

Jamaica Hosts Caribbean Commandants Conference

Jamaica will play host to the Caribbean Commandants Conference, which is slated to take place from July 25 to 29. The event will see Heads of the Cadet Forces across the region converge in Jamaica to discuss training and development opportunities for the Caribbean Cadet Corps. Staff Officer to the Commandant of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force, Lieutenant Colonel Simone...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, makes a statement to the House of Representatives on July 20.
Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Providing Funds for Back-to-School, Emancipendence

The Government is providing $3 million per constituency to support back-to-school initiatives. The funds will be made available through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). “That $3 million for back-to-school initiatives, per constituency, can only be used for book vouchers and for tuition support,” said Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. He was speaking during...
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