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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...

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.

Middle Quarters CDC Treats Elderly, Shut-Ins

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.

Summer School Programme Going Well – Minister Williams

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while addressing journalists at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Friday (July 30), where he welcomed the arrival of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines from the United Kingdom (UK). Others (from left) are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; UK High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad; and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Vaccines Offer Hope for Faster Return to Normal Life- PM

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (File Photo)

Virtual Celebrations for Jamaica 59

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Faval Williams (seated right) and Country Representative for Microsoft, Yamile Bustamante (seated left), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a five-year Digital Skills Programme, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Tuesday (July 27). Observing in the background (from left) are: Marketing Manager for Microsoft, Latoya Duffus; Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean; and Senior Education Officer, Meloney Rhynie.

5 years ago Education

Over 150,000 Jamaicans To Benefit From 5-Year Digital Skills Programme

Over 150,000 Jamaicans are to benefit from a five-year Digital Skills Programme being undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Microsoft. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the partnership was signed on July 27, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston. The objective is to equip persons will the digital skills needed to fill in-demand...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher, displays information on the Superior Efficacy of Front of Package Warning Labels in Jamaica Study, during a virtual press briefing held on July 29.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Study Finds Octagonal Warning Labels Best Help Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices

A study on front-of-package labeling (FOPL) in Jamaica has found that octagonal warning labels perform best in helping local consumers make healthier food choices. Octagonal warnings were the easiest to use and understand by persons choosing food and drink products at supermarkets across nine parishes throughout the country during the information gathering process. Consumers showed that the octagonal warning labels...

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

MOH Urges Persons To Report Any Adverse Effects From Vaccines

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis, is encouraging persons to report any adverse events from the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. “We continue to collect information from the field, we do encourage persons to report adverse events. We do recommend that persons come in to us so that we can assess them, we...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a ceremony for the award of scholarships and bursaries under the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s (WCJF) Advancing Secondary, Tertiary, Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) Programme, held virtually on July 29.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Minister Grange Urges Support For Women Centre’s A-STREAM Programme

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is urging increased support for the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s (WCJF) Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) Programme. “I again make the appeal to corporate Jamaica and to individuals to come on stream with the A-STREAM programme,” she said, noting that with substantial support “there is no limit...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

5 years ago Environment

Entities Now Have Until September 30 To Comply With Third Phase Of Plastic Ban

Entities now have until September 30, 2021, to comply with the third phase of the ban on single use plastics following a further three-month extension granted by the Government. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. made the disclosure during a recent interview with JIS News. “Following discussions with the private sector stakeholders and...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry’s Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Programme Review Conference in Montego Bay, recently.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

NCDs Must Be Seen As An Economic Problem – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, says that the crisis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) must be seen as an economic problem and a challenge for development more broadly. He said that the household burden of NCDs has pushed a significant number of people globally into poverty, noting that it has also affected labour productivity and the...

5 years ago Social Security

PM Launches $800 Million Social Pension Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (July 30) officially launched the Government’s $800 million Social Pension Programme, which provides a guaranteed income for vulnerable persons 75 years and older. Seniors targeted are those not currently in receipt of a pension, disability benefit or other retirement benefits, cash grants from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education...