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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).

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.

CAC Encourages Parents to Invest in Staple Textbooks

Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South Eastern, Robert Miller, making his contribution to the 2022/23 Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday (September 14).

Efforts Being Made to Remove Bridgeport High from Shift System

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.

SRHA Teams Embark on Monkeypox Sensitisation Campaign

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...

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.

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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...

Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council, Dr. Charah Watson.

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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...

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...

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...

Councillor for the Lucea Division, Easton Edwards (left), points out to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, areas on the Riley River that contributed to the flooding of Lucea during recent rains. Councillor Edwards and the Hanover Parish Development Committee (HPDC) will coordinate the clearing of bamboo and other debris from the Riley River on International Coastal Clean-up Day, Saturday, September 17.

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Stakeholders to Clean Lucea Fisherman’s Beach Sept. 17

The Hanover Parish Development Committee (HPDC) will partner with local stakeholders to clean the Lucea Fisherman’s Beach, as part of its observation of International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day 2022, on Saturday, September 17. President of the HPDC, Mrs. Petra Vernon Foster, told JIS News that the Committee will join with fisher-folk from the Johnson Town, Elgin Town and Lucea communities,...

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), makes a point to Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie (right), during a ceremony on Wednesday (September 14) to handover three dialysis machines to the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine. Sharing the conversation is President, National Council of Taxi Associations, Allan Blair.

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Several Bus Stops Along Constant Spring Road to be Restored

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, has given an undertaking to restore several bus stops that were shifted during upgrading works along a section of Constant Spring Road in St. Andrew. The affected area covers the stretch between Manor Park and Phil’s Hardware. “Before the road was fixed, there were either three or four bus stops. The road...