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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

The Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs is encouraging Jamaicans in the parishes of St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland to come out for two town halls on the constitutional reform process. St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) in Santa Cruz will...
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
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.
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.

Call Centre to Handle Public Health Queries
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).
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).

Parish Queens Participate in Training Programme
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
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'Jamila Ward, during a tour of the Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on July 20.

Jamaica Bauxite Mining Ltd. Hosts British High Commissioner

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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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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.
Technology

Post of CIO for ICT Authority to Be Advertised Soon

The post of Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority will be advertised soon. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, provided an update during the recent post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew. The Authority...
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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).
Youth

Take Action to Stamp Out Crime – Minister Williams

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is imploring Jamaicans to move beyond anger, outrage, frustration and fear, and take action to stamp out crime in the country. “Let us make use of the opportunities available through Crime Stop and other channels to report what we see and know to be wrong, even as we exercise caution in protecting...
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