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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while presenting the Terrorism Prevention (Designated Reporting Entity) (Trust and Corporate Services Providers) Order, 2022 in the Senate on January 28.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while presenting the Terrorism Prevention (Designated Reporting Entity) (Trust and Corporate Services Providers) Order, 2022 in the Senate on January 28.

Senators Approve Another Order to Combat Money Laundering

The Government continues to strengthen and modernise legislation to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Members of the Senate on Friday (January 28) approved the Terrorism Prevention (Designated Reporting Entity) (Trust and Corporate Services Providers) Order, 2022. Minister of Foreign...
Principal of Trench Town Polytechnic College and Chair of the CCCJ Events Management Committee, Dr. Dosseth Edwards Watson.
Principal of Trench Town Polytechnic College and Chair of the CCCJ Events Management Committee, Dr. Dosseth Edwards Watson.

Community Colleges Ready for Sixth-Form Pathways Programme
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.

Customs Officers Encouraged to Obey Code of Conduct
(From left) Newly appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Donna-Marie Rowe, and Interim Manager for JIS Television, Joan Andrea Hutchinson, engage in conversation during a meeting with the Agency’s executive leadership and staff for the first time since being assigned the position. The meeting was held at the JIS Television headquarters and virtually on Friday, (January 28).
(From left) Newly appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Donna-Marie Rowe, and Interim Manager for JIS Television, Joan Andrea Hutchinson, engage in conversation during a meeting with the Agency’s executive leadership and staff for the first time since being assigned the position. The meeting was held at the JIS Television headquarters and virtually on Friday, (January 28).

New Information Minister Meets JIS Team (JIS)
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton.

Public Service Announcement – Vaccination Blitz January 29 and 30, 2022

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, reading to children at Jamaica House Basic School on Read Across Jamaica Day in 2017. (FILE)
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Reading Project At Jamaica House Basic School

Students at the Jamaica House Basic School are benefiting from a reading initiative being undertaken by the Kiwanis Club of Papine at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica. The signature project of the Club, titled ‘Reading for the Stars Reading Competition’, involves partnership with web-based program, Lalilo by Renaissance application. It will run from January 2022 to April 2022 and...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), exchanges greetings with Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Carib-Export), Deodat Maharaj, following the launch of a project aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of Jamaican Coffee exports to the European Union (EU) market, at the Ministry
AgricultureForeign Affairs

Project Launched To Boost Coffee Export Into Europe

The Jamaican coffee sector will receive support to boost export into the European market through a joint project between the Government and the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Carib-Export). The initiative aims to bolster the productivity and export competitiveness of local coffee within the European Union (EU). Speaking at the launch held on Thursday (January 27) at the Ministry of Foreign...
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Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter (left) receives a portrait of himself from Director General, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, Cabinet Office, Veniece Pottinger-Scott in recognition of his participation in National Customer Service Week activities last October.’ The presentation was made on Tuesday (January 25) at PICA’s corporate offices in Kingston.
National Security

PHOTOS: PICA Head Receives Gift From Public Sector Transformation And Modernisation Division

Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter (left) receives a portrait of himself from Director General, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, Cabinet Office, Veniece Pottinger-Scott in recognition of his participation in National Customer Service Week activities last October.’ The presentation was made on Tuesday (January 25) at PICA’s corporate offices in Kingston.
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), participates in the handover of tablets to students of Chatsworth Primary and Infant School in Maroon Town, St. James, by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union, at the entity’s Montego Bay Branch office on Thursday, January 27. Joining the Minister is FHC Branch Manager, Marcia Bailey (back row, left); Chatsworth Primary’s Principal, Lesga Miller (centre); and students Camoyah Gordon (front row, left); and Dejanae Cole.
EducationTechnology

PHOTOS: FHC Hands Over Tablets To Chatsworth Primary And Infant School Students

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), participates in the handover of tablets to students of Chatsworth Primary and Infant School in Maroon Town, St. James, by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union, at the entity’s Montego Bay Branch office on Thursday, January 27. Joining the Minister is FHC Branch Manager, Marcia Bailey (back row, left); Chatsworth Primary’s...
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President of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA), Norman Grant, speaks at the official launch of the Caribbean Export Development Agency project that will support the Jamaican Coffee Sector
Agriculture

JCEA On Drive To Increase Export Of Coffee

President of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA), Norman Grant, says the Association is engaged in several processes that should increase the export of coffee over the next five years. “We have engaged the new Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and out of a coffee workshop [with the] Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) we have developed a plan to...
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