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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Daojiang Chen, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Daojiang Chen, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.

PHOTOS: Dr. Chang Receives Courtesy Call from Chinese Ambassador

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of Israel to Jamaica, His Excellency Daniel Biran Bayor, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of Israel to Jamaica, His Excellency Daniel Biran Bayor, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.

PHOTOS: Dr. Chang Receives Courtesy Call from Ambassador of Israel
Executive Director, Scientific Research Council, Dr. Charah Watson.
Executive Director, Scientific Research Council, Dr. Charah Watson.

Steady Progress In Coffee Leaf Rust Disease Project
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), peruses a magazine during a tour of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Arthur Wint Drive, St. Andrew, on June 28. Looking on (from left) are Dean of the School of Visual Arts, Miriam Hinds Smith; student, Tiffany McFarlane; and Chairman (Acting) of the institution, Donahue Martin Jr.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), peruses a magazine during a tour of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Arthur Wint Drive, St. Andrew, on June 28. Looking on (from left) are Dean of the School of Visual Arts, Miriam Hinds Smith; student, Tiffany McFarlane; and Chairman (Acting) of the institution, Donahue Martin Jr.

PHOTOS: Minister Williams Tours School of Visual Arts Exhibition
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), practices her boxing form with the assistance of retired Jamaican-born Canadian professional boxer, Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock (left), and his daughter, Kleopatra Ruddock. The occasion was a recent meeting between Ministry officials and members of Mr. Ruddock’s team at the Caymanas Golf Club in St. Catherine.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), practices her boxing form with the assistance of retired Jamaican-born Canadian professional boxer, Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock (left), and his daughter, Kleopatra Ruddock. The occasion was a recent meeting between Ministry officials and members of Mr. Ruddock’s team at the Caymanas Golf Club in St. Catherine.

‘Razor’ Ruddock To Headline Exhibition Fight On October 1

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Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), and Ambassador of the United States of America (USA) to Jamaica, His Excellency Nick Perry, raise their glasses in a toast to commemorate the USA’s 246th anniversary of Independence, during a reception held on June 28 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston.
Foreign Affairs

US Milestone Celebrated

This year marks the United States of America’s (USA) 246th anniversary of Independence, and the milestone was celebrated with a reception on June 28 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. The event also featured the traditional United States Marine Corps Colour Guard ceremony. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, who represented the Government of Jamaica, extended congratulations to the...
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Poison Information Coordinator, Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on Jamaica’s adoption of the International Standard for Lead Limit in Paint, on June 29.
Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

CARPIN Welcomes Jamaica’s Adoption Of Global Standard For Lead Limit In Paint

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) has welcomed Jamaica’s adoption of the International Standard for Lead Limit in Paint and other Surface Coatings. The enforcement of the JS 358:2022 Standard, which was adopted in June 2022, becomes effective on January 1, 2023. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 29, Poison Information Coordinator at CARPIN, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, said Jamaica...
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Director, Business Development and Communication, Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Prudence James-Townsend.
Social Security

MIND Hosts Discussion Forum On Disabilities Act Thursday

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will host a discussion forum on the Disabilities Act on Thursday (June 30), from 9:00 a.m. to12:00 p.m. The event is being staged in tandem with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) under the theme: ‘Public and Private Sectors’ Readiness to Embrace Jamaica’s Disabilities Act’. It is being delivered in a hybrid format where...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
Local GovernmentPrime MinisterWeather

Heightened Drain Cleaning For Hurricane Season

Ahead of the peak of the hurricane season, areas prone to flooding are being prioritised as the Government continues drain cleaning activities islandwide. This exercise is being carried out by the National Works Agency (NWA) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who noted that while the...
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Education

SLB To Accept Loan Payments Online By Year-End

Clients of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) will be able to make their loan payments online before the end of this year. Deputy Executive Director, Charmaine Rose Anderson, said online payments will be facilitated via the Strategic Transformation of End-users Experience Portal (STEEP), also known as the customer portal. “Students will be able to make payments directly from the portal...
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Executive Director of the Montego Bay Marine Park Trust in St. James, Hugh Shim, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, held at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office on Tuesday (June 28).
JIS Think TankTourismWater

Fishers Urged To Avoid Catching Small Parrotfish

Executive Director of the Montego Bay Marine Park Trust, Hugh Shim, is imploring fishers not to catch small parrotfish that have not yet reproduced. He notes that while he is not proposing a ban on catching parrotfish, the small ones should be declared off limits. “The problem with the parrotfish is that [Jamaicans] love them so much, that we will...
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