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Caribbean Encouraged To Tap Into IMF’s Resilience And Sustainability Trust

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Caribbean Member Countries are being encouraged to lead take-up of the institution’s multibillion-dollar Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST). The RST is aimed at helping countries build resilience against external shocks and ensure sustainable growth, contributing to...
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon Matthew Samuda, addresses a ceremony to commission into service, the 100,000-gallon West Gate Hills number-2 storage replacement tank in West Gate Hills, St. James, on June16.
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon Matthew Samuda, addresses a ceremony to commission into service, the 100,000-gallon West Gate Hills number-2 storage replacement tank in West Gate Hills, St. James, on June16.

Jamaicans Urged To Play Role In Achieving Water Security
Chief Executive Officer of United Way of Jamaica (UWJ), Stephanie Coy.
Chief Executive Officer of United Way of Jamaica (UWJ), Stephanie Coy.

United Way Invites Community Groups To Submit Plans By June 30
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), listen as Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (at lectern), makes a statement during a virtual press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Friday (June 17) at which a State of Public Emergency (SOE) was announced for the parish of St. Catherine. Also pictured is Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), listen as Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (at lectern), makes a statement during a virtual press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Friday (June 17) at which a State of Public Emergency (SOE) was announced for the parish of St. Catherine. Also pictured is Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman.

ST. Catherine Residents Urged To Cooperate With Security Forces

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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right) and Permanent Secretary (Acting) in the Ministry Maureen Dwyer examine aspects of the artwork in tribute to fathers following its official unveiling along Church Street, downtown Kingston on Father’s Day (June 19). The mural forms part of the
EducationGender AffairsYouth

‘Fathers Read Too’ Campaign Launched

As part of a campaign to encourage more fathers to read to their children, the Ministry of Education and Youth has unveiled a mural at 20-23 Church Street in downtown Kingston. The unveiling of the colourful artwork depicting a father reading a book with his child, coincides with the observance of Father’s Day (June 19). Dubbed ‘Fathers Read Too’, the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Chairman of the Cecil Cooper Foundation, Rose Bennett-Cooper, in conversation at the launch of the Foundation on Friday (June 17), at the Olympia Gallery, in St. Andrew.
CultureYouth

Cecil Cooper Foundation To Assist Students Of Art

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says as Jamaicans mark 60 years of Independence, the country’s icons in all fields should be honoured and celebrated. Mr. Holness who made the comments while delivering the keynote address at the launch of the Cecil Cooper Foundation on Friday (June 17) at the Olympia Gallery in St. Andrew, said the work and...
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India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui.
Foreign Affairs

PBCJ Makes First Documentary On Indians In Jamaica

The first documentary on the history of Indians in Jamaica has been made by the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) and the High Commission of India (HCI). Titled, ‘Courage and Purpose - From the Mainland to the Diaspora and Back,’ it begins with the arrival of Indians as indentured labourers over 176 years ago. The event, premiered Saturday (June...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) presents a plaque to Women Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) adolescent programme participant, Tadj Rass, at the Ministry’s annual Outstanding Fathers Awards held on Friday (June 17) at the Caymanas Golf Club, St. Catherine. It is one of several events organised by the Ministry’s Bureau of Gender Affairs to mark this year’s Father’s Day which will be celebrated on Sunday (June 19).
Gender Affairs

Capacity Building Workshop Held For Young Fathers

The Bureau of Gender Affairs engaged with 30 young fathers in a capacity building workshop to improve career and life outcomes. The workshop targets fathers aged 15 to 25 who are enrolled in the Women Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) programmes which provide assistance to adolescent parents. They are from the WCJF locations in Morant Bay, Portland, St. Mary and...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, consoles Brenda Grant who was overcome with emotions after receiving the keys to her new three-bedroom house, constructed under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) in Wakefield Trelawny. Sharing in the moment is Member of Parliament for Trelawny Northern, Tova Hamilton. The unit, constructed at a cost of $6.5 million, was handed over to Ms. Grant during a ceremony held on Friday (June 18)
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Trelawny Northern Gets Its First NSHP Unit

Government says come August, approximately100 dwelling units will be delivered to indigent families across the island under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). According to Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, with improvements made to the processes of the programme, contractors are now delivering the houses in a shorter time frame, compared to four years ago when the initiative...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) presents a plaque to the Ministry’s Outstanding Fathers Award nominee, Rev. Dr. Peter Garth at the ceremony held on Friday (June 17) at the Caymanas Golf Club, St. Catherine. It is one of several events organised by the Ministry’s Bureau of Gender Affairs to mark this year’s Father’s Day which will be celebrated on Sunday (June 19) under the theme, ‘Jamaica’s 60th: Fathering Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’. The award aims to acknowledge and celebrate the vital role of fathers and father-figures within families and in the wider society and by extension, their contributions to nation building.
Gender AffairsYouth

Exemplary Fathers Honoured

Sixty fathers of exemplary character have been recognised in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport’s annual ‘Outstanding Fathers Awards’. The ceremony was held on Friday (June 17) at the Caymanas Golf Club, St. Catherine ahead of this year’s Father’s Day which will be celebrated on Sunday (June 19) under the theme, ‘Jamaica’s 60th: Fathering Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’....
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Correctional Officer Eric Edwards (left), assigned to the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre in St. Catherine, receives an award from Director of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Medical Services Unit, Dr. Donna-Michelle Royer-Powe for the most outstanding performance in the Psychiatric Nursing Aid Course, during a recent graduation exercise held at the DCS Lockett Avenue facility in Kingston.
Health & WellnessNational Security

Psychiatric Care For Inmates Gets More Human Resource

Inmates and wards at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) are set to receive additional psychiatric care, following the completion of training for 17 Correctional Officers. The officers along with one civilian staff participated in the four-month training programme as Psychiatric Nursing Aids. They will join civilians already employed within the correctional centres. Facilitated through a partnership with the Ministry...
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