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Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis.
Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis.

Health Ministry Steps Up Immunisation Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is stepping up its immunisation programme to reach children and adults who might have missed doses during the pandemic. Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry, Dr. Melody Ennis, told JIS News that...
Four-year-old Randesha Atkinson of the Wilbert Stewart Basic School in Kingston is presented with a care package by Chief Executive Officer of the Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation, Sandrina Davis (left), and Business Development Manager of the Foundation, Sujae Boswell (right). Sharing the moment is Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings. Occasion was the final activity executed by the NCMC for Child Month 2023, where over 300 packages were handed out to parents and children across the Corporate Area and St. Catherine, at the Pentecostal Gospel Temple, 111 Windward Road, Kingston on Tuesday, May 30.
Four-year-old Randesha Atkinson of the Wilbert Stewart Basic School in Kingston is presented with a care package by Chief Executive Officer of the Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation, Sandrina Davis (left), and Business Development Manager of the Foundation, Sujae Boswell (right). Sharing the moment is Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings. Occasion was the final activity executed by the NCMC for Child Month 2023, where over 300 packages were handed out to parents and children across the Corporate Area and St. Catherine, at the Pentecostal Gospel Temple, 111 Windward Road, Kingston on Tuesday, May 30.

PHOTOS: NCMC Distributes Care Packages to Parents and Children
Head of the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Professor Wendel Abel, addresses the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s (CPFSA) mental health lecture at the UWI Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on May 31. The lecture provided therapeutic interventions in response to children in State care who are experiencing childhood trauma. The aim is to build the capacity of participating children officers, enabling them to be more accurately diagnose and treat children with complex behavioural issues.
Head of the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Professor Wendel Abel, addresses the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s (CPFSA) mental health lecture at the UWI Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on May 31. The lecture provided therapeutic interventions in response to children in State care who are experiencing childhood trauma. The aim is to build the capacity of participating children officers, enabling them to be more accurately diagnose and treat children with complex behavioural issues.

PHOTOS: CPFSA Mental Health Lecture
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), looks on as six-year-old Ari (left) from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Also observing are Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and student, Mico University College, Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), looks on as six-year-old Ari (left) from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Also observing are Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and student, Mico University College, Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.

PHOTOS: Accessible Digital Textbook Project Presented to PM
Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.
Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.

JCF Looking to Raise $3 Million for Special Olympics Jamaica

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Former Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and newly appointed Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade State Minister, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.
Sport

Jamaica Elected to WADA Foundation Board

Jamaica has secured a seat on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board, which is the organisation’s highest decision-making body. The country was elected at the recent general assembly of the American Sports  Council (CADE) held in Cartagena, Colombia. Jamaica will represent CADE on the WADA Foundation Board, while the United States will represent the Council on the WADA Executive...
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Members of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (MoFPS) Debate Teams following their semi-final battle on May 18 in the 2023 Public Sector Debate Competition. The Ministry emerged winner and will face off against the Jamaica Information Service in the final on Wednesday, June 7 at the Jamaica Conference Centre.
Finance & Public Service

Public-Sector Workers to Debate Reparations and the Death Penalty in Competition Finals on June 7

Finalists in the 2023 Public Sector Debate Competition will take on the subjects of reparations and the death penalty when they meet in the grand finale on Wednesday, June 7, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. The Jamaica Customs Agency and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital will face off for third place at 10 a.m., debating the moot, ‘Be...
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Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Kevin Goulbourne (centre), engages grade-nine students, Samoya Graham (left) and Oreanna Morris (right) of Merlene Ottey High School in Hanover, during a child and adolescent mental health playday, held at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, May 30.
EducationHealth & WellnessYouth

Students in the West Benefit from Mental Health Playday

Students from several institutions in western Jamaica benefited from a child and adolescent mental health playday, held at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, May 30. The event was hosted by the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), in celebration of Child Month, to emphasise the positive effects of play on a child’s growth and development. Students...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (centre), speaks to Instructor at the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dihanroy Mitchell (left), about a robotics display at the opening of the WorldSkills National & Junior Skills Competition on Tuesday (May 30), at the National Arena in St. Andrew. Looking on at right is Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.
Youth

Showcase of Talents at Worldskills National Competition

The National Area in Kingston is abuzz with activity as young people from across the island showcase their innovation and creativity in various skills areas at the eighth staging of the WorldSkills National & Junior Skills Competition. The four-day event, which commenced on Tuesday (May 30), features an exciting display of skills in areas such as creative arts and fashion,...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, responds to a question posed during Wednesday’s (May 31) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
EducationYouth

30 Additional Brain Builder Centres to Be Established

The Government will be establishing 30 additional Brain Builder centres islandwide this year. The Brain Builders Programme aims to reduce cognitive learning challenges among infants in Jamaica. It is a framework for action in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, which starts from conception to age two. Providing an update on the programme during Wednesday’s (May 31) post-Cabinet...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
Finance & Public Service

Minister Chang Reiterates Six-Month Timeline for Revisions Under New Public-Sector-Compensation Regime

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is reminding police officers that there is a six-month period after the implementation of the Government’s compensation review to apply corrections, where necessary. The Minister was addressing the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF) 80th Annual Joint Central Conference at the Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny on Tuesday (May 30). Dr. Chang, who...
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