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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

The Government is expanding support for young people pursuing training and other engagements in agriculture. Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, said that $120 million has been allocated to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education...

Cruise Ships Return to Falmouth November 8

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

More Youth to Be Reached Under Rural Economic Empowerment Programme

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

STATIN Develops Export and Import Price Indices

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. — 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.

PHOTOS: CPFSA Conducts Grief Counselling In St. Thomas

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

5 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.

5 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).

5 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.

5 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...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness addresses a group of healthcare professionals at the James Hill health Centre in Clarendon on Thursday (October 21).

5 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & WellnessPrime Minister

PM Praises Healthcare Workers While Encouraging Vaccination

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has lauded healthcare workers for efforts to ensure safety of the public during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking with a group of healthcare professionals at the James Hill Health Centre in Clarendon on Thursday (October 21), the Prime Minister said he is aware of the long hours they work as the country battles...

Senior Medical Officer at the Bustamante Hospital for Children Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson (left), looks at medical items donated to the Hospital by Diaspora for Children Foundation at a hand over ceremony at the institution on Wednesday (October 20). Others pictured from left are: Director of Nursing Services, Beverley Senior-Berry (partially hidden), member of the Diaspora for Children Cadell Green, Administrator at the Hospital Karlene Taylor-McKenzie, Regional Director at the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Errol Greene, and Country Representative, Diaspora for Children Foundation, Kimberly Nain.

5 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

PHOTOS: Bustamante Hospital for Children Gets Supplies from US Based Foundation

Senior Medical Officer at the Bustamante Hospital for Children Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson (left), looks at medical items donated to the Hospital by Diaspora for Children Foundation at a hand over ceremony at the institution on Wednesday (October 20). Others pictured from left are: Director of Nursing Services, Beverley Senior-Berry (partially hidden), member of the Diaspora for Children Cadell Green, Administrator...

Monitoring Officer in the Southern Region of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Julia Wesley Wyndham.

5 years ago CommunityYouth

Training for Managers Assigned to Residential Childcare Facilities

In keeping with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) mandate to provide adequate care and protection for children in State care, more than 100 managers and senior members of staff assigned to residential childcare facilities will participate in virtual sensitisation training sessions up to December 2021. This was disclosed by Monitoring Officer in the Southern Region of the...