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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), in discussion with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), and Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, at the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) passing out parade ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica, in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on September 14.
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), in discussion with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), and Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, at the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) passing out parade ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica, in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on September 14.

New Firearms Act to Strengthen Jamaica’s Capacity to Respond to Armed Violence

Jamaica’s capacity to respond to armed violence will be strengthened, following the Senate’s approval of the new Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act 2022, says Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. Speaking at the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF)...
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fourth right), officially breaks ground for a new $175 million police station in Frome, Westmoreland, on Thursday (September 15). He is joined by (from left): Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Central, George Wright; Deputy Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy; Custos Rotulorum for Westmoreland, The Very Reverend Hon. Canon Hartley Perrin; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams; Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson; Assistant General Manager, National Housing Trust (NHT), Bryan Saunders, and Councillor for the Frome Division, Rudolph Uter.
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fourth right), officially breaks ground for a new $175 million police station in Frome, Westmoreland, on Thursday (September 15). He is joined by (from left): Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Central, George Wright; Deputy Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy; Custos Rotulorum for Westmoreland, The Very Reverend Hon. Canon Hartley Perrin; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams; Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson; Assistant General Manager, National Housing Trust (NHT), Bryan Saunders, and Councillor for the Frome Division, Rudolph Uter.

New Police Station for Frome in Westmoreland
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Free Tagging of Cattle in Sections of Clarendon
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, announces the launch of the Innovation-based Tourism Incubator, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on September 12. Thw Incubator is slated to be launched on September 30.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, announces the launch of the Innovation-based Tourism Incubator, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on September 12. Thw Incubator is slated to be launched on September 30.

Innovation-Based Tourism Incubator to Be Launched on September 30
Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes.
Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes.

Steady Decline in Parish Court Case Backlogs

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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left), looks at one of three dialysis machines that were donated to the Spanish Town Hospital on Wednesday (September 14) by the Transport Authority and the National Health Fund. Others are, from left, Senior Medical Officer, Spanish Town Hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Wright James; the institution’s Chief Executive Officer, Jacqueline Ellis; and Managing Director, Transport Authority, Willard Hylton.
Health & WellnessTransport

Transport Authority and NHF Donate Dialysis Machines to Spanish Town Hospital

The treatment of patients with kidney disease at the Spanish Town Hospital has received a major boost, following two separate donations of much-needed equipment to the St. Catherine-based institution this week. On Wednesday (September 14), the Transport Authority, in partnership with the National Health Fund (NHF), handed over three brand new dialysis machines to the institution, which were acquired at...
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Manager, National Ozone Unit and National Ozone Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Vivian Blake.
Environment

NEPA Unit Assisting to Protect the Ozone Layer

The National Ozone Unit of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has devised several strategies, including legislative amendments, in its continued efforts to assist in protecting the ozone layer. Speaking in a JIS ‘Studio 58A’ interview about World Ozone Day, on Thursday (September 15), Manager, National Ozone Unit and National Ozone Officer at NEPA, Vivian Blake, outlined some of...
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ session on September 13.
Commerce

CAC Secures $15.9 Million for Aggrieved Consumers

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) secured $15.9 million in refunds and compensation on behalf of aggrieved consumers between April 1, 2022, and August 31, 2022. This is almost double the amount of $8.4 million obtained for consumers in the corresponding period in 2021. Of the $15.9 million secured so far this year, the top three categories of Automotive, Electrical Equipment,...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (fifth right, standing); HEART/NSTA Trust Managing Director, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (right, seated); and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) President, Diane Edwards (left, seated), are flanked by graduates of the Global Services Sector (GSS) Apprenticeship Programme during the inaugural graduation ceremony at JAMPRO’s head office in Kingston, on Wednesday (September 14).
CommerceIndustryInvestment

First 114 Apprentices Graduate from Global Services Sector Programme

The first cohort of 114 persons, who participated in the Global Services Sector (GSS) Apprenticeship Programme, have graduated and are now expected to bolster the leadership capacity in the rapidly growing industry. The programme, which was launched in 2020, allows GSS firms to upskill their employees into new areas of management and provides the workers with the necessary training to...
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