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Complimentary Registrations For 50 Fathers On June 20
The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will provide 50 complimentary registrations to fathers who want to add their names to their children’s birth certificate at its ‘Status Day’ promotion. The promotion will be held on Monday, June 20, 2022, in observance...
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Blood Donation A Part Of Road Safety Drive – NBTS
The Jamaica Gasolene Retailers’ Association (JGRA) is being lauded by the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) for its consistent efforts to supply the organisation with blood. Speaking at the recent launch of the JGRA Road Safety Month, held at Future Energy Source Company (FESCO) gas station, on Beechwood Avenue in St. Andrew, where a blood drive was also held, Assistant...
Strathmore Gardens Children’s Home Receives Donation
The St. Catherine based Strathmore Gardens Children’s Home has received a donation of supplies from the St. Andrew Technical High School Key Club. Among the items donated include food, clothing, toiletries, and ice cream. Science teacher at the St. Andrew Technical High School and Faculty Adviser for the Club, Shuddey Leachman said this was the Club’s second year going to...
Jamaica 60 Commemorative Album to Be Released
A Jamaica 60 commemorative album will be released in lieu of this year’s Jamaica Festival Song Competition. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange said this commemorative album will comprise various artists and genres. “The process has started. With or without a Jamaica Festival Competition we will have a Jamaica 60 commemorative album… A number of persons...
Jamaicans To Be Recruited for Cruise Ship Jobs
The Ministry of Tourism is looking to tap into the local labour force to identify, recruit and deploy at least 10,000 of 90,000 workers required in the global cruise industry. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the demand stems from a shortage of workers occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of tourism activities worldwide, which resulted in a reduction in...
Public Urged to Wear Masks
Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Francine Phillips-Kelly, has advised that individuals must continue to take personal responsibility to restrict the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), as the number of positive cases continue to rise in the parish. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation on Thursday (June 9), Dr. Phillips-Kelly recommended that individuals...
Infirmaries To Begin Welcoming New Residents July 1
The Government after two years, will be removing the absolute ban on new admissions to infirmaries across the island effective Friday, July 1. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure while addressing the homeless wellness day of care at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, June 10. “Every infirmary now has...