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Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Mining and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North West, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, making his contribution to the 2022/23 Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (September 13).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Mining and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North West, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, making his contribution to the 2022/23 Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (September 13).

Farmers in St. Elizabeth Preparing for Major Castor Bean Project

Farmers in the constituency of St. Elizabeth North West are preparing to embark on a major castor bean project. Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, informed that the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is in the process...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

Minister Bartlett Maintaining Multi-Destination Tourism Thrust
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, lays a wreath at the Cenotaph at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Thursday (September 15). Occasion was the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Jamaica’s wreath laying ceremony in memory of the military servicemen who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, lays a wreath at the Cenotaph at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Thursday (September 15). Occasion was the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Jamaica’s wreath laying ceremony in memory of the military servicemen who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

PHOTOS: Royal Air Forces Association Wreath Laying Ceremony
Member of Parliament, St. Andrew East Rural, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), and Managing Director, V. Mansuhkani Foundation, Gul Mansuhkani (left), present a symbolic cheque for scholarships, valued $2 million, to University of the West Indies (UWI) students, Gavieal Gordon (second right) and Zoe Hitchins. The presentation took place at Jamaica House on Thursday (September 15).
Member of Parliament, St. Andrew East Rural, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), and Managing Director, V. Mansuhkani Foundation, Gul Mansuhkani (left), present a symbolic cheque for scholarships, valued $2 million, to University of the West Indies (UWI) students, Gavieal Gordon (second right) and Zoe Hitchins. The presentation took place at Jamaica House on Thursday (September 15).

Students Awarded Scholarships Valued $2 Million
The Consumer Affairs Commission’s (CAC) Director of Research, Racquel White, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on (Tuesday) September 13.
The Consumer Affairs Commission’s (CAC) Director of Research, Racquel White, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on (Tuesday) September 13.

CAC Encourages Parents to Invest in Staple Textbooks

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Community Health Aide at the St. Elizabeth Health Department, Tracia Wright, hands out Monkeypox flyers in the town of Santa Cruz on Tuesday (September 13), as part of a sensitisation campaign.
Monkeypox

SRHA Teams Embark on Monkeypox Sensitisation Campaign

Teams from the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) have embarked on a major sensitisation drive, to raise public awareness about Monkeypox. The initiative, which began on Tuesday (September 13), forms part of an islandwide campaign to distribute educational material and engage persons in major cities and towns islandwide about the viral disease. To date, nine cases of Monkeypox have been...
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Custos Rotulorum for Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, speaks at a service held recently at the Mandeville Seventh Day Adventist Church, to mark the start of Jamaica’s 15th Population and Housing Census.
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Custos Encourages Citizens to Participate in 2022 Census

Custos Rotulorum for Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, is encouraging persons to participate in Jamaica’s 15th Population and Housing Census, now underway. Data collection began on September 13 in all 14 parishes and will last until December 2022. Speaking at a recent service at the Mandeville Seventh Day Adventist Church to mark the start of the census, the Custos urged residents...
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Regional Director for the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr. Richard N. Amenyah (second left), and Director of Health Connect Jamaica (HCJ), Geoffrey Barrow (fifth right), share a moment with key stakeholders at the HCJ’s inaugural dinner and awards banquet held recently at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston.
Health & Wellness

Jamaica Lauded for Strides in Combatting HIV/AIDS

Jamaica has been lauded for its work in combating HIV/AIDS by Regional Director of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr. Richard N. Amenyah. Speaking at Health Connect Jamaica’s (HCJ) inaugural dinner and awards banquet at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston recently, Dr. Amenyah noted the investments being made in providing quality care and support for patients...
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Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council, Dr. Charah Watson.
Science

SRC Assists to Improve Nutritional Content of Processed Foods

Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Charah Watson, is reaffirming the organisation’s commitment to assist national efforts to improve the nutritional content of processed foods in Jamaica. “Public health is everyone’s consideration. We know of the significant cost burden on the public health system. So, we need… healthier foods available for our consumers,” she said in an...
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Member of Parliament for St Mary Western, Robert Montague, makes his contribution to the 2022/23 Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday (September 14).
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Parliamentarian Proposes $20 Billion Infrastructure Development Programme

Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Mary Western, Robert Montague, is proposing the implementation of $20 billion infrastructure development programme that targets communities, housing schemes, farm roads, bridges, drains, and river training. Making his contribution to the 2022/23 Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (September 14), Mr. Montague said the funds should be allocated from one of...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (September 14).
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Community Interventions to Identify Operation Birthright Beneficiaries

A series of community interventions will be undertaken to identify persons who qualify for free birth certificates under Operation Birthright. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says teams from the National Identification System (NIDS) Project and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will go into areas across the island, to sign-up persons who fit...
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