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Parents Welcome Sixth-form Pathways Programme

Parents are welcoming the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information’s Sixth-Form Pathways Programme as a practical approach that caters to all students regardless of their academic performance. The Sixth-Form Pathways is part of the Ministry’s implementation of a seven-year high-school...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) and Mayor of Falmouth, Colin Gager (left), prepare to plant a tree on the grounds of the Trelawny Infirmary in Falmouth, during a recent visit to the facility by the Minister and his team as a part of Local Government Month activities in November.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) and Mayor of Falmouth, Colin Gager (left), prepare to plant a tree on the grounds of the Trelawny Infirmary in Falmouth, during a recent visit to the facility by the Minister and his team as a part of Local Government Month activities in November.

Gov’t Considers Vaccine Requirement for New Admissions to Infirmaries
Principal of the St. Ann
Principal of the St. Ann's Bay Primary School in St. Ann, Trevor Cole

St. Ann’s Bay Primary Keeping Students Connected During Covid-19
Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green, addresses the launch of the Manchester Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes initiative, at the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, recently.
Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green, addresses the launch of the Manchester Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes initiative, at the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, recently.

Manchester Custos Launches ‘Beliefs, Values, And Attitudes’ Initiative
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and National Housing Trust (NHT) Board member, Nesta-Claire Hunter (third left), with new homeowners of the NHT’s Twickenham Glades development in St. Catherine, following the handover ceremony on Wednesday (December 1).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and National Housing Trust (NHT) Board member, Nesta-Claire Hunter (third left), with new homeowners of the NHT’s Twickenham Glades development in St. Catherine, following the handover ceremony on Wednesday (December 1).

PM Pleased With Diversity Of Housing Beneficiaries At Twickenham Glades

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Tourism

Minister Bartlett Elected Chair Of Inter-American Committee On Tourism

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has been elected by acclamation as the new Chairman of the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR). Minister Bartlett came out ahead of the candidates from Paraguay and Ecuador for the chairmanship at a meeting on Tuesday (November 30).  Both countries will now serve as Vice Chair of the CITUR. Chair...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), and Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., plant trees at the newly opened Twickenham Glades housing development in St. Catherine, during a handover ceremony on Wednesday (December 1). Looking on are Twickenham Glades homeowner Dwight Bailey (centre); Board member of the National Housing Trust (NHT), which undertook the development, Nesta-Claire Hunter (second right), who represented Board Chairman, Lennox Channer; and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Eastern, where the development is located, Denise Daley.
Housing

PM Hands Over 110 Housing Units In St Catherine

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says nearly 22,000 new housing solutions are guaranteed to be provided over the next two to three years by the National Housing Trust (NHT). He noted that the entity currently has 12,019 units under construction, costing upwards of $100 billon. Additionally, the Prime Minister said the NHT has another 9,641 units in the...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), points to the sign dedicating the rehabilitated Orchid Road in Quarry, St. James, at the official commissioning on Wednesday (December 1). He is joined by (from second left) Stakeholder Relations Manager at Carib Cement Company Limited (CCCL), Balfour Denniston; the company’s Managing Director, Yago Castro; Building Manager, Andre Nelson; and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams. The project was undertaken by CCCL at a cost of $40 million.
Transport

Dr. Chang Opens Rehabilitated Orchid Road In St. James

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, on Wednesday (December 1), officially commissioned into service the Orchid Road in Quarry, St. James, which was rehabilitated by Carib Cement Company Limited (CCCL) at a cost of $40 million. The month-and-one-half-long project was undertaken through collaboration with community stakeholders and included redoing the formerly asphalted road with concrete and...
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30.
Climate Change

MPs To Get $1 Million For Resilience Building

The Government has allocated $1 million to each Member of Parliament to support resilience building efforts in constituencies across Jamaica. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., made the disclosure during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30. He said that the Ministry will be working with all Members of Parliament...
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