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Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic.
Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic.

Canadian High Commissioner Welcomes Jamaica’s Investment Advisor For Toronto

Newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, has welcomed the country’s recent appointment of an investment advisor in Canada. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) recently appointed Jerrold Johnson...
Coordinator of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Science and Technology Education Unit, Kavelle Hylton (right), shares a photo opportunity with students during a science fair held in 2019. (Photo: Contributed)
Coordinator of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Science and Technology Education Unit, Kavelle Hylton (right), shares a photo opportunity with students during a science fair held in 2019. (Photo: Contributed)

SRC Hosting CSEC Workshops July 1 & 2
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 29).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 29).

Education Minister Announces National School Learning And Intervention Plan
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), examines one of the emergency relief beds donated by the Rapid Relief Team to support the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response. Looking on are volunteer from the Rapid Relief Team, Brian Decasseres (centre) and Sales Manager at DFL Distributors Limited, Matthew Decasseres. A total of 168 emergency relief beds, 200 mattresses and 40 locally made bed sheets, were handed over by the Rapid Relief Team, DFL Distributors Limited and CAMKO Limited, respectively, at the Shalimar Warehouse in Kingston on Tuesday (June 29).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), examines one of the emergency relief beds donated by the Rapid Relief Team to support the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response. Looking on are volunteer from the Rapid Relief Team, Brian Decasseres (centre) and Sales Manager at DFL Distributors Limited, Matthew Decasseres. A total of 168 emergency relief beds, 200 mattresses and 40 locally made bed sheets, were handed over by the Rapid Relief Team, DFL Distributors Limited and CAMKO Limited, respectively, at the Shalimar Warehouse in Kingston on Tuesday (June 29).

Health Ministry Gets Donation Of Beds, Sheets
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

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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.
Education

Toll Authority Donates 50 Tablets To Portsmouth Primary School Students

The Portsmouth Primary School in Portmore, St. Catherine, has received a donation of 50 tablets from the Toll Authority of Jamaica under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ Initiative. The devices, valued at $1.4 million, which come with protective cases and warranties, will benefit needy students who are not on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)....
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Executive Director of the Victim Services Division of the Justice Ministry, Osbourne Bailey, explains the many services and offerings of the Division.
Justice

VSD Serves More Than 36,000 Children Since 2006

The Victim Services Division (VSD) has provided critical support to more than 36,000 children since 2006. The VSD, which operates under the Justice Ministry, provides psychosocial support and social justice services to Jamaicans, free of charge, that help persons to cope and advance victim’s rights. Executive Director of the VSD, Osbourne Bailey, told JIS News that the Division has been...
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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.
Urban Renewal

Legislation To Merge Real Estate Board, Commission Of Strata Corporations To Finalise Shortly

Work is far advanced on the amalgamation of the Real Estate Board (REB) and Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC) into a single Real Estate Authority of Jamaica. This was disclosed by Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., who noted that the operations of the entities have already been merged. He said that the...
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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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