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Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, displays her Instrument of Appointment during Thursday’s (January 20) swearing-in and installation ceremony at King’s House.
Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, displays her Instrument of Appointment during Thursday’s (January 20) swearing-in and installation ceremony at King’s House.

New Chief of Defence Staff Says Work Will Be Anchored in JDF’s Pillars of Transformation

Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, says her efforts in piloting the army’s role in Jamaica’s national security apparatus will be anchored in the military’s five pillars of transformation. These, as articulated in the Jamaica...
Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Wentworth Charles (right), makes a point to Public Relations Manager, Huawei Technologies Jamaica, Jesse Zhao (second left), during Thursday’s (January 20) presentation of 50 food packages by Huawai Technologies Jamaica, for distribution to front-line workers at the Bustamante Hospital for Children and the National Chest Hospital in Kingston. Looking on are Chief Executive Officer, National Chest Hospital, Dwayne Francis (left); Chief Executive Officer, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Camille Wallen-Panton. The packages were handed over during a ceremony at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.
Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Wentworth Charles (right), makes a point to Public Relations Manager, Huawei Technologies Jamaica, Jesse Zhao (second left), during Thursday’s (January 20) presentation of 50 food packages by Huawai Technologies Jamaica, for distribution to front-line workers at the Bustamante Hospital for Children and the National Chest Hospital in Kingston. Looking on are Chief Executive Officer, National Chest Hospital, Dwayne Francis (left); Chief Executive Officer, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Camille Wallen-Panton. The packages were handed over during a ceremony at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

Food Packages Donated for Front-line Workers
Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, at a recent virtual COVID Conversations press briefing.
Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, at a recent virtual COVID Conversations press briefing.

COVID-19 In 75 Per Cent Of Communities Islandwide
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, sits on a raft on the Great River in Lethe, Hanover, on Wednesday, (January 19), following a meeting with raft captains.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, sits on a raft on the Great River in Lethe, Hanover, on Wednesday, (January 19), following a meeting with raft captains.

Great River Rafters To Get Life Vests
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the COVID Conversations digital press conference on January 20.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the COVID Conversations digital press conference on January 20.

Testing For COVID-19 Variants Under Way At UHWI

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Appleton Estate Master Blender, Joy Spence, displays one of the entity’s signature blends at a recent function at the Half Moon Hotel, St. James.

Chukka Caribbean And Appleton Estate Celebrate Partnership

Chukka Caribbean Adventures and Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum recently celebrated their new partnership, aimed at bolstering the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience (JSAERE), with a special reception at the Half Moon Hotel at Rose Hall, St. James. During the event, dubbed an “Evening with Joy”, master blender, Joy Spence, for whom the JSAERE is named, took attendees through the...
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Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, presents newly installed Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, with the Instrument of Appointment, during Thursday’s (January 20) swearing-in ceremony at King’s House.
Excellence in the Civil ServiceNational Security

Instruments Of Appointment For First Female Head Of The JDF

History was created on Thursday (January 20) when Rear Admiral Antonette Sandra-Lee Wemyss Gorman was installed as the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) first female Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, presented her with the Instrument of Appointment during a ceremony at King’s House, which also saw her subscribing the Oath of Allegiance...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams; Head Girl of Lacovia High School, Tobi-Kay Lyn; Principal of Lacovia High School, Ricardo Bennett and Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara, display a symbolic cheque representing the grant approved by the Government of Japan to purchase two school buses for Lacovia High School. The official signing ceremony was held at the Ministry
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Lacovia High School Receives Grant To Purchase Two Buses

Lacovia High School in St. Elizabeth has received a grant to purchase two school buses for the improvement of the transportation system in the respective school communities. The grant was approved under the Ministry of Education and Youth Expanded Pilot School Bus Programme and the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project of the Government of Japan. The total value...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
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Registration For Grade 4 PEP Administration To Be Done Electronically

The Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) is advising that registration for the Grade Four Primary Exit Profile (PEP4) for 2022 administration will be done electronically via the PEP Online Registration System, which can be found at pepregistration.moey.gov.jm. The Registration Portal is now open and will close on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry, it...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen.
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Leaders In The Country Must Manage, Despite The Challenges – G-G

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is calling on leaders in the country to manage, despite the challenges that confront the nation. “We need leaders who are calm and self-assured, and who will confidently remind us that there is hope beyond these turbulent times,” he said, in a recorded message at the 42nd Annual National Leadership Prayer...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), displays some of the medical items donated to Jamaica by the Federal Republic of Germany, at the National Health Fund (NHF) site, on Marcus Garvey Drive in St. Andrew, on January 18. Others (from left) are Adviser to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse; PAHO Representative in Jamaica, Ian Stein, and Chargé d’Affaires at the German Embassy in Jamaica, Frank Bernhardt.
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Germany Donates Equipment To Fight COVID-19

Jamaica’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been boosted by a donation of medical equipment from the Federal Republic of Germany, valued at more than $43 million. This was made possible through a collaboration involving the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). About half a million non-sterile surgical masks are being delivered to healthcare workers islandwide, along with 300 long-range...
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