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Dr Donna-Michelle Royer Powe - Director of Medical Services, DCS Lt. Col. (Retired) Gary Rowe – Commissioner of Corrections Ms. Shauna Trowers – Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security Senator the Honorable Matthew Samuda, Ministry of National Security John McIntyre, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy Dr. Varough Deyde, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy John Celestine, Coordinator, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Embassy Bernell Kerr- Financial Specialist, U.S. Embassy Tomaisha Hendricks – Cooperative Agreement Manager, U.S. Embassy
Dr Donna-Michelle Royer Powe - Director of Medical Services, DCS Lt. Col. (Retired) Gary Rowe – Commissioner of Corrections Ms. Shauna Trowers – Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security Senator the Honorable Matthew Samuda, Ministry of National Security John McIntyre, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy Dr. Varough Deyde, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy John Celestine, Coordinator, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Embassy Bernell Kerr- Financial Specialist, U.S. Embassy Tomaisha Hendricks – Cooperative Agreement Manager, U.S. Embassy

U.S. Government Donates COVID-19 Supplies to Jamaica’s Department of Correctional Services

As part of the United States Government’s ongoing commitment to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. Embassy through the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) donated medical supplies and equipment to the Department of Correctional Services to assist with...
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (second left), presents a tablet to grade-four Portsmouth Primary School student, Sarah Malcolm. Occasion was a ceremony held at the Ministry in Kingston on Tuesday (June 29), to hand over 50 tablets donated by the Toll Authority of Jamaica to the school based in Portmore, St. Cathrine. Looking on (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South Eastern, Robert Miller (left); Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Custos of Clarendon and Board Chairman of the Toll Authority of Jamaica, William Shagoury.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (second left), presents a tablet to grade-four Portsmouth Primary School student, Sarah Malcolm. Occasion was a ceremony held at the Ministry in Kingston on Tuesday (June 29), to hand over 50 tablets donated by the Toll Authority of Jamaica to the school based in Portmore, St. Cathrine. Looking on (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South Eastern, Robert Miller (left); Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Custos of Clarendon and Board Chairman of the Toll Authority of Jamaica, William Shagoury.

Toll Authority Donates 50 Tablets To Portsmouth Primary School Students
Executive Director of the Victim Services Division of the Justice Ministry, Osbourne Bailey, explains the many services and offerings of the Division.
Executive Director of the Victim Services Division of the Justice Ministry, Osbourne Bailey, explains the many services and offerings of the Division.

VSD Serves More Than 36,000 Children Since 2006
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), converses with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick, and Chairman, Andrew James, during Tuesday’s (June 29) digital press conference 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), converses with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick, and Chairman, Andrew James, during Tuesday’s (June 29) digital press conference to provide an update on the REB’s merger with the Commission of Strata Corporations.

Legislation To Merge Real Estate Board, Commission Of Strata Corporations To Finalise Shortly
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), along with Records Officer, Real Estate Board/Commission of Strata Corporations, Demesha Marsh, views files that are to be digitised during a tour of the Agency, in Kingston on June 29.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), along with Records Officer, Real Estate Board/Commission of Strata Corporations, Demesha Marsh, views files that are to be digitised during a tour of the Agency, in Kingston on June 29.

PHOTOS: Minister Pearnel Charles Jr Tours REB/CSC

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Acting Manager of the Air Quality Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Shannen Suckra, services a BAM1020 particulate analyser, at NEPA’s Spanish Town air quality monitoring station.
Environment

NEPA Shares Tips To Cope With Saharan Dust

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is sharing tips with persons sensitive to air pollutants, as the country is in the midst of a period for Saharan dust intrusion. The Saharan air layer is an annual phenomenon that mainly impacts Jamaica between the periods June to August and December to March, reducing visibility and exacerbating respiratory challenges. “The first...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (File Photo)
Tourism

Tourism Transportation Sub-Sector to Benefit from $70 Million Loan Facility Starting July 1

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has announced that the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Jamaica National Small Business Loans Ltd (JNSBL) to make $70 million accessible to operators in the tourism ground transportation sub-sector, who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister Bartlett made the announcement as he provided an update...
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Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Senate, recently.
Senate

Senate Passes Bill To Empower Council Of Community Colleges Of Jamaica

The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (Amendment, Validation and Indemnity) Act, 2021 was passed in the Senate, recently. The Bill seeks to expressly empower the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) to grant and confer academic awards and distinctions and to rescind such awards and distinctions where the Council may have good and sufficient cause so to do,...
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Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaking in the House of Representatives, recently.
Community

1.3 Kilometres Of Zinc Fencing To Be Replaced In August Town

Some 1.3 kilometres of zinc fencing is to be removed and new concrete barriers constructed in August Town, which is currently under a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO). Following surveys done in May, the areas to benefit from the project are Cemetery Road, Africa Gardens, Bedward Gardens, June Road, Barrett Drive, August Town main road, and Bryce Hill main road....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a press conference at the SCJ Holdings Limited in St. Catherine on Friday (June 25).
Agriculture

New Unit To Manage Lease Of Farmlands In Greater Bernard Lodge Development

The Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings Limited has been instructed to form a lease management unit that will better manage arrangements made for the lease of agricultural lands in the Greater Bernard Lodge Development. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during a press conference at SCJ Holdings Limited in St. Catherine on Friday (June 25),...
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Acting CEO of the Cannabis Licensing Authority, Faith Graham​​. (JIS File Photo)
Industry

CLA Issues 42 Export Authorisations To 10 Entities Since 2018

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has issued 42 export authorisations to 10 entities from across the world since 2018. These entities are from Africa, North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Oceania. The Authority created an Interim Export/Import Policy that has allowed licencees to export cannabis and its extracts since 2018, due to an absence of export regulations, which is at...
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