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President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Karen Brown, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, which was held at the JIS Montego Bay Regional Office, in St. James, on Saturday ( October 23).

Increase In Level of Compliance – JAPHI

President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Karen Brown, says there has been an increase in the level of compliance with the occupational health and safety protocols by places of employment, since the onset of the COVID-19...

Consumers Encouraged to Be Careful When Purchasing Food

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), and Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes (left), join in the singing of a hymn during the Annual Assize Church Service to mark the Opening Session of the Michaelmas Term of the Home Circuit Court, at the St. Andrew Parish Church on Sunday (October 24).

Justice Minister Wants More Timely Completion of Court Cases

Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addressing the 2021 Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Fund semi-virtual scholarship presentation ceremony hosted by Jamaica 4-H Clubs in Kingston, on October 21.

Agriculture Ministry Expands Support for Young People

Cruise Ships Return to Falmouth November 8

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw.

4 years ago AgricultureEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentYouth

More Youth to Be Reached Under Rural Economic Empowerment Programme

The Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) will be expanded to provide more young people with the necessary training, along with the requisite tools, so that they can pursue successful agricultural businesses. Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, said that the move is in keeping with the Government’s commitment to increase youth engagement in the...

Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Director General, Carol Coy, speaking during the agency’s digital quarterly media briefing held recently.

4 years ago Commerce

STATIN Develops Export and Import Price Indices

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Guidance Counsellor with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kadean Flemings-Gordon (right), shows children something interesting on her laptop computer during a trauma counselling session at the Bath Methodist Chapel in Bath, St. Thomas on Friday (October 22).
As part of its response mechanism, the CPFSA is conducting a series of trauma counselling sessions for the children impacted by the recent abductions and violent incidents in Bath, St. Thomas.
The sessions are geared at alleviating the high levels of stress, anxiety and fear currently being experienced by the children in the area.

4 years ago CommunityYouth

PHOTOS: CPFSA Conducts Grief Counselling In St. Thomas

President of the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) Brigadier Radgh Mason

4 years ago Youth

CMA expanding skills training opportunities for the youth

President of the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) Brigadier Radgh Mason, says the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) continues to strengthen its comprehensive youth engagement programme aimed at impacting unattached young men and women across the island. The initiative is in collaboration with the HEART/NSTA Trust and the Ministry of National Security. The CMA is the academic institutional arm of the JDF....

Members of the Trelawny Healthcare team engaging in the vaccination of community members, as they go house to house in the Deeside area.

4 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

House to House Vaccination Begins

At least nine health departments across the island have begun house to house vaccination. Healthcare teams, including public health nurses and community health aides from Hanover, Manchester, St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, Westmoreland, St. Ann, St. Mary, Portland and St. Thomas have been deployed to communities across the island to administer the COVID-19 vaccines to shut-ins, disabled and the elderly. According to...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (October 6).

4 years ago Education

Gov’t Committed to Expanding Access to Higher Education

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is committed to expanding access to higher education in order to prepare citizens to participate in a competitive global environment. She noted that providing opportunity for more Jamaicans to engage in higher education and training is in keeping with the national Vision 2030 framework, which is aimed at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), looks at the $40 million genome sequencing machine installed at the National Influenza Centre at the University Hospital of the University of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew, during the official handover of the equipment on Friday (October 22). At right is State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn.

4 years ago Prime Minister

Gov’t Equipping Health System for Current and Future Emergencies – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is equipping the public health system to manage the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and future emergencies. Delivering the keynote address at the handover of a $40 million genome sequencing machine at the National Influenza Centre (NIC) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew on Friday...