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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Permanent in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left), speak with 105-year-old Winnifred Stern during a visit to her Lords Road home in Kingston on Friday (July 1). The visit formed part of post activities for Centenarians’ Day, staged annually by the Labour and Social Security Ministry, where persons who have reached 100 years and over are recognised. Centenarians’ Day was observed on May 20 under the theme ‘Healthy Ageing: Promoting Intergenerational Wealth’.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Permanent in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left), speak with 105-year-old Winnifred Stern during a visit to her Lords Road home in Kingston on Friday (July 1). The visit formed part of post activities for Centenarians’ Day, staged annually by the Labour and Social Security Ministry, where persons who have reached 100 years and over are recognised. Centenarians’ Day was observed on May 20 under the theme ‘Healthy Ageing: Promoting Intergenerational Wealth’.

PM Urges Senior Citizens to Sign Up for Social Pension Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing to the country’s senior citizens, 75 years and older, to sign up to benefit from support under the Social Pension Programme. “They are entitled to it, even if they were not...
Dr. Sandra Lindsay.
Dr. Sandra Lindsay.

Jamaican Born Nurse, Sandra Lindsay to Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Director of Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn-Robinson, addresses recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.
Director of Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn-Robinson, addresses recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.

JBDC Explores Gender Equity in Cultural and Creative Industries
Director of the Business Development Division at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Deniese Badroe.
Director of the Business Development Division at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Deniese Badroe.

Hearing Healthcare Being Promoted By JADHS
General Manager for the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Project Management Office, Hugh Grant (left), signs an agreement formalising the DBJ’s partnership with Victoria Mutual Investments Limited (VMIL) for the creation of the Jamaica Actus Small and Medium Enterprise Fund 1 (JASMEF 1). Observing are VMIL Chief Executive Officer and co-signatory, Rezworth Burchenson (right), and Actus Partners Founding Director, Murat Tasci (centre, seated). Overseeing the proceedings is DBJ’s Legal Officer, Adrian Nelson. The signing took place at the DBJ’s head office on Oxford Road in Kingston, on Thursday (June 30).
General Manager for the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Project Management Office, Hugh Grant (left), signs an agreement formalising the DBJ’s partnership with Victoria Mutual Investments Limited (VMIL) for the creation of the Jamaica Actus Small and Medium Enterprise Fund 1 (JASMEF 1). Observing are VMIL Chief Executive Officer and co-signatory, Rezworth Burchenson (right), and Actus Partners Founding Director, Murat Tasci (centre, seated). Overseeing the proceedings is DBJ’s Legal Officer, Adrian Nelson. The signing took place at the DBJ’s head office on Oxford Road in Kingston, on Thursday (June 30).

DBJ Partners With VMIL To Provide SMEs With Additional Funding

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Acting Chief Electrical Regulator, Seymour Walters, speaks at a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) offices in Kingston on Thursday (June 30).
Energy

Electricians Encouraged To Register With GER

Practising electricians who remain unregistered are being urged to get certified under the Government Electrical Regulator (GER) in order to have their work approved. Acting Chief Electrical Regulator, Seymour Walters, said that only certified electrical installations can be connected to the national grid. “It is our intention to get as many if not all electricians registered and listed on the...
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Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck.
Justice

Justice Ministry To Heighten Awareness About Victim Services Division

The Ministry of Justice plans to embark on a sensitisation exercise to heighten public awareness about its Victim Services Division (VSD). The VSD, which was established in 1998, is mandated to coordinate emotional and technical support for victims of crime. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, notes that the VSD is one of the flagship agencies through which the Ministry dispenses...
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Jamaican Diaspora

Urges Eligible Jamaicans To Become Citizens Of The US

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has called on eligible members of the Jamaican diaspora to become citizens of the United States. This in order to fully participate in the democratic process of their adopted home. She was on Wednesday (June 29) addressing a forum hosted by the Latin American Center, Atlantic Council on the Contribution...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon Norman Dunn (right), expressing gratitude to author, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Technological Solutions Limited (TSL), Dr. Andre Gordon after being presented with a book entitled
CommerceIndustryInvestment

Food Safety Pioneer Marks 25th Anniversary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, has commended Technological Solutions Limited (TSL) for being a pioneer in food safety and quality systems implementation. The State Minister was speaking at TSL’s 25th anniversary luncheon at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (June 30). “TSL has steadily expanded...
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Acting NWC President Garth Jackson presents a framed photo of the Mona Reservoir to Hua Liu, the Deputy General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
EnergyWater

NWC Expects To Surpass High-Quality Water Standards Through Partnership With International Atomic Energy Agency

For years, the National Water Commission (NWC) has been receiving accolades for its water quality, and Acting President Garth Jackson is confident this will continue based on the Commission’s collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). On Wednesday, June 29, during a visit to the NWC’s Corporate office in New Kingston by representatives from the IAEA, including Hua Liu,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), makes a point during a tour of the re-established University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Nuclear Medicine Division in Kingston on Thursday (June 30). Listening (from left) are Opposition Spokesman on Health, Dr. Morais Guy; Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Hua Liu; Chief Executive Officer of the UHWI, Kevin Allen; Medical Chief of Staff, UHWI, Dr. Carl Bruce; and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Health & Wellness

Reopened Nuclear Medicine Division Boasts State-Of-The Art-Diagnostic Equipment

The re-established Nuclear Medicine Division at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has been retrofitted with state-of-the-art single-photon emission computed tomography – SPECT-computed tomography (CT), which will provide critical and advanced diagnostic capabilities for a range of disorders. SPECT-CT scan provides true 3-D information to analyse the functions of internal organs for early diagnosis and treatment of conditions...
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