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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, addressing a virtual press conference held today (February 26) to announce that government is fully funding students
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, addressing a virtual press conference held today (February 26) to announce that government is fully funding students' return to Jamaica from Ukraine.

Government Fully Funding Students’ Return From Ukraine To Jamaica

Twenty-three Jamaican students have arrived safely by train in the city of Lviv Ukraine and are set to be in Poland by Sunday (February 27) as the Government of Jamaica fully funds their return to the island. There has been...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), and Chief Executive Officer for Central Jamaica Social Development Initiative (CJSDI) Damion Young, are pictured on a tour during a farmer training session and handing over of a greenhouse at the Epping Forest Missionary Church, Epping Forest, Manchester on Thursday (February 24). The greenhouse was provided through Natural Infrastructure for Forest Reserve to the Epping Farmer’s group. The CJSDI, a non-government organisation operating across Manchester and Clarendon, has embarked on a series of training interventions targeting some 300 farmers. This is being done in partnership with the Natural Infrastructure for Forest Reserve, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Caribbean Chemicals, Newport Fersan, and the Forestry Department over a three-month period.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), and Chief Executive Officer for Central Jamaica Social Development Initiative (CJSDI) Damion Young, are pictured on a tour during a farmer training session and handing over of a greenhouse at the Epping Forest Missionary Church, Epping Forest, Manchester on Thursday (February 24). The greenhouse was provided through Natural Infrastructure for Forest Reserve to the Epping Farmer’s group. The CJSDI, a non-government organisation operating across Manchester and Clarendon, has embarked on a series of training interventions targeting some 300 farmers. This is being done in partnership with the Natural Infrastructure for Forest Reserve, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Caribbean Chemicals, Newport Fersan, and the Forestry Department over a three-month period.

PHOTOS: Farmer Training
Member of Parliament for Southeast Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre) examines a pack of gloves during the handing over of an assortment of medical items to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA). The ceremony was held on Friday (February 25) at the National Health Fund (NHF) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kingston. Also pictured are Mayor of May Pen, Councillor, Winston Maragh (left) and Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson. The items were donated by international, non-profit organisation, Medgive Foundation to the SRHA through the NHF.
Member of Parliament for Southeast Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre) examines a pack of gloves during the handing over of an assortment of medical items to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA). The ceremony was held on Friday (February 25) at the National Health Fund (NHF) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kingston. Also pictured are Mayor of May Pen, Councillor, Winston Maragh (left) and Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson. The items were donated by international, non-profit organisation, Medgive Foundation to the SRHA through the NHF.

More Than US$80,000 in Supplies for Public Health System
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, delivers the keynote address at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) National Culture Clubs Virtual Conference 2021, held on Tuesday (February 22) under the theme: “60 and beyond…Re-igniting the Cultural Spirt.”
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, delivers the keynote address at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) National Culture Clubs Virtual Conference 2021, held on Tuesday (February 22) under the theme: “60 and beyond…Re-igniting the Cultural Spirt.”

Celebration of Culture in Virtual Event
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third from right), cuts the ribbon during the official handing over ceremony of a housing unit in the Rose Hall, St. Elizabeth community on Wednesday (February 23). Sharing in the moment are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Robert Montague (second from right); Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Southeastern, Hon. Franklyn Witter (second from left) Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (right); Councillor of the Malvern Division, Donald Simpson (left) and recipient of the housing unit, Kaycia Powell ( third from left).
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third from right), cuts the ribbon during the official handing over ceremony of a housing unit in the Rose Hall, St. Elizabeth community on Wednesday (February 23). Sharing in the moment are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Robert Montague (second from right); Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Southeastern, Hon. Franklyn Witter (second from left) Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (right); Councillor of the Malvern Division, Donald Simpson (left) and recipient of the housing unit, Kaycia Powell ( third from left).

