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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), welcomes Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Toshimitsu Motegi (right), on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, on July 19. At centre is Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), welcomes Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Toshimitsu Motegi (right), on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, on July 19. At centre is Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara.

PHOTOS: Japan Foreign Affairs Minister’s Arrival

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), and Real Estate Board (REB) Chairman, Andrew James, in discussion at a recently held press conference at the Real Estate Training Institute, to provide an update on the REB’s merger with the Commission of Strata Corporations.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), and Real Estate Board (REB) Chairman, Andrew James, in discussion at a recently held press conference at the Real Estate Training Institute, to provide an update on the REB’s merger with the Commission of Strata Corporations.

Real Estate Board Lauded For Service
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage Grey. (Mark Bell Photo)
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage Grey. (Mark Bell Photo)

Hundreds Of JPs Sensitised About Child Abuse
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck.
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck.

Government Seeks Private Partner To Build Parish Court In St. Ann
Deputy Supervisor of Insolvency in the Office of the Supervisor of Insolvency (OSI), Fayola Evans-Roberts.
Deputy Supervisor of Insolvency in the Office of the Supervisor of Insolvency (OSI), Fayola Evans-Roberts.

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Caribbean Credit Repair Association, President, Dennise Williams.
Industry

Credit Repair Summit To Bring Dignity To Consumer Debt

Jamaicans will be able to access a wealth of information about credit repair at the Caribbean Credit Repair Association (CCRA) Credit Restoration Virtual Summit. The two-day summit will be held on Thursday, July 22 and Friday July 23, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and streamed on the Financially Focused Facebook page and YouTube channel. The theme for the event...
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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Promotion Officer Implores Partygoers To Adhere To COVID-19 Protocols

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, is urging partygoers in the parish to adhere to established coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols when attending entertainment events. In an interview with JIS News, he said that since the entertainment sector reopened on July 1, there have been reports that patrons continue to flout COVID-19 protocols. “We have to...
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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update for Monday, July 19, 202

  NEW CASES  24 HRS  OVERALL    NOTES  Confirmed Cases  62  51,282    SEX CLASSIFICATION        Females  36  28,706    Males  26  22,573    Under Investigation  0  3    AGE RANGE  2 years to 95 years  1 day to 108 years              PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES        Clarendon  1  2,750 ...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), and stakeholders of the Delveland community in Westmoreland, look at a one-bed board house, which is to be replaced by a two-bedroom unit for a poor family of six. The visit took place on July 15.
Housing

Poor Family In Westmoreland To Get Housing Unit

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation are to collaborate on an indigent housing project for a family from the Delveland area in the parish.  During a tour in Westmoreland on July 15, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, visited the family of six, who are currently living in a small one-bedroom board dwelling.  He described their situation as “appalling” and noted that the Government intends...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), displays keys for the new three-bedroom house handed over to Dawnette Henry (left), at a social housing ceremony, held on July 16, in Farm Pen, St. Mary. Sharing the moment (from second left) are: Councillor for the Carron Hall Division, Doreen Hutchinson; Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Hon. Robert Montague, and Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary.
Housing

Systems and Processes of CDF Improved

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has spent much time improving the systems and the processes of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Speaking at the handing over of a social housing unit in Farm Pen, St. Mary, on July 16, Mr. Holness said he is cautioning against very quick responses from the Fund, as requests must...
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