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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left); and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, unveil the logo for the Government's newly launched $800 million Social Pension Programme, during a virtual ceremony from Jamaica House on Friday (July 30).

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...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (centre), is in conversation with Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Dr. Michelle Charles (left), and Councillor for the Dalvey Division, Michael McLeod (right), while on a tour of the Cheswick community in the parish on Wednesday (July 28).

Residents Of Beneficiary Communities Encouraged To Embrace Rural Development Programme

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is accompanied by Councillor for the Porus division, Claudia Morant-Baker and Mayor of Mandeville, Donovan Mitchell, during a visit to the emergency shelter at the St. Jago Primary and Infant School in Manchester. The Minister toured sections of the parish recently.

PHOTOS: Minister McKenzie Tours Emergency Shelter in South Manchester

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

Citizens Encouraged To Support Plastic Ban-Compliant Businesses

Director of Product Quality, Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Deanne Keating-Campbell. (Contributed Photo)

TPDCo Issues Over 1,000 COVID Compliance Certificates To Tourism Entities

Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents the 2021 Medal of Honour for General Service to Corporal J. Dawkins during the Jamaica Defence Force Armed Forces Day Parade on Friday (July 30), at Up Park Camp, Kingston. Looking on is Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Rocky Meade (left).

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Medals Presented To JDF Personnel

One hundred and forty members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Friday (July 30) received the 2021 Medal of Honour for General Service. The medals were presented by Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, and Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the JDF’s Armed Forces Day Parade at Up Park...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right), speaks with British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad (2nd left), at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Friday (July 30), following the arrival of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines from the United Kingdom. They were joined by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Receives 300,000 Doses of Vaccines From The UK

Jamaica, on Friday (July 30), received its largest shipment of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to date, with a donation of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca from the Government of the United Kingdom (UK). The vaccines, which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston aboard a British Airways flight at approximately 4:20 p.m., will be deployed to public health institutions islandwide...

Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Public Relations Officer, Emeleo Ebanks.

5 years ago Local Government

Practise Alternatives To Burning When Clearing Land – JFB

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is encouraging persons to practise alternatives to burning when clearing land and disposing of the brush generated. This call comes as the Brigade is again seeing an increase in bushfires across the island. “We really have to again implore Jamaicans, especially those who are lighting fires to clear farmland, to desist from doing this,” JFB...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Byran, speaking during the Ministry’s virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (July 29).

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Over 307,000 Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines Administered

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, says that more than 307,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to date. “We have inoculated approximately 180,000 persons with one dose and 127,000 persons with two doses (of the AstraZeneca vaccine),” he informed during the Ministry’s virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (July 29). He...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, addresses the Governor-General’s Achievement Awards ceremony held at King’s House on July 30.

5 years ago Governor General

Three Exemplary Jamaicans Receive Special 30th Anniversary Governor-General’s Achievement Awards

Three Jamaicans, who have emerged from humble beginnings to make valuable contributions to their communities, were presented with the special 30th Anniversary Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA), during a ceremony held at King’s House on Thursday (July 29). They are Dr. Chris Kevin Parchment from the county of Cornwall, Krisan Chantae Ennis from Middlesex, and Khadine Natoya “Miss Kitty” Hylton from...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), addressing representatives of the Caribbean Alternative Investment Association (CARAIA), during a meeting at the AC Kingston Marriott Hotel, on Thursday (July 29). 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.

5 years ago Tourism

Jamaica To Welcome 4.2 Million Visitors, Earn US$4 Billion By 2024

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is projecting that Jamaica will recover sufficiently from the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to welcome 4.2 million visitors and generate some US$4 billion in earnings by 2024. He said that the projections are based on the growth trends since the island’s borders were reopened to international travel in June 2020, after being closed...

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Jamaica, His Excellency Faisal Falah Alharbi (shown on the monitor), officially hands over medical supplies and equipment valued at $32 million to Jamaica during a virtual ceremony from the Health and Wellness Ministry on Thursday (July 29). From left are Executive Director of the Ministry

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Gets Medical Supplies Valued At Over $32 Million From Saudi Arabia

The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has donated essential medical equipment and supplies valued at over $32 million to Jamaica to aid in the country’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The donation, which was facilitated through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, comprises 25,000 surgical sterile gowns, 125,000 non-sterile surgical gowns, 188,000 medical masks,1.6 million...