Over 200 Jamaicans were honoured for outstanding contribution to nation building during the virtual 2021 National Honours and Awards ceremony held on National Heroes’ Day Monday, October 18. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, conferred the nation’s fourth highest honour, the Order of Merit (OM) on this year’s sole recipient, Professor Donald Jasper Harris for outstanding contribution...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), places a floral arrangement at the monument of the National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey at National Heroes Park in Kingston. Observing the proceedings (from second left) are: the Governor-General’s Aide-de-Camp, Major Dwayne Hill; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; and State Minister for...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, has thanked the residents of Bath, St. Thomas for the work they have done in helping to find nine-year old Phylicia Prussia. Hundreds of residents, including members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Jamaica Defence Force, had formed search groups to find Phylicia who had...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended citizens who visited the Alexandria Community Hospital in St. Ann to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The Prime Minister was addressing citizens during a vaccination mobilisation visit to the community hospital and the Redemption Faith Church vaccination centres in Calderwood, in the parish on Thursday (October 14). “Thank you for coming out...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information the Hon. Robert Morgan, says education administrators should collaborate with the Ministry to design suitable programmes and curricula that will match emerging jobs. Minister Morgan was speaking at the 29th Annual Conference of the Association of Principals and Vice Principals which was held virtually on Sunday, (October 17). He...

The performance by frontline health workers and Olympians from the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo has benefitted Jamaica tremendously. This from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange who made the comment while speaking at a virtual National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Church Service held Sunday (October 17) at the Waltham Park New Testament Church, 65 Waltham Park...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says the country’s strong performance in revenue increases has been gobbled away to manage the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Prime Minister who was responding to questions from JIS News, while on a vaccination mobilisation in Richmond, St. Mary on Friday (October 15), said all ministry budgets have been “impacted” to reallocate resources for...