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Mrs Andrea Edwards-Gyles (left), the Vice President for Corporate Services, explains the National Water Commission’s mission and vision to the group of engineering interns during their visit to the NWC’s corporate office in New Kingston recently.

Engineering Interns to Maximise Untapped Potential at NWC

Six graduates from the country’s leading universities are now seeking to maximise the opportunities for professional development while contributing to the Jamaican society under the National Water Commission’s Engineering Internship Programme. The programme is facilitated through a partnership between the...

Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert (left), accepts a gift from the High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui, following her presentation at a Constitution Day reception held on Friday (November 26), at the High Commission of India, St. Andrew, to commemorate India Constitution Day.

Jamaica’s Constitution Meeting The Needs Of A Changing Society – House Speaker

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a recent contract signing with construction company M and M Jamaica Ltd., for the completion of the second-to-last phase of rehabilitation work at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James, at Sandals Inn, in the parish.

Team To Do Case Study Of Cornwall Regional Hospital

Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland , Keron King, examines the chicken coop located in the school’s farm.

Little Bay Primary And Infant School To Expand Farm

COVID-19 Update for Sunday, November 28, 2021

5 years ago Works / Construction

Work Schedule For Shortwood Road Fording Repairs Modified

The National Works Agency (NWA) has modified the traffic arrangements for Shortwood Road, St. Andrew, where works commenced on Saturday on the Benson Ford. The NWA is undertaking repairs to the Ford, to include the construction of concrete pavements at both approaches. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says that the work is slated to be...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (seated left) and Harrington Costley of Costley

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Signs $38.9 Million Contract for Perimeter Fencing at Lionel Town Hospital

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, on Thursday (November 25), signed a contract valued at approximately $38.9 million for the installation of perimeter fencing at the Lionel Town Hospital in Clarendon. The work will be done by civil engineering firm Costley’s Construction. “Since I became Minister, the issue of the need to secure these premises has...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw.

5 years ago Industry

JIPO Looking to Incorporate Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office is looking to incorporate the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, 2012, which seeks to protect performers in their performances. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the disclosure during the BluShip Corporate Linkages Media Briefing on Trade in Cultural Goods, at the AC Hotels by Marriott, St. Andrew on November 25. He...

State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn. (JIS File Photo)

5 years ago Health & Wellness

‘Good Ganja Sense’ Website Launched

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has launched a ‘Good Ganja Sense’ website, which serves as a hub for accurate and scientific information on ganja, particularly within the Jamaican context. The website, at goodganjasense.org, provides fact-based information about the marijuana plant, and serves as a tool to build awareness about its uses and effects. Speaking at the virtual launch and...

The Civil Servants of the Year for 2021/22 (from left): Driver at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Clayton McCalla; Special Projects Manager at the Jamaica Information Service, Andrine Davidson; and Acting Manager of Information Systems at the Administrator-General’s Department, Ronald Frue, display their plaques during the Civil Servant of the Year Awards Ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (November 26).

5 years ago Civil Servants of the Year

Top Civil Servants for 2021/22 Awarded

Special Projects Manager at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Andrine Davidson is one of three persons chosen as Civil Servant of the Year for 2021/2022 She copped the award after topping the field of entrants in the category of Management. The other winners are Driver with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Clayton McCalla, who topped the field in the...

Acting Senior Medical Officer in the HIV/STI/TB Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Alisha Robb-Allen, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on November 26.

5 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Ministry Of Health and Wellness Implements Measures to End AIDS

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has implemented a raft of measures that are geared towards ending AIDS in Jamaica. Acting Senior Medical Officer (SMO) in the HIV/STI/TB Unit in the Ministry, Dr. Alisha Robb-Allen, outlined the details during a JIS Think Tank on Friday (November 26). She informed that of the 32, 000 persons that are estimated by UNAIDS...

Principal of Anchovy High School in St. James, Lavern Stewart

5 years ago Health & Wellness

100 Anchovy High School Students Vaccinated at Vaccination Blitz

Some 100 students who attend Anchovy High school in St. James have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19), at a vaccination blitz held at the institution on November 25. The event targeted students and parents, as the administration pushes to get 65 percent of the student population vaccinated to facilitate the resumption of face-to-face classes. The blitz was hosted in...