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Commissioner of Customs/Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Velma Ricketts Walker (third left), cuts the ribbon at the recent commissioning of the JCA’s newly acquired patrol boat, the ‘Enforcer I’, at the agency’s Port Royal base. Also participating in the proceedings (from left, foreground) are Manager, JCA Sufferance Wharves, Nashwell Thomas; Senior Director, Operations, JCA, Janice Walker; Deputy Commissioner, Operations, JCA, Selena Clarke-Graham; Deputy Commissioner, Border Security, JCA, Marlon Lowe; and Lieutenant Commander, Leonard Wynter of the Jamaica Defence Force. In the background are Superintendent, Marine Police Division, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Robert Walker, and Lieutenant, Junior Grade, JDF, Sydia Burke.
Commissioner of Customs/Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Velma Ricketts Walker (third left), cuts the ribbon at the recent commissioning of the JCA’s newly acquired patrol boat, the ‘Enforcer I’, at the agency’s Port Royal base. Also participating in the proceedings (from left, foreground) are Manager, JCA Sufferance Wharves, Nashwell Thomas; Senior Director, Operations, JCA, Janice Walker; Deputy Commissioner, Operations, JCA, Selena Clarke-Graham; Deputy Commissioner, Border Security, JCA, Marlon Lowe; and Lieutenant Commander, Leonard Wynter of the Jamaica Defence Force. In the background are Superintendent, Marine Police Division, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Robert Walker, and Lieutenant, Junior Grade, JDF, Sydia Burke.

Jamaica Customs Agency Acquires New Patrol Boat

The Jamaica Customs Agency’s (JCA) efforts to combat illicit trade in the country’s marine space, have been significantly boosted with the acquisition of a new purpose-built maritime patrol vessel. The craft, an Eduardono 320 patrol boat named ‘Enforcer I’, which...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), consults with Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the question and answer session at Friday’s (September 9) town hall at Jamaica College, in St. Andrew. The meeting was organised by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), consults with Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the question and answer session at Friday’s (September 9) town hall at Jamaica College, in St. Andrew. The meeting was organised by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (centre, background), and other members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), observe a minute’s silence for the United Kingdom
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (centre, background), and other members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), observe a minute’s silence for the United Kingdom's (UK) late Monarch, Her Majesty, The Queen, during the KSAMC’s sitting on Tuesday (September 13).

KSAMC Observes Minute’s Silence for the Queen
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.

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Prime Minster, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, pays respects to Her Majesty, The Queen, during Tuesday’s (September 13) sitting of the House of Representatives. Beside him is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
Prime Minster, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, pays respects to Her Majesty, The Queen, during Tuesday’s (September 13) sitting of the House of Representatives. Beside him is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

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Team Leader for the Child and Family Support Unit at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Jean Duhaney.
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second right), listens to a point being made by Coordinator of the National Irish Potato and Onion Programme, Locksley Waites (left), at the recent launch of the 2022 planting programme in Guy’s Hill, St. Catherine. Also listening (from second left) are: Member of Parliament, St. Mary Western, Robert Montague; Member of Parliament, St. Catherine North East, Kerensia Morrison; and Acting Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson.
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a recent townhall meeting on education, which was held at Jamaica College in St. Andrew.
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Teachers Hailed for Dedicated Service

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