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NWC Spends Over JA$ 100m For Luana To Middle Quarters Pipeline Replacement Project

The National Water Commission (NWC) recently completed the Luana to Middle Quarters Pipeline Replacement project, valued at over JA $100 million, in the parish of St. Elizabeth. Highlighting the main objectives of the project was NWC’s Regional Manager Jermaine Jackson....

Member of Parliament for the St. Andrew West Rural and Minister of State for Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.

Mount Ogle to Lawrence Tavern Roadway to be Rehabilitated

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) addresses residents inside the Mocho Health Centre in Clarendon during a vaccination sensitisation tour on Thursday (October 7). He is flanked by Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central and State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (left), and Councillor for the Mocho Division, Romaine Morris.

One Million Jabs by November 30

Attorneys Encouraged to Serve on Legal Aid Council Panel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right), displays the keys for a 16-seater minibus, donated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to support the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response. The bus was among items handed over at the PAHO office located at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on Thursday (October 7). Sharing the moment (from left) are Director of the Caribbean Regional Office, CDC, Dr. Varough Deyde; Chargé d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Kingston, John McIntyre; and PAHO/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Ian Stein.

Jamaica Receives Bus, Lab Supplies From CDC and PAHO

Former Information Officer of the Jamaica Information Service, and Community Liaison Officer, Consulate General of Jamaica, Miami, Florida, Cheryl Wynter.

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Former JIS Information Officer Gets Badge of Honour For Meritorious Service

For her contribution to the Jamaican Consulate in Miami and the diaspora, the Government will present the Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service to former Information Officer for the Jamaica Information Service, Cheryl Wynter, on National Heroes Day, October 18. A daughter from the parish of Westmoreland, Ms. Wynter describes herself as a Jamaican at heart and has, over the...

Programme Director for the Florence Elderly and Shut-In Feeding Programme, Erica Robinson-Daley (third right), and programme volunteers prepare to package food items and toiletries for distribution to the elderly and shut-ins from Tucker, St. James. This was at the Tucker Wesleyan Holiness Church in St. James, recently. The volunteers (from left) are Dorett Lawrence; Remaine Bell; Tossheena Webber; Lee Tosha Webber; Kenaire James; and Adrine Waite.

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Social Worker Helping Tucker’s Elderly And Shut-Ins

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact communities across the island, creating health and economic challenges, social worker, Erica Robinson-Daley, is assisting less fortunate persons in Tucker, St. James, providing them with food items. This is through her ‘Florence Elderly and Shut-in Feeding Programme,’ which was launched on July 21 with the help of colleague Dorett Lawrence. The programme...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing the House of Representatives on October 6.

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Disabilities Act to Take Effect February 14, 2022

The Disabilities Act is to come into effect on February 14, 2022. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the announcement during Wednesday’s (October.6) sitting of the House of Representatives as he tabled the Disabilities Regulations, 2021, Resolution. The Regulations were approved by Members of the House and will now enable the Disabilities Act and all its...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), assists young Melissa Samuels in putting on her mask during a recent tour of communities in the constituency.

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Golden Valley to Get Community Park

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, says a community park is to be established in Golden Valley in her constituency. Mrs. Cuthbert-Flynn, who was making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 5), informed...

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

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Cabinet Approves Proposal For Seven Years of Secondary Education

A proposal for the establishment of seven years of secondary education in Jamaica has been approved by Cabinet. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure while addressing Wednesday’s (October 6) virtual post-Cabinet press briefing, said this will allow all students to have access to learning opportunities in grades 12 and 13 (sixth form). “The...

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Draft National Population And Sustainable Development Policy For Public Consultation

Cabinet has approved the draft National Population and Sustainable Development Policy as a Green Paper for public consultation and for tabling in Parliament. This was noted by Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the virtual post-Cabinet press briefing, on Wednesday (October 6). In 1983, Jamaica was among the first developing countries to formulate and adopt an explicit...

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MP Welcomes Plans To Upgrade Lawrence Tavern

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, is welcoming the infrastructural improvements to be undertaken in Lawrence Tavern under the Government’s rural development programme. She noted that the town centre has outgrown its space. “The square is congested and is badly in need of reconfiguring, so I look forward to what’s to come for the people...