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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.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, makes a statement to the House of Representatives on July 20.

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...
Supernumerary Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dean-Roy Bernard (right), attends the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission’s (JADCO) 15th anniversary service at the Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre in Kingston on Sunday, July 23. He is joined by Chairman, JADCO, Alexander Williams (centre) and Custos of St. Andrew, Ian Forbes.
Supernumerary Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dean-Roy Bernard (right), attends the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission’s (JADCO) 15th anniversary service at the Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre in Kingston on Sunday, July 23. He is joined by Chairman, JADCO, Alexander Williams (centre) and Custos of St. Andrew, Ian Forbes.

PHOTOS: JADCO’s 15th Anniversary Church Service
Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited, Joseph Gyles (second right), converses with (from left), NIC Board Member, Dr. Horace Sherwood; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Michelle Parkins; and Mayor of May Pen, Winston Maragh, at the NIC’s 36th anniversary launch and church service held at St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen, Clarendon on Sunday, July 23.
Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited, Joseph Gyles (second right), converses with (from left), NIC Board Member, Dr. Horace Sherwood; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Michelle Parkins; and Mayor of May Pen, Winston Maragh, at the NIC’s 36th anniversary launch and church service held at St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen, Clarendon on Sunday, July 23.

PHOTOS: NIC’s 30th Anniversary Church Service
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

Post of CIO for ICT Authority to Be Advertised Soon
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the thanksgiving service for the life of eight-year-old Danielle Rowe held at the Portmore Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine on Sunday (July 23).
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the thanksgiving service for the life of eight-year-old Danielle Rowe held at the Portmore Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine on Sunday (July 23).

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Reverend Courtney Faulknor (left) from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Chaplaincy, accepts a copy of a Domestic Violence Handbook from Representative of the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA) for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, Elizabeth Talbert (second right). The handover took place during the graduation ceremony for the Domestic Violence Intervention Centre’s (DVIC) Domestic Violence Train-the-Trainer Course, at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in St. Catherine on Friday (July 21). Sharing the moment are Head of the JCF’s Community Safety and Security Branch, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Charmine Shand (second left), and Gender-Based Specialist, UNFPA, Elga Salvador.
DevelopmentEducationSocial Security

JCF’s Ability to Respond to Domestic Violence Strengthened

The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) capacity to respond to incidents of domestic violence has been bolstered following the successful training of 24 police personnel under the Domestic Violence Train-the-Trainer Course.   These law officers, who are the first cohort, were trained over five-weeks. They were pulled from police divisions three to five, the Chaplin Services Branch, the Community Safety and Security...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks with Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray, during a tour of the Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover, Lucea on Thursday (July 20).
Health & Wellness

Four Specialist Clinics at Noel Holmes Hospital

Four specialist clinics will be added to the list of services being offered at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover.  These are medical, pediatric, surgical and urology.  At a media briefing following a tour of the hospital on Thursday (July 20), Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray, said the specialist clinics will deliver a...
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Minister of State, Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), interacts with children at the Robotics and Animation Workshop held under the Ministry of National Security’s Music, Sports and Technology initiative at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in St. Andrew on July 20.
EducationTechnology

Students Gain Basic Skills at National Security Ministry’s Robotics and Animation Camp

Eighty youngsters from four Corporate Area primary schools have been equipped with basic skills in robotics and animation at a workshop staged by the Ministry of National Security.  The one-day summer camp, held on Thursday (July 20) at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in St. Andrew, engaged the students in interactive, hands-on activities that sparked their creativity while developing...
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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, gives the keynote address at the Administrator General Department’s (AGD) ‘Securing Your Legacy’ road show at Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (July 21).
JusticeNational Security

“Make A Will – Minister Chuck Appeals

Jamaicans are being urged to make a will to prevent family members from fighting over ‘dead leff,’ and to ease the burden on the Administrator General's Department (AGD).  Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, in making the appeal, said that the AGD, which is the entity responsible for handling the estates of persons, who die without making a will, is...
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JIS 2349: Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson (left), hands over a donkey called “Prosperity”, to farmer Dionne Blake in Cornwall, St. Elizabeth on Friday (July 21).
Agriculture

Female Farmer Gets Donkey Promised by Prime Minister

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has  made good on a promise to provide female farmer from Cornwall district in St. Elizabeth, Dionne Blake, with a donkey to transport her goods.    On Friday (July 21), Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. J....
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