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Attendees at the National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy public consultation at the Old Police Station in May Pen, Clarendon on, May 15.
Attendees at the National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy public consultation at the Old Police Station in May Pen, Clarendon on, May 15.

PHOTOS: Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy Public Consultation

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, makes his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, makes his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16.

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, place wreaths at the Aggie Bernard monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 16 in recognition of National Workers Week.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, place wreaths at the Aggie Bernard monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 16 in recognition of National Workers Week.

PHOTOS: Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Aggi Bernard Monument
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), accepts letters of credence from High Commissioner-designate of The Bahamas to Jamaica, Her Excellency Leslia Miller Brice, at the Office of the Prime Minister today (May 16).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), accepts letters of credence from High Commissioner-designate of The Bahamas to Jamaica, Her Excellency Leslia Miller Brice, at the Office of the Prime Minister today (May 16).

PHOTOS: PM Receives Letters of Credence from High Commissioner-Designate of The Bahamas
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), with the Ministers attending the 26th Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), after participating in a commemorative tree-planting ceremony on the grounds of the Office of the Prime Minister on May 16.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), with the Ministers attending the 26th Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), after participating in a commemorative tree-planting ceremony on the grounds of the Office of the Prime Minister on May 16.

PHOTOS: Minister Johnson Smith Plants at OPM

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Head Office in Kingston.
Labour Day 2023

Citizens Urged to Practise Proper Waste Management on Labour Day

Citizens are being encouraged to practise proper waste management as they participate in various activities on Labour Day, Tuesday, May 23. This urging comes from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who emphasises that “within all of that (Labour Day activities), we have to think of a clean environment and how we must dispose of our...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, makes his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16.
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Nephrology Centre of Excellence to Be Built at St. Ann’s Bay Hospital

A regional Nephrology Centre of Excellence is slated to be constructed at the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital in St. Ann. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, during his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16. Mr. Green was providing an update on...
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Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, delivers the keynote address at the 26th meeting of the CARICOM Standing Committees of Chiefs of Immigration and Comptrollers of Customs, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St James, on Tuesday (May 16).
National Security

Dr. Chang Urges Increased Use of Technology to Strengthen Regional Border Security

Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says regional immigration and customs officials must take a more technological approach to improving border control and addressing threats to regional security. “Increased reliance on technology, systems integration, and a more data-driven approach to operations will undoubtedly improve the capacity of our border-control agents to make the appropriate...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
EducationTechnologyYouth

Education Minister to Outline ‘New Vision’ for Technology and Infrastructure Development in Schools

With technology and infrastructure being among the main thematic areas of the Education Transformation Commission’s report, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says she will be outlining a “new vision” for the sector. Mrs. Williams, who was speaking today (May 16) on Nationwide 90’s ‘Ask the Minister’ programme, said that she will provide details in her 2023/24 Sectoral...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
EducationYouth

Education Ministry Reports Success with ‘Yard to Yard, Find the Child’ Initiative

The Ministry of Education and Youth has reaped success with its ‘Yard to Yard, Find the Child’ initiative, with Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, informing that schools have almost returned or are fully back to pre-COVID-19 levels of student attendance. The initiative was rolled out in 2022 as a national call to action to identify, locate and re-engage students, given...
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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
Health & Wellness

1,200 Westmoreland Residents Targeted for Blood-Pressure Screening

Some 1,200 residents of Westmoreland are being targeted for blood-pressure checks by the Westmoreland Public Health Department on World Hypertension Day, Wednesday (May 17). Health Promotion and Education Officer for the parish, Gerald Miller, told JIS News that the initiative involves collaboration with the National Health Fund (NHF). “We were asked to work with them in screening persons for hypertension,”...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), addresses the opening ceremony of the Council’s meeting at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Tuesday (May 16). Listening (from left) are Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat, Ambassador Donna Forde and outgoing Chairman and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade, Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Chet Greene.
CARICOMForeign Affairs

Major Focus on Haiti at Meeting of COFCOR

Major focus is being placed on the turmoil in Haiti, at the 26th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), currently under way in Kingston. “We are agreed that CARICOM will not allow Haiti to be forgotten in its time of greatest need. The COFCOR will discuss next steps as the Community continues to fulfil its...
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