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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
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.
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.

Massive Increase in Employment in Global Services Sector
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.
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.

JTB Official Says Kingston is Growing as A Tourist Destination

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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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Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), engages with Under Secretary-General and Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winifred Byanyima (second right), following her arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Sunday (November 6). Sharing in the moment (from left) are UNAIDS Country Director for Jamaica, Belize, Suriname and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Richard Amenyah and United Nations Resident Coordinator for Jamaica, Dr. Garry Conille. Ms. Byanyima, who is on a six-day visit to Jamaica, will be the keynote speaker at the National HIV Annual Review on November 9. She will also participate in a series of meetings and events with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and UNAIDS. Ms. Byanyima is slated to depart the island on November 11.
Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: UNAIDS Under Secretry-General on Six-Day Visit to Jamaica

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), engages with Under Secretary-General and Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winifred Byanyima (second right), following her arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Sunday (November 6). Sharing in the moment (from left) are UNAIDS Country Director for Jamaica,...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), exchanges pleasantries with Under Secretary-General and Executive Director, the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winifred Byanyima, during a courtesy call at the Ministry in Kingston on Monday (November 7). Looking on is Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn. Ms. Byanyima, who is on a six-day visit to the island, will participate in a series of meetings and events with the Ministry. She will deliver the keynote address at the National HIV Annual Review on November 9.
Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Dr Tufton Meets with Under Secretary-General UNAIDS

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), exchanges pleasantries with Under Secretary-General and Executive Director, the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winifred Byanyima, during a courtesy call at the Ministry in Kingston on Monday (November 7). Looking on is Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn. Ms. Byanyima, who is on a...
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