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Senior pastor of Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Astor Carlyle, delivers the sermon at the thanksgiving service on Sunday August 1t to mark Jamaica’s 59th anniversary of independence.

Jamaicans In The US Celebrate 59th Independence Anniversary

Scores of Jamaicans joined the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC by teleconference on Sunday, August 1 to commemorate the 183rd anniversary of the freedom of enslaved Africans in the British Commonwealth as well as the 59th anniversary of Jamaica’s...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (seated, right), applauds young people who stood to indicate their interest in the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) at the launch of the programme on July 30 at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland. YSEP will run from August 9 to September 3 and will employ 6,000 youth across the island.

PHOTO: Minister McKenzie At Launch Of Youth Summer Employment Programme

Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaking in the House of Representatives on June 15.

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), addressing representatives of the Caribbean Alternative Investment Association (CARAIA) at the AC Hotel Kingston recently. The meeting was aimed at discussing the creation of an enabling environment to foster investments, leading to the growth of small and medium-sized tourism enterprises.

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr.

Parents Urged To Reach Out To NPSC For Support

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the launch of the 2021 Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP), at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education in Portland on July 30.

5 years ago Local Government

New Areas Added To Youth Summer Employment Programme

The fifth cohort of the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) has been launched, with new areas of focus added for the approximately 6,000 youth who will participate this year. The programme will run from August 9 to September 3 and will give the participants an opportunity to earn and gain skills over the summer break. Minister of Local Government and...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 update of Monday, August 2, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 115 53,543 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 71 29,989 Males 44 23,551 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 days to 90 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 4 2,816 Hanover 1 1,541 KSA 35 14,664 Manchester 13 3,293 Portland 4 1,617 St. Ann...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), presents the winner’s trophy to Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2021, Dominic Reid, following her coronation at the Little Theatre in Kingston on Sunday (August 1). Ms. Reid, a dental surgeon who represented Manchester, is the daughter of 1991 Festival Queen, Karlene Kelly-Reid. At left is first runner-up in this year’s competition, Miss Westmoreland, Nakinskie Robinson. The Festival Queen competition, which forms part of the Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence celebrations, is organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).

5 years ago CultureEntertainment

PHOTOS: Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2021 Coronation

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (right); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams (2nd right); and Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (2nd left), join other congregants in singing a hymn during an Independence Church Service at Maldon Baptist Church in St. James on Sunday (August 1).

5 years ago Local GovernmentRural Development

Jamaicans Encouraged to Stand United Against Crime and Violence

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, is encouraging Jamaicans to take a united stand against crime and violence which, he says, threatens to undermine the nation’s civil liberties. In a message delivered during an Independence Church Service at Maldon Baptist Church in St. James on Sunday (August 1), Mr. Davis said...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

5 years ago CoronavirusCultureEntertainmentSport

Preparations Underway for Jamaica 60

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that preparations are in high gear to mark the country’s 60th anniversary of Independence in 2022. “We are already on our way with the Jamaica 60 logo, which was selected through a competition,” she said in a video message aired at the National Emancipation and Independence thanksgiving service held...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for Southwest St. Elizabeth, Hon. Floyd Green, assists in packaging meals for delivery to elderly persons and shut-ins in Middle Quarters recently, under an initiative organised by the Middle Quarters Community Development Committee (CDC). Serving the soup is Secretary of the CDC, Natasha Williams.

5 years ago AgricultureCoronavirusFisheries

Middle Quarters CDC Treats Elderly, Shut-Ins

More than 200 elderly persons and shut-ins from Middle Quarters and its environs in St. Elizabeth were treated to a warm meal and care packages recently by the Middle Quarters Community Development Committee (CDC). President of the Middle Quarters CDC, Stashauna Burnett, told JIS News that the initiative was in response to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), presents a tablet to Aaron Shields (left) of the Grants Pen Primary and Infant School in St. Thomas, while summer school programme organiser, 16-year old Jaheim Brown, looks on. Occasion was a fun day activity organised by Jaheim at Hope Botanical Gardens in St. Andrew on July 31, to close out the annual summer programme, which he organises for young children in his Yallahs community.

5 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Summer School Programme Going Well – Minister Williams

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that the first staging of the National Summer School Programme is going well. “We are pleased with summer school…our tutors took to it and our students as well and summer school is (doing) what it (is) intended to do, especially with the (face- to-face component), in terms of finding some of...