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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon, Sir Patrick Allen (right) speaks with Ambassador-designate of Romania to Jamaica, Theodora Magdalena Mircea, at King’s House on June 23. The Ambassador-designate presented her Letters of Credence to the Governor-General.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon, Sir Patrick Allen (right) speaks with Ambassador-designate of Romania to Jamaica, Theodora Magdalena Mircea, at King’s House on June 23. The Ambassador-designate presented her Letters of Credence to the Governor-General.

PHOTOS: GG Receives Letters of Credence from Romania

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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, June 23, 2022
Senior Medical Officer at the Spanish Town Hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James, addresses a JIS Think Tank on the occasion of the institution’s 70th anniversary.
Senior Medical Officer at the Spanish Town Hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James, addresses a JIS Think Tank on the occasion of the institution’s 70th anniversary.

Spanish Town Hospital Stages Week Of Activities To Mark 70th Anniversary
Chief Technical Director with responsibility for Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Audrey Deer-Williams, addresses the launch of the Ministry’s Community Engagement Series (CES) at the St. John’s Methodist Church in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (June 22).
Chief Technical Director with responsibility for Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Audrey Deer-Williams, addresses the launch of the Ministry’s Community Engagement Series (CES) at the St. John’s Methodist Church in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (June 22).

PATH Community Engagement Series Kicks Off In Montego Bay
Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane.
Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane.

RGD Met 60 Per Cent Of Target For ‘Father’s Day’ Promotion

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JIS0978: Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fourth left) breaks ground for construction of the new Lacovia Police Station in St. Elizabeth on Thursday (June 23). He is joined by (from left) Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North East, Delroy Slowley; Assistant General Manager, Special Projects, Research and Development at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Brian Saunders; Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North West, J.C. Hutchinson; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams.
National Security

Ground Broken For State-Of-The-Art Police Station In Lacovia

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, broke ground for the construction of a new state-of-the-art police station in Lacovia, St. Elizabeth, on Thursday (June 23) The 5,223-square-foot facility will be built at a cost of $175 million under the Ministry’s ‘Project Rebuild, Overhaul, and Construct’ (ROC), designed to reconstruct, renovate, and retrofit police stations islandwide. The scope of...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), and President, Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, Ronald Sammy (third left), display the commemorative plaque for the inaugural flight by Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, out of Fort Lauderdale to the Ian Fleming International Airport in St. Mary on Wednesday (June 22). Also pictured are (from left) President, Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Deidrick; Director of Business Development, QCAS Aero, Andrew Nicholson; and Member of Parliament, St. Mary Western, Robert Montague.
Transport

Transport Ministry Expects Aviation Traffic To Rebound

The Ministry of Transport and Mining is forecasting a full return to pre-COVID-19 aviation traffic levels of approximately 6.5 million passengers annually, by the year 2025. This was noted by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, at an official ceremony to welcome the inaugural flight by Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, from Fort Lauderdale in the United States to the...
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Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime Minister

Statement From Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Result of Commonwealth Secretary General Race

Statement From Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Result of Commonwealth Secretary General Race I extend sincere congratulations to the incumbent, Baroness Scotland on her re-election as Commonwealth Secretary General. It was a good contest and the Baroness prevailed. My heartfelt congratulations and commendations also to our Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith who ran...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), is joined by Vendor, Charmaine McIntosh, on a tour of the newly rebuilt Hopewell Market in Hanover that was officially opened on Thursday, June 23.
Local Government

Newly Rebuilt Hopewell Market Opens

More than 24 vendors will be occupying the newly rebuilt Hopewell Market in Hanover, which was officially opened on Thursday (June 23), by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. The modern facility, constructed at a cost of approximately $23 million, replaces the old market that had fallen into disrepair. The rebuilt structure boasts new stalls, fish...
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Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, tables amended Regulations relating to the State of Public Emergency, which was declared in the parish of St. Catherine on Friday (June 17), during a brief sitting of the House of Representatives on Thursday (June 23).
National Security

Amended SOE Regulations For St. Catherine Tabled

Amended Regulations for the State of Public Emergency (SOE), which was declared in the parish of St. Catherine on Friday (June 17), was tabled during a brief sitting of the House of Representatives today (June 23). Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who tabled the Emergency Powers (Parish of St. Catherine) (No. 3) Regulations,...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, is shown an area of wetland in Portland Eastern by Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz, during a tour on Tuesday (June 21). Minister Samuda, along with Mrs. Vaz and technocrats from several ministries, departments and agencies, visited a number of communities across the constituency, including Boston, Burlington, Fairy Hill, and Long Bay, to look at sand mining activities and the impact on water distribution in the region.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentMining

PHOTOS: Senator Matthew Samuda Looks At Sand Mining Activities In Portland Eastern

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, is shown an area of wetland in Portland Eastern by Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz, during a tour on Tuesday (June 21). Minister Samuda, along with Mrs. Vaz and technocrats from several ministries, departments and agencies, visited a number of communities across the...
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