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St. James’ Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings (right), and Human Resource Clerk at Holiday Inn Resort, Shantae Miller, demonstrate an elbow bump as an alternative to a handshake in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. This was during Tourism Product Development Company’s first in a series of sensitisation sessions to promote COVID-19 protocols and vaccination, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall on Friday (February 25).
COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & WellnessTourism

Vaccines Promoted At TPDCo Event

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCO) on Friday (February 25) kicked off a series of COVID-19 protocols and vaccination sensitisation sessions in Montego Bay, St. James. The event, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall and streamed as well, targeted local tourism stakeholders such as hotel staff, tour bus operators and craft traders. Participants were resensitised on...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, speaking during the Consumer Affairs Commission and Fair Trading Commission semi-virtual quarterly media briefing on Thursday (February 24).
CommerceIndustryInvestment

Bill To Encourage Development Of New Varieties Of Cannabis

The Government is seeking to encourage the development of new varieties of cannabis, under the New Plant Varieties (Rights of Breeders) Bill being developed by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, said consequent on the decriminalisation of cannabis in Jamaica and other jurisdictions, “we recognise that there is an urgent need for...
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Grade 8 students are elated as they celebrate Jamaica Day 2022 at the school on Friday, February 25, under the theme “Celebrating Jamaica: Building Character: Hearts through the Arts”.
CultureEducation

PHOTOS: Jamaica Day

  Members of staff at St. Andrew High School for Girls show off the outfits they wore to mark Jamaica Day 2022. From left are Keshia Banks-Cushnie, Gertrude Henry, and Shadell Gordon. Jamaica Day 2022 was observed on Friday, February 25, under the theme “Celebrating Jamaica: Building Character: Hearts through the Arts”.   St. Andrew High School for Girls Principal, Keeva Ingram (centre),...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon Floyd Green (left), engages with land title beneficiaries (from second left) Debbie Steadman, Andrea Austin, and Keron Steadman-Clackin, all of Berlin District, St. Elizabeth, and Chief Executive Officer/Commissioner of Lands at the National Land Agency (NLA) Cheriese Walcott, following a ceremony to hand over certificate of titles under the Systematic Land Registration programme on February 23 at Newell High.
Housing

NLA Making Land Ownership Easier

The National Land Agency (NLA) Systematic Land Registration Programme is making it easier for Jamaicans to secure ownership of their property. The systematic land registration programme seeks to assist persons to obtain titles for property they have lived on open, undisturbed and undisputed for upwards of 12 years, through the process of adjudication. It is being facilitated under the Registration...
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Paediatrician and Senior Registrar at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Andrew Burton, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, on a study conducted to determine the Epidemiology of Dermatological Diseases at a Jamaican Paediatric Hospital.
Health & Wellness

Study on Skin Diseases Presented at BHC Should be Useful – Paediatrician

The result of a study on dermatological conditions being presented at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), in Kingston, could assist stakeholders to adequately diagnose, treat and prevent hospitalisation of children. Paediatrician and Senior Registrar at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Andrew Burton, who conducted the study, titled ‘The Epidemiology of Dermatological Diseases at a Jamaican Paediatric Hospital’, said...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams (left), observe as Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Jamaica, John McIntyre, signs an agreement for the ‘Violence Prevention in Targeted Vulnerable Communities and Schools in Jamaica’ Programme. The signing took place at Jamaica House on Friday (February 25). The initiative will be spearheaded by the Ministry of National Security with US$7 million in funding support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
National Security

Funding Support for Social Initiative to Curtail Crime in Vulnerable Communities

The Government is embarking on a major social investment initiative, aimed at curtailing crime and violence in vulnerable schools and communities across Jamaica. The ‘Violence Prevention in Targeted Vulnerable Communities and Schools in Jamaica’ Programme will be spearheaded by the Ministry of National Security, with US$7 million in funding support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Deputy...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (right), inspects a damaged road in St. Catherine North East, during a recent tour. At left is the Member of Parliament for the area, Kerensia Morrison.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Bridge in Troja to be Rehabilitated

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be rehabilitating the Natural Bridge in Troja, St. Catherine, in two Phases, at a cost of $318 million, with $160 million being spent in Phase 1. Making the disclosure following a tour of several roads in St. Catherine North East, on February 24, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job...
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