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Community Development Coordinator, Scientific Research Council (SRC), Yanique Rodgers.
Community Development Coordinator, Scientific Research Council (SRC), Yanique Rodgers.

SRC Helps Community-Based Social Enterprises

More community-based social enterprises are benefiting from the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Community Development Programme. Community Development Coordinator, Yanique Rodgers, informed JIS News that the initiative aims to empower persons to transform local materials into usable products to maintain a...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Combating Child Labour is Everyone’s Responsibility – Minister Charles Jr.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (background, third left), gives the thumbs up at the launch of the Manchester School Peace Ambassadors initiative at the Zorn Moravian Church in Christiana on Friday, June 9. She is joined by (from left, background) Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green; Member of Parliament, Manchester North East, Audley Shaw; Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, and students from the Christiana High and Christiana Moravian Primary and Infant schools, who will serve as the first peace ambassadors.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (background, third left), gives the thumbs up at the launch of the Manchester School Peace Ambassadors initiative at the Zorn Moravian Church in Christiana on Friday, June 9. She is joined by (from left, background) Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green; Member of Parliament, Manchester North East, Audley Shaw; Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, and students from the Christiana High and Christiana Moravian Primary and Infant schools, who will serve as the first peace ambassadors.

Manchester Leads the Way with Peace Ambassadors
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the opening ceremony of the meeting of Haitian Stakeholders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston on Sunday, June 11. The meeting will continue until June 13.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the opening ceremony of the meeting of Haitian Stakeholders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston on Sunday, June 11. The meeting will continue until June 13.

CARICOM Committed to Sustainable Solutions for the People of Haiti – Pm Holness
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (fourth from left) cuts the ribbon to officially open the Santa Cruz Special Education Centre in St. Elizabeth on Thursday (June 8). Joining her (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels; Acting Director of Regional Education Services at the Ministry of Education and Youth – Region 5, Nevadeene Gallimore Miller; Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Northeast, Delroy Slowley; Centre Manager at the Santa Cruz Special Education Centre, Euphemia Kerr; Principal of the Woodlawn School of Special Education, Racquel Rhoden-South and students of the Woodlawn School of Special Education in the parish.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (fourth from left) cuts the ribbon to officially open the Santa Cruz Special Education Centre in St. Elizabeth on Thursday (June 8). Joining her (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels; Acting Director of Regional Education Services at the Ministry of Education and Youth – Region 5, Nevadeene Gallimore Miller; Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Northeast, Delroy Slowley; Centre Manager at the Santa Cruz Special Education Centre, Euphemia Kerr; Principal of the Woodlawn School of Special Education, Racquel Rhoden-South and students of the Woodlawn School of Special Education in the parish.

Special Education Centre Opens in Santa Cruz

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Health & Wellness

Citizens Urged to Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Sites

The St. Elizabeth Public Health Department is calling on citizens to assume a greater responsibility in eliminating mosquito breeding sites within their homes and surroundings. Chief Public Health Inspector, Nelesha Brown-Wint, has emphasised the need for proactive action to safeguard public health, noting that since the start of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1, there has been an...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, delivers the main address at the official opening of the St. Thomas Teen Hub at the Morant Bay Bus Park on June 9.
Health & Wellness

Jamaica’s Second Teen Hub Opens in Morant Bay, St. Thomas

Children and adolescents in St. Thomas can now access a wide range of social, educational and health services in a safe and conducive space at the Teen Hub, which opened in the parish on Friday (June 9). The facility, established by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, is the second of its kind in Jamaica, following the launch of the...
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Minister without portfolio with responsibility for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (right), is with Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern, Marissa Dalrymple Philibert, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Jackson Town to Ulster Spring Road improvement project at Level Bottom, Trelawny on Thursday, June 8.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

$400 Million Jackson Town to Ulster Spring Road Rehabilitation Project Underway

Ground was officially broken on Thursday (June 8) for rehabilitation of the Jackson Town to Ulster Spring main road in southern Trelawny at a cost of over $400 million. The restoration work will be done in two parts, with phase one, which is already underway, costing around $205 million and phase two, which will begin shortly, costing approximately $224 million....
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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (second from left), assists a volunteer in weighing a bag of plastic waste, which was removed from Dead End Beach in St. James during World Oceans Day clean up on Thursday (June 8). Other volunteers wait to weight bags of garbage. The day’s activities, which included clean up of the Fisherman’s Beach, was spearheaded by WPM Waste Management Limited.
Environment

Volunteers Remove Plastic Waste from Fisherman’s and Dead-End Beaches

Scores of volunteers engaged in cleanup activities at the Fisherman’s and Dead-End beaches in St. James on Thursday (June 8) to mark World Oceans Day. Community Relations Officer at WPM Waste Management Limited, which spearheaded the day’s exercise, Sharnon Williams, told JIS News that the objective was to remove plastic waste from the beaches and underwater. Plastics that end up...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett during the opening ceremony of the meeting of Haitian Stakeholders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston on Sunday, June 11.
CARICOMPrime Minister

CARICOM Committed to Sustainable Solutions for the People of Haiti – PM Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has given the commitment of Jamaica and the wider region to finding satisfactory and sustainable solutions for the people of the Republic of Haiti. He was speaking during the opening ceremony of the meeting of Haitian Stakeholders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston on Sunday, June 11....
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, inspects the new Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recruits, at the Passing-out Parade, Certificate and Award Ceremony held on Friday (June 9), at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.
Social Security

JCF an Employer of Choice – Minister Chang

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is now an “employer of choice” attracting some of the country’s brightest and best young talents, says Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. He was delivering the keynote address at the JCF’s Passing-Out Parade, Certificate and Award Ceremony held on Friday (June 9) at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in Twickenham...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), shares a photo opportunity with Brazil’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro (left) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi. This was after a meeting at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston on Thursday (June 8), to announce collaboration with the Government of Jamaica to deliver a Technical Cooperation Project titled ‘Capacity Building on the Community Police – KOBAN System’. The project was proposed by the Ministry of National Security, based on the list of priorities presented by the Jamaican Government. To be implemented by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kingston, and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), the project will strengthen the Jamaica Constabulary Force community policing capacity.
Social Security

PHOTOS: Triangular Technical Cooperation Project to Strengthen Jamaica’s National Security and Safety

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), shares a photo opportunity with Brazil’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro (left) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi. This was after a meeting at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston on Thursday (June 8),...
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