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Senior General Manager for Finance at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwight Ebanks.

NHT is Still in Your Corner

The National Housing Trust (NHT) will assist customers who are unable to finalise a loan with a financial institution under the new External Financing Mortgage Programme (EFMP). Under this latest framework, NHT contributors who require additional funding may access their...

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.

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.

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).

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

3 years ago 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,...

Members of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) perform a drill during the Caribbean Cadet Camp exhibition held at Clarendon College on Sunday (July 23).

3 years ago Youth

PHOTOS: Caribbean Cadet Exhibition

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).

3 years ago 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...

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

3 years ago 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...

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.

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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.

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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.

3 years ago 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...