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GovNet Project Manager in the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Luke Jackson.
GovNet Project Manager in the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Luke Jackson.

Work to Start Soon on GovNet Platform

Work is soon to get underway to build out a broadband network for the public sector called GovNet. GovNet is the platform that will provide a secure network for all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). It will also support the...
Deputy Managing Director, Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Owen Smith explains the JUTC
Deputy Managing Director, Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Owen Smith explains the JUTC's role in the School Train Service that is to be rolled out by the Jamaica Railway Corporation in September. Photo: Peta-Gay Hodges

720 Students in St Catherine to Benefit from School Train Service
Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis.
Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis.

Parents Urged to Facilitate Vaccination of Children
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), engages with students from St. Catherine schools, who participated in the Ministry’s final test run of the school train service, which is scheduled to begin in September. The students are (from left to right): Rachel Duncan of McAuley Primary; Ruth Reid of Old Harbour High; and Gabrielle Christian of St. Jago High.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), engages with students from St. Catherine schools, who participated in the Ministry’s final test run of the school train service, which is scheduled to begin in September. The students are (from left to right): Rachel Duncan of McAuley Primary; Ruth Reid of Old Harbour High; and Gabrielle Christian of St. Jago High.

Transport Ministry Conducts Final Test Run of School Train Service
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), speaking during a send-off ceremony held at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) in Kingston on Thursday (August 12) for athletes representing Jamaica at the World Athletics Under 20 Championships from August 17 to 22 in Nairobi, Kenya. She is flanked by JAAA President, Garth Gayle (left), and Technical Leader for the management team for the games, David Riley.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), speaking during a send-off ceremony held at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) in Kingston on Thursday (August 12) for athletes representing Jamaica at the World Athletics Under 20 Championships from August 17 to 22 in Nairobi, Kenya. She is flanked by JAAA President, Garth Gayle (left), and Technical Leader for the management team for the games, David Riley.

Minister Grange Encourages Under 20 Athletes to Give of Their Best

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), emphasises a point during the virtual COVID Conversations press conference on August 12. Listening (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan; Chief Medical Officer, Jacquiline Bisasor- McKenzie; and Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry, Dr. Melody Ennis.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

More Mobile Vaccination Sites to be Established

The Ministry of Health & Wellness will be establishing more mobile vaccination sites as part of its community-based intervention aimed at significantly increasing the number of Jamaicans inoculated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the intervention forms part of efforts to deal with the third wave of the virus and mobilise as...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the virtual COVID Conversations press conference on August 12.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Vaccination Blitz Continues This Weekend

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that the vaccination blitz will continue this weekend in several parishes. “We are active across the country with our regular blitz operation this Saturday and Sunday and we urge persons to go out and get vaccinated. If you can’t get an appointment online or through the phone lines, go...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (left), hands over a cheque for Can$939.72 (approximately J$117,000) to National Librarian, Beverley Lashley, at the Ministry in downtown Kingston on Thursday (August 12). The donation is on behalf of the Consulate General of Jamaica in Toronto, Canada.
Foreign Affairs

National Library Receives Donation from Consulate General In Toronto

The National Library of Jamaica had received a donation of Can$939.72 (approximately J$117,000) towards the development of a new library building. The contribution represents the proceeds of sales from an online book launch hosted by the Consulate General of Jamaica in Toronto during Black History Month celebrations in February. The book entitled ‘Enduring Advocacy for a Better Jamaica’, is authored...
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Training Manager, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Western Region, Megan Mollison.
Tourism

TPDCo Hosts Free Customer Service Awareness Sessions

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) is hosting a series of free customer service awareness sessions across the island for all contract carriage operators and craft traders within the tourism sector. Training Manager for the TPDCo’s Western Region, Megan Mollison, told JIS News that the sessions, which are underway, “are really just refresher programmes for our tourism personnel” as more...
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