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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES), Hon. Olivia Grange (second left) unveils the Jamaica 60th Independence anniversary stamp with the assistance of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Professor Felix Akinladejo (third right). They are also joined by the Permanent Secretary of the MCGES, Denzil Thorpe (left) and Senior Director of Corporate Services of the Post and Telecommunications Department, Herbert Fletcher (second right), and the Director of Post and Telecommunications in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Cecil McCain.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES), Hon. Olivia Grange (second left) unveils the Jamaica 60th Independence anniversary stamp with the assistance of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Professor Felix Akinladejo (third right). They are also joined by the Permanent Secretary of the MCGES, Denzil Thorpe (left) and Senior Director of Corporate Services of the Post and Telecommunications Department, Herbert Fletcher (second right), and the Director of Post and Telecommunications in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Cecil McCain.

Commemorative Stamps Launched

Two commemorative stamps were officially launched on Thursday (July 21), in honour of the Jamaica’s 60th Independence anniversary. The stamps resulted from a partnership between the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES) and the Post and Telecommunications Department...
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (third left), with (from left): Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson; Representative UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean, Ms. Tonni Brodber; Representative (acting), Jamaica Country Office, IDB, Mr. Lorenzo Escondeur; Principal Director, Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Ms. Sharon Robinson, and Deputy Head of Delegation for the EU to Jamaica, Mr. Fredrik Ekfeldt, at the Regional Knowledge Exchange on Operational Command of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) five-day workshop, at the AC Marriot Hotel, on July 18.
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (third left), with (from left): Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson; Representative UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean, Ms. Tonni Brodber; Representative (acting), Jamaica Country Office, IDB, Mr. Lorenzo Escondeur; Principal Director, Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Ms. Sharon Robinson, and Deputy Head of Delegation for the EU to Jamaica, Mr. Fredrik Ekfeldt, at the Regional Knowledge Exchange on Operational Command of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) five-day workshop, at the AC Marriot Hotel, on July 18.

Jamaica Will Continue to Tackle Gender-Based Violence – Mayne
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), engages participants of the ‘Classroom to Real World’ science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) mentorship workshop at the PCJ Auditorium in St. Andrew, on July 21. They are (from left): Jhoneil Anderson; Zakhele Ellington; Georgette Green and Alexandra Brown.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), engages participants of the ‘Classroom to Real World’ science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) mentorship workshop at the PCJ Auditorium in St. Andrew, on July 21. They are (from left): Jhoneil Anderson; Zakhele Ellington; Georgette Green and Alexandra Brown.

Young Science Students Benefit from Mentorship Workshop
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), presents Albert Logan (left), with the keys to his new one-bedroom home during a hand over ceremony at Trout Hall Pass in the Clarendon North Central constituency on Wednesday (July 20). Also participating (from right) are Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon North Central and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan; and Councillor for the Chapelton Division in Clarendon, Hershel Brown. The house was provided under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) which was developed to improve the housing condition of the country’s poor and disadvantaged population by providing quality, affordable and sustainable housing.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), presents Albert Logan (left), with the keys to his new one-bedroom home during a hand over ceremony at Trout Hall Pass in the Clarendon North Central constituency on Wednesday (July 20). Also participating (from right) are Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon North Central and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan; and Councillor for the Chapelton Division in Clarendon, Hershel Brown. The house was provided under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) which was developed to improve the housing condition of the country’s poor and disadvantaged population by providing quality, affordable and sustainable housing.

Clarendon North Central Residents Get NSHP Houses
Chief Executive Officer at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Gavin Bellamy (right), speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (July 21). Listening is Senior Director of Research in the Aquaculture Branch at the NFA, Mr. DeHaan Brown.
Chief Executive Officer at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Gavin Bellamy (right), speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (July 21). Listening is Senior Director of Research in the Aquaculture Branch at the NFA, Mr. DeHaan Brown.

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