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(From left) Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck presents a certificate of participation in the Restorative Justice Workshop to representatives from Cambridge High School in St. James. They are student, Trisha-Gaye Wallace; Principal Harry Hanson; Parent, Nadia Brown and Dean of Discipline, Primrose Barnett. The award ceremony was held at the Jamaica College Auditorium in St. Andrew Friday (July 15).
(From left) Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck presents a certificate of participation in the Restorative Justice Workshop to representatives from Cambridge High School in St. James. They are student, Trisha-Gaye Wallace; Principal Harry Hanson; Parent, Nadia Brown and Dean of Discipline, Primrose Barnett. The award ceremony was held at the Jamaica College Auditorium in St. Andrew Friday (July 15).

Training Underway for Conflict Resolution in Schools

In an effort to promote positive behavioural change and management of conflict within schools, 2398 participants across 81 schools were trained in conflict resolution. The schools include 78 high and 24 primary, and were grouped under phase one of the...

Don’t Repeat the Errors of Past Generations Prime Minister Holness Urges 2022 Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) Participants
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, July 15, 2022
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), accepts an award from Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during the launch of the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) at the Mannings School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on Friday (July 15).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), accepts an award from Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during the launch of the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) at the Mannings School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on Friday (July 15).

6000 Young People to be Employed This Summer
Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (seated), speaks with Head Boy, Three Hills Primary, Kevaughn Gordon, during a tour of the school’s new computer/multipurpose centre. The facility, which was established at a value of approximately $4.4 million, was donated to the school by Couples Resorts, Tower Isle. Looking on are (from left) the school’s principal, Slean Harris; Head Girl, Jestina Marsh; and grade five student, Kedeka Edwards. The handover ceremony was held on Thursday (July 14) at the school’s location in Charles Town, St. Mary.
Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (seated), speaks with Head Boy, Three Hills Primary, Kevaughn Gordon, during a tour of the school’s new computer/multipurpose centre. The facility, which was established at a value of approximately $4.4 million, was donated to the school by Couples Resorts, Tower Isle. Looking on are (from left) the school’s principal, Slean Harris; Head Girl, Jestina Marsh; and grade five student, Kedeka Edwards. The handover ceremony was held on Thursday (July 14) at the school’s location in Charles Town, St. Mary.

Three Hills Primary Gets State-of-the-Art Computer Centre

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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Vaccination Sites July 16 & 17, 2022

The Ministry of Health & Wellness invites members of the public to attend a vaccination site on Saturday and Sunday, June 18-19, 2022 to receive their first, second or booster dose of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinopharm or Johnson & Johnson vaccine for persons 18 years and older. Jamaicans 12 years and older will also be offered the first or second...
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Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (left), holds discussions with newly appointed People’s Republic of China Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang (right), during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister - West in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (July 15). Listening is interpreter, Shiming Zhao.
Courtesy CallFinance & Public Service

PHOTOS: China’s Ambassador visits OPM West

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (left), holds discussions with newly appointed People’s Republic of China Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang (right), during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister - West in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (July 15). Listening is interpreter, Shiming Zhao.
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Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy.
Finance & Public Service

High Employment in Service and Shop and Market Sales Category

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the largest increase in employment by occupation group, in April 2022, was recorded in ‘Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers’, which climbed by 18,500 persons to 283,900. This represented a seven-percentage point increase, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) Labour Force Survey for the month. The findings...
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State Minister in the Ministry Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (right), engages in discussion with French Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch, during a reception held at the French Embassy in St. Andrew on Thursday (July 14) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Jamaica and France and to celebrate the French National Day “Bastille Day”.
Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: France, Jamaica Reinforce Ties on Bastille Day

State Minister in the Ministry Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (right), engages in discussion with French Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch, during a reception held at the French Embassy in St. Andrew on Thursday (July 14) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Jamaica and France and to celebrate the French...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security and Chairman of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) Courtney Williams (left), looks on while United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry (centre), shakes hands with Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, the Hon. Zavia Mayne. Occasion was the third Bilateral Dialogue for the US-Jamaica Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership held on July 13, at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Kingston.
National Security

Gov’t Strengthening Measures against Human Trafficking

The Government of Jamaica is strengthening the national framework to combat human trafficking. Development of a National Policy and Plan of Action on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) are underway through the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP). Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams, who is chairman of NATFATIP, made the disclosure while addressing the...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, delivers remarks at the third Bilateral Dialogue for the US-Jamaica Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, held on July 13 at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, in Kingston.
National Security

Government Committed to The Fight against Human Trafficking – Mayne

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, has reassured US partners of the Government’s commitment to the fight against human trafficking. “We have been training and sensitising first responders, including health workers, child protection workers, community advocates, law-enforcement officers, judges, port officers, and immigration officers to effectively recognise the signs that someone, especially a child,...
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