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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, delivers remarks at the installation ceremony for the incoming President, Vivette Miller and Board of Directors 2021-2022 of the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston held at the Cherry Gardens Great House on July 10.

Service Clubs Encouraged To Implement Social Intervention Programmes In Communities

Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang is encouraging service organisations and the private sector to assist with social interventions in the communities of Downtown, Kingston. “There is tremendous potential for partnerships to bring meaningful...

The entrance to the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston.

Entrance To Bustamante Hospital For Children To Be Renovated

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivering the keynote address during Friday’s (July 9) groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of IMCA Jamaica Limited’s corporate office on Spanish Town Road in Kingston.

PM On Link Between COVID-19 Vaccinations And Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery

Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) along with Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Marianne Van Steen (2rd left, foreground) and Minister of Tourism and Member of Parliament for St. James East Central, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (3rd left, Foreground), cut the ribbon to officially open the rehabilitated Adelphi Police Station in St. James on Friday (July 9). Sharing in the moment (from left, background) are: Permanent Secretary in the National Security Ministry, Courtney Williams; Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson; and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry.

Adelphi Police Station Officially Reopened

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is accompanied by Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (background) and Market Manager of the Charles Gordon Market, Mikoyan Robinson (right), during a tour of the facility in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, July 9.

$60 Million To Rehabilitate Charles Gordon Market

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), interacts with Head of the St James Infirmary, Matron Jacqueline Wilson (right), during a tour of the newly constructed male ward at the St. James Infirmary, located along Albion Road in Montego Bay, on Friday, July 9.

5 years ago Local Government

Minister Mckenzie Tours Newly Constructed Male Ward at St. James Infirmary

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on Friday (July 9) toured a newly constructed male ward at the St. James Infirmary, located along Albion Road in Montego Bay. The facility was recently completed at a cost of $45 million, after being in construction since 2016. Some 45 male residents are to occupy the new ward, where...

Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Central and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd left) and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) listen attentively to grade six student at the Eltham Park Primary School, Zuriel Radcliffe (left), at a handover ceremony for tablet computers held on July 9, at the school in St. Catherine. Others from (2nd right ) are Guidance Counsellor, Ensom City Primary, Ian Ashley and Grade four student at the Ensom City Primary school, Chevanese Williams.

5 years ago Education

Students Not Consistently Engaged in Online Learning, Targeted for In-Person Classes

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams says children who have not been able to consistently engage with the education system’s online learning environment, will be targeted for in person learning, under the Ministry’s National Summer School. The initiative seeks to engage students in both face- to- face and online learning modalities. More than 43,000 students are participating in...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

5 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Commends TPDCO on 25 Years of Sustaining Jamaica’s Tourism Product

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has commended the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) for its role in sustaining Jamaica’s tourism product. The Minister’s comments were made in a video message at the TPDCo 25th Anniversary Church Service held recently at the Andrews Memorial Seventh Day Adventist Church in Kingston and Fresh Bread Ministries in Montego Bay. “Since opening its doors...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing the sitting of the Senate on July 9.

5 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Will Continue to Monitor Developments in Haiti

Jamaica remains engaged as part of CARICOM’s response to the crisis in the Republic of Haiti, precipitated by the assassination of its President His Excellency Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday, 7th July 2021. Making a statement in the Senate on July 9, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith said Jamaica condemns the heinous incident...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, addresses the recent ceremony for the handing over of a police post at the Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel, St. Mary.

5 years ago Transport

AAJ Making Significant Investments in Improving Aerodromes

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) is making significant investments in improving aerodrome facilities across the country. Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, in making the disclosure, said that at the Lionel Densham Airport in St. Elizabeth “we are about to spend J$100 million to overlay the runway and to put in a little terminal building”. “That is...

Project Director for the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) and the new Social Pension Programme, in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Elsa Marks Willis.

5 years ago Social Security

30,000 Persons to Benefit from New Social Pension Programme

It is estimated that more than 30,000 citizens will benefit from the Government’s new Social Pension Programme. This was disclosed by the Project Director for The Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) and the new Social Pension Programme, in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Elsa Marks Willis, during an interview with JIS News. The Social Pension...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, engages with Restorative Justice Coordinator, Andriene Lindsay, during a vitrual town hall last year.

5 years ago Justice

Restorative Justice Unit Training More Facilitators to Strengthen Programme Delivery

The Restorative Justice Unit (RJU) in the Ministry of Justice is training more restorative justice (RJ) facilitators as part of efforts to strengthen the delivery of RJ services to Jamaicans. These facilitators are being prepared to lead the conferences, which are key tools in the RJ process. These conferences are structured meetings involving offenders, victims, families and friends of the...