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Executive Director, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey.
Executive Director, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey.

Expansion Works at Four Secondary Schools to Eliminate Shift System

Expansion works are to be undertaken at four secondary schools to formally remove them from the shift system, says Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey. They are Holmwood Technical, which will have its ground-breaking in July,...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, opens the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 18).
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, opens the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 18).

Agri-Linkages Exchange Portal Generates $325M In Earnings Between January and May
Auditor General, Pamela Monroe Ellis, addresses the opening session of the meeting of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Capacity Building Committee (CBC), the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation and MOSAIC at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (June 20). Others (from left) are executive member of the Auditor-General’s Office in South Africa, Jan Van Schalkwyk; Auditor-General of South Africa, Tsakani Maluleke and Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Darlene Morrison.
Auditor General, Pamela Monroe Ellis, addresses the opening session of the meeting of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Capacity Building Committee (CBC), the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation and MOSAIC at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (June 20). Others (from left) are executive member of the Auditor-General’s Office in South Africa, Jan Van Schalkwyk; Auditor-General of South Africa, Tsakani Maluleke and Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Darlene Morrison.

Role of Supreme Audit Institutions Underscored
Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, speaks at the Canterbury Community Development Project’s launch on June 15 at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre.
Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, speaks at the Canterbury Community Development Project’s launch on June 15 at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre.

Canterbury Residents Look Forward to Completion of Multipurpose Community Centre
Manager of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, Tashion Stennett (fourth left) and Special Projects Manager, Sharon Earle (sixth left), share a photo opportunity with contestants in the Miss St. James Festival Queen 2023, during a courtesy call on Wednesday (June 14). They are joined by Northern Caribbean University (NCU) student intern, Natalia Dixon (centre). The contestants will vie for the coveted title of Parish Queen, at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC)-organised coronation show on Sunday (June 25) at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre. The winner will go on to compete at the national finals in Kingston.
Manager of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, Tashion Stennett (fourth left) and Special Projects Manager, Sharon Earle (sixth left), share a photo opportunity with contestants in the Miss St. James Festival Queen 2023, during a courtesy call on Wednesday (June 14). They are joined by Northern Caribbean University (NCU) student intern, Natalia Dixon (centre). The contestants will vie for the coveted title of Parish Queen, at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC)-organised coronation show on Sunday (June 25) at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre. The winner will go on to compete at the national finals in Kingston.

PHOTOS: Miss St. James Festival Queen Contestants Visit JIS

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Senior Medical Officer for the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Dr. Everton McIntosh (left), receives a pulse oximeter from Dr. Nitin Shah, Mission Leader for the Mind Body and Soul Health Ministry, at the hospital on June 20.
Health & Wellness

Residents In SRHA Receive Free Cataract Surgeries

Some 577 residents within the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), received free cataract surgeries between June 17 and 20 at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester. The surgeries were facilitated by Dr. Hilary Morgan, a Florida-based Jamaican who heads the entity – Mind Body and Soul (MBS) Health Ministry – which has organised the surgeries for the last seven years....
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right), breaks ground along with other stakeholders for the expansion of the Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Tuesday (June 20). Others (from left) are Bridgeport High’s Principal, Beverley Harris, and Board Chairman, Dane Levy; Member of Parliament, St. Catherine Southeast, Robert Miller; Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas, and Executive Director, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey.
EducationWorks / ConstructionYouth

Ground Broken for New Classroom Block at Bridgeport High School

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, on Tuesday (June 20), broke ground for the construction of an 11-classroom block, among other amenities, at Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St. Catherine. The work, to be undertaken through the National Education Trust (NET) at a cost of $253 million, will also include construction of two science laboratories, a Home Economics...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 20).
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Job Descriptions for Ministers and Parliamentarians Tabled In the House of Representatives

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (June 20) tabled in the House of Representatives job descriptions for Parliamentarians in the form of a Green Paper and for Ministers in the form of a White Paper. “These will set out the strategic objective of the post, its purpose, reporting and accountability, the key deliverables and responsibility areas, performance...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, opens the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 18).
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Tourism Ministry to Conduct Economic Impact Study on Proposed Hotel Room Developments

A Tourism Economic Impact Study is to be conducted to identify the economic, fiscal, social and environmental impact of the development of an additional 15,000 to 20,000 hotel rooms to augment Jamaica’s existing stock. This exercise will be spearheaded by the Ministry of Tourism, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, announced as he closed the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House...
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Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Trade Board Limited (TBL), Dr. Major (Ret’d) Hugh Blake, announces plans for the development of an Export Academy, while addressing the TBL’s recent ‘Step-Up Export with Trade Agreements’ Seminar at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew.
CommerceIndustryInvestment

Trade Board Limited to Establish ‘Export Academy’

The Trade Board Limited (TBL) has announced that plans are in place to establish an ‘Export Academy’ to help bolster Jamaica’s export capacity. The platform will be a free online service provided by the Government through the entity. Trade Administrator and TBL Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Major (Ret’d) Hugh Blake, informed that the academy will “reduce the uncertainty about how...
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Minister of Education and Youth and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), interacts with students and other stakeholders following the official commissioning of Wi-Fi service in the community of Top Range in St. Andrew recently.
Technology

PHOTOS: Community of Standpipe Gets Wi-Fi Service

Minister of Education and Youth and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), interacts with students and other stakeholders following the official commissioning of Wi-Fi service in the community of Top Range in St. Andrew recently.
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