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Director of Corruption Prevention, Stakeholder Engagement and Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Integrity Commission, Ryan Evans (third right), met with the Executive Leadership Team of the Jamaica Information Service ( JIS) on Tuesday (November 8) as part of efforts to sensitise the Agency about the work of the Commission. The meeting was held at the Agency’s headquarters at 58A Half-Way Tree Road, St. Andrew. The JIS team members (from left) are Director of Human Resources, David Knight; Director of Research, Print and Production, Celia Lindsay; Manager of Finance, Glenford West; Acting Chief Executive Officer, Enthrose Campbell; Manager for Public Relations and Marketing, Andrea Braham; and Director of Corporate Services, Errol Gardner. The Integrity Commission is tasked with enforcing Jamaica’s anti-corruption laws. The entity is responsible for receiving, recording and examining all statutory declarations.
Director of Corruption Prevention, Stakeholder Engagement and Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Integrity Commission, Ryan Evans (third right), met with the Executive Leadership Team of the Jamaica Information Service ( JIS) on Tuesday (November 8) as part of efforts to sensitise the Agency about the work of the Commission. The meeting was held at the Agency’s headquarters at 58A Half-Way Tree Road, St. Andrew. The JIS team members (from left) are Director of Human Resources, David Knight; Director of Research, Print and Production, Celia Lindsay; Manager of Finance, Glenford West; Acting Chief Executive Officer, Enthrose Campbell; Manager for Public Relations and Marketing, Andrea Braham; and Director of Corporate Services, Errol Gardner. The Integrity Commission is tasked with enforcing Jamaica’s anti-corruption laws. The entity is responsible for receiving, recording and examining all statutory declarations.

PHOTOS: JIS Leadership Sensitised About Work of Integrity Commission

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses Tuesday’s (November 8) meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), held at 24 Church Street, downtown Kingston.
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses Tuesday’s (November 8) meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), held at 24 Church Street, downtown Kingston.

Stony Hill Market to be Reopened on November 22
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) greets Under Secretary-General and Executive Director, the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS, Winnie Byanyima, during a courtesy call on November 8 at the Ministry’s downtown Kingston offices.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) greets Under Secretary-General and Executive Director, the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS, Winnie Byanyima, during a courtesy call on November 8 at the Ministry’s downtown Kingston offices.

PHOTOS: Minister Johnson Smith Greets UNAIDS Official
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Jamaica Customs launches anti-gun campaign “Tell Us” in partnership with Crime Stop
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, (right), greets Hospiten Hospital patient, Derrick Marshall (centre), a beneficiary of the Ministry’s CODE CARE pilot project. Occasion was a visit by Dr. Tufton to the facility on November 4. Looking on is Nursing Director at Hospiten, Barbara Suarez.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, (right), greets Hospiten Hospital patient, Derrick Marshall (centre), a beneficiary of the Ministry’s CODE CARE pilot project. Occasion was a visit by Dr. Tufton to the facility on November 4. Looking on is Nursing Director at Hospiten, Barbara Suarez.

101 Surgeries Performed in Western Jamaica Under CODE CARE

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Acting Deputy Director at the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Marcia Rowe-Amonde, speaks at the Global Services Sector Apprenticeship Programme Graduation Ceremony for Batch Two trainees, held at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation in Kingston, on November 3.
IndustryYouth

Massive Increase in Employment in Global Services Sector

The Global Services Sector (GSS) is boasting a 270 per cent increase in the number of jobs created over a five-year period, moving from 17,000 in 2016 to more than 46,000 jobs that were created in 2021. This was disclosed by Acting Deputy Director at the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Marcia Rowe-Amonde, at the GSS Apprenticeship Programme Graduation Ceremony for Batch...
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Regional Director at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Soberam-Dyer (left), greets Senior Manager for International Marketing and Sales at Frontier Airlines, William Evans, at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), on the arrival of passengers from the airline’s inaugural flight from Atlanta in the United States (US), to Kingston, on November 7. At right is Director at Kingston Airport Limited, Theresa Benjamin.
Tourism

JTB Official Says Kingston is Growing as A Tourist Destination

Regional Director at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Soberam-Dyer, says Kingston is growing as a tourist destination and lauded Frontier Airlines for helping to push that growth. Speaking with journalists on November 7, on the arrival of passengers from the airline’s inaugural flight from Atlanta in the United States (US) to Kingston, the JTB official said, “It is a...
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Members of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) attending a recent information fair in Granville, St. James, (from left) Senior Social Worker, Jacqueline Bennett; Social Worker JCPD Western Region, Shereena Thomas-Shaw, and Social Worker, JCPD St Catherine office, Kerrian Manning. The fair was jointly hosted by the JCPD and Sam Sharpe Diagnostic and Early Intervention Centre.
Social Security

State Agency Partnerships Deemed Key to Addressing Needs of Persons with Disabilities

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) has underscored the need for greater partnerships between State agencies to better serve individuals with physical and mental challenges, especially children. Social Worker with the Western Region, Shereena Thomas Shaw, emphasised this point while speaking during a recent information fair, jointly hosted by the JCPD and the Sam Sharpe Diagnostic and Early...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), observes a Diadema Sea Urchin in a tank system built to monitor and protect the sea animal. He toured sections of the Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary in St. Mary on November 4.
Fisheries

Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary Benefiting from Marine Trust Reef Restoration Project

The Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary in St. Mary is benefiting from enhanced protection and monitoring, through nature-based and scientific innovations under the Oracabessa Marine Trust Reef Restoration Project. The project, which began in 2013 to primarily protect corals from bleaching and other forms of degradation, also aims to restore the Diadema Sea Urchin, after a mass die-off of the animal...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses the official commissioning of the $130-million New Building Water Supply System in St. Elizabeth, on Thursday (November 3).
Water

Overhaul of NWC Network Will Increase Water Supply to Citizens

Work under way to overhaul and upgrade the National Water Commission’s (NWC) distribution network, to better facilitate the management of non-revenue water, is key to increasing the delivery of the commodity to Jamaicans. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in making the statement, said a 2016 study revealed that...
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Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry. (JIS File Photo)
Finance & Public Service

PIOJ Promotes Use of Best Practices for Community Development

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is pursuing two main strategies to highlight and promote the use of best practices for community development. Speaking at the seventh staging of the Symposium on Best Practices for Social and Community Development on Wednesday, November 2 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, the agency’s Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, said that this is being...
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