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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

Meeting of Regional National Security Ministers Under Way

The 24th meeting of CARICOM’s Council of Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) is now under way at the Ocean Eden Bay Hotel in Trelawny. It is the first time that Jamaica is hosting the regional meeting, which...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the recent Jamaica Pig Farmers’ Association (JPFA) 2022 Annual General Meeting, held at the Bridge Palm Hotel and Resorts in Obourne Store, Clarendon.

Pig Farmers Urged to Protect Industry from Diseases

President, National Neighbourhood Watch Movement, Dr Asha Mwendo.

National Neighbourhood Watch Movement Being Rebranded

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill

Senator Hill Leads Business Mission to Guyana

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the 41st Session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly, now under way at the entity’s headquarters in Montréal, Canada.

Jamaica Seeking Election to ICAO Council

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (left); Jamaica’s Consul General in New York, Alsion Wilson (fourth left); and Global North East Diaspora Representative, Dr. Karen Dunkley (second right), share a moment with scholarship awardees and honorees of the Jamaica Nurses Group of New York (JNGNY), at the organisation’s 60th anniversary awards ceremony held recently. They are (from second left) scholarship awardee Zonika Tracey; honoree and former JNGNY President, Claudette Powell; honouree Pamella Hosang; and JNGNY President, Dr. Claudette McFarquhar.

4 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica Nursing Group of NY Lauded for 60 Years of Service

As the Jamaica Nurses Group of New York (JNGNY) celebrates 60 years, the organisation is being hailed for its outstanding legacy of positively impacting healthcare in New York, Jamaica and the wider diaspora. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, in paying tribute to the group said that “from as far back as the Crimean war, when...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), hands over two boxes of face masks to Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), at the Ministry’s Marcus Garvey Drive facility in St. Andrew, recently. Looking on at right is Permanent Secretary in the Labour and Social Security Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden. The masks are part of a donation received from Atlas International Freight Forwarding Inc., to help contain the coronavirus (COVID-19).

4 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Health Ministry Gets 600,000 Masks

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), hands over two boxes of face masks to Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), at the Ministry’s Marcus Garvey Drive facility in St. Andrew, recently. Looking on at right is Permanent Secretary in the Labour and Social Security Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (left), joins Nigeria’s Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica, Johnson Badenole, and Ambassador of Chile to Jamaica, Her Excellency Constanza Figueroa Sepulveda, in cutting a cake to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Anniversary of Independence. Occasion was a luncheon held on October 1 at Millsborough Close in Kingston.

4 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Nigeria’s 62nd Anniversary of Independence Luncheon

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (left), joins Nigeria’s Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica, Johnson Badenole, and Ambassador of Chile to Jamaica, Her Excellency Constanza Figueroa Sepulveda, in cutting a cake to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Anniversary of Independence. Occasion was a luncheon held on October 1 at Millsborough Close...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left) comforts Kingston Technical High School student, Kayanna Lawrence (second right), whose classmate, Michion Campbell, was fatally stabbed by another student at the Hanover Street-based institution recently. Others (from left) are Acting Region One Director, Ministry of Education and Youth, Suzan Bloomfield and Principal, Kingston Technical High School, Maulton Campbell. Minister Williams visited the institution today (October 3).

4 years ago EducationYouth

Psychosocial Support for Kingston Technical High Students

The Ministry of Education and Youth will provide psychosocial support for students at Kingston Technical High School following the fatal stabbing of a pupil at the institution recently. Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the intervention will involve collaboration with various agencies. She noted that officers from the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) have already...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, reads the first lesson during the National Memorial Service held in honour of Her Majesty The Queen, at the St. Andrew Parish Church in Kingston on Sunday, October 2.

4 years ago Governor General

The Queen Honoured at National Memorial Service

Jamaicans paid their respects to Her Majesty, The Queen, at a National Memorial Service at the St. Andrew Parish Church on Sunday (October 2). The ceremony was held as Jamaica joined other Commonwealth countries in commemorating the life and service of Her Majesty, following the State Funeral held at Westminster Abbey in England on Monday, September 19. Governor-General, His Excellency,...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (seated, right) along with (seated from left) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica Country Representative, Mariko Kagoshima; Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe and Grade-seven student at St. Hugh’s High School, Shakacia Greenland, view a digital textbook, at the official launch of the Accessible Digital Textbook Prototype in Jamaica on September 30 at the Joyce Robinson Hall, Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library. Others (standing from left) are Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BookFusion, Dwayne Campbell; Regional Inclusive Education and Disability Specialist, UNICEF, Cynthia Brizuela and Director General, Jamaica Library Service, Maureen Thompson.

4 years ago EducationTechnologyYouth

PHOTOS: Accessibility Text Book Launch

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (seated, right) along with (seated from left) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica Country Representative, Mariko Kagoshima; Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe and Grade-seven student at St. Hugh’s High School, Shakacia Greenland, view a digital textbook, at the official launch of the Accessible...

(FILE) Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaking at the Universal Service Fund (USF) sensitisation session on information and communications technology (ICT) initiatives being implemented in several schools across the island. It was held at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston on Friday, September 30.

4 years ago EducationTechnology

USF Launches ICT Clubs for High Schools

Students from 27 high schools will benefit from information and communications technology (ICT) Clubs being initiated by the Universal Service Fund (USF), with the aim of strengthening the integration of technology in learning. Club activities will include exposing students to user experience/user interface (UX/UI) designing, coding and animation, among other areas. Jamaica Technology and Digital Alliance (JTDA) will partner with...