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Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland , Dr. Marcia Graham.
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland , Dr. Marcia Graham.

Get All Age-appropriate Cancer Screenings – Dr. Graham

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is encouraging residents to get all the necessary age-appropriate cancer screenings to ensure early detection of the disease. These, she said, include a pap smear, breast exam, digital rectal exam or...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Senior Director for Project Implementation at the National Works Agency (NWA), Varden Downer, (left) look at a drain along a section of the Runaway Bay main road in St. Ann. The Minister visited the parish on February 9 to evaluate damage following recent heavy rains.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Senior Director for Project Implementation at the National Works Agency (NWA), Varden Downer, (left) look at a drain along a section of the Runaway Bay main road in St. Ann. The Minister visited the parish on February 9 to evaluate damage following recent heavy rains.

Runaway Bay Drainage System To Improve
Finance and Business Journalist, Kalilah Reynolds (left), discusses her presentation at the Ministry of Finance and Public Service’s Wealth Summit with host Anna Smith. The event was held virtually on February 9. Mrs. Reynolds spoke on the topic: ‘Putting your money to work – Making Passive income.’
Finance and Business Journalist, Kalilah Reynolds (left), discusses her presentation at the Ministry of Finance and Public Service’s Wealth Summit with host Anna Smith. The event was held virtually on February 9. Mrs. Reynolds spoke on the topic: ‘Putting your money to work – Making Passive income.’

Jamaicans Get Tips To Realise Financial Goals At Wealth Summit

Jamaicans Urged To Regularise Their Status
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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington.
Works / Construction

Ground Broken For $75 Million Marchmont To Retrieve Road Project

Ground was officially broken on February 8 for the rehabilitation of the Marchmont to Retrieve road in Westmoreland at a cost of $75 million. Work on the project, which started last December, is scheduled to be completed within the current financial year, which ends on March 31. Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon....
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), and Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams, look at a display of disposable face masks. They are joined by Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson (second right), and Acting Board Chairman, NHF, Shane Dalling. Occasion was the handover of two million masks by the Health Ministry to benefits schools, frontline personnel, community responders and vulnerable groups, at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Friday (February 11).
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Urges Proper Disposal Of Face Masks

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging citizens to properly dispose of used masks to prevent potential environmental hazards. “Dispose of them in a way that preserves the environment. I have seen articles popping up globally around improper disposal, and [masks] ending up in waterways or the marine [environment] and so on,” he noted. “It...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2022/223 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 10).
Budget 2022/2023

$330 Million Allocated For Business Environment Reforms Project

A sum of $330 million has been budgeted to continue work on the Jamaica Business Environment Reforms Project. The funds have been set aside in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 10), by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The project, which commenced in...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the commissioning of a water supply system in Top Aberdeen, St. Elizabeth recently.
Local GovernmentWater

30 More Water Shops to be Established

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that the Government is targeting the establishment of an additional 30 water shops in the next financial year, beginning April 1, to increase access to the commodity in several communities across the island. “We are looking to start another one in Commodore, Portland. There is one more to be...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) discusses the benefits of the oxygen concentrator with Director, Patient Care Services, Northwell Health, Dr. Sandra Lindsay (second right). Looking on (from left) are: Chairman of the Bustamante Hospital for Children’s Management Committee, Kenneth Benjamin; and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. Occasion was the handover of medical equipment and supplies, valued at over US$800,000, to the Government of Jamaica by the United States-based Northwell Health, at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston on Friday (Feb. 11).
Health & WellnessPrime Minister

Jamaica Receives More Than US$800,000 Worth of Medical Supplies

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has welcomed the donation of medical equipment and supplies valued at more than US$800,000, by United States (US)-based healthcare provider, Northwell Health. The over one million items, which include respirator masks, N95 masks, oxygen concentrators, nasal oxygen, safety eyewear, and protective gowns, were handed over during a ceremony at the Bustamante Hospital for...
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