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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon, Christopher Tufton.
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon, Christopher Tufton.

Health Ministry Heightens Zika Response

The Health Ministry will enter the second phase of its public health response to the Zika virus (ZikV), which will target pregnant women and their partners, and persons who develop severe conditions such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). Portfolio Minister, Dr. the...
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (centre), shares a light moment with President of the Jamaica Red Cross, Dr. Dennis Edwards and Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Hon. Sally Porteous. Occasion was the fundraiser banquet of the Mandeville Red Cross held on Saturday (May 28) at the Golf View Hotel.
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (centre), shares a light moment with President of the Jamaica Red Cross, Dr. Dennis Edwards and Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Hon. Sally Porteous. Occasion was the fundraiser banquet of the Mandeville Red Cross held on Saturday (May 28) at the Golf View Hotel.

Mandeville Red Cross Raising Funds for Wheelchair Service
Nurse Andrea James (right) of the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Department, applies pressure to the upper arm of 14-year old Garfield James, after administering a vaccine. Looking on is NCMC member, Judith Hunter (File).
Nurse Andrea James (right) of the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Department, applies pressure to the upper arm of 14-year old Garfield James, after administering a vaccine. Looking on is NCMC member, Judith Hunter (File).

Hundreds of Children Receive Free Health Care
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), assists in preparing an area for expansion of the vegetable garden at the Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew on Labour Day, May 23. Manager of the Home, Jean Duhaney (2nd right), and volunteers of the Scotiabank Foundation, participate in the work day.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), assists in preparing an area for expansion of the vegetable garden at the Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew on Labour Day, May 23. Manager of the Home, Jean Duhaney (2nd right), and volunteers of the Scotiabank Foundation, participate in the work day.

Homestead Place of Safety gets Facelift on Labour Day
Members of the Catherine Hall Citizens Association building one of three concrete skips in their community on Labour Day (May 23).
Members of the Catherine Hall Citizens Association building one of three concrete skips in their community on Labour Day (May 23).

Volunteers Work on Charles Gordon Market

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Rains no Deterrent to Labour Day Projects in St. Ann and Trelawny

Despite heavy mid-afternoon showers in western and north-eastern parishes, scores of volunteers turned out on May 23 for Labour Day projects in the parishes of St. Ann and Trelawny. Activities were focused on the beautification of town centres and markets, painting of police stations and the cleaning of drains. In St. Ann, the parish project was the cleaning of the Alexandria...
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Health Ministry to Launch Community Leadership Forum

The Ministry of Health will, in upcoming weeks, be launching a community leadership forum, to engage leaders of community-based organisations across the island to collaborate in the development of measures to fight vector-borne diseases. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure in an interview with JIS News ahead of a ceremony to open the National Labour...
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South African High Commission Participates in National Labour Day Project

Representatives of the South African High Commission in Kingston volunteered their time and efforts to the National Labour Day project yesterday (May 23) in Portmore, St. Catherine. Work involved the cleaning of drains, gullies, the removal of bulky waste, trimming of trees, erection of signs in Gregory Park, Washington Mews and Christian Pen. The Gregory Park Basic School was also...
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Majesty Gardens Residents Rehabilitate Sanitary Facility

Residents of Majesty Gardens in Kingston came out to rehabilitate their community sanitary facility on Labour Day (May 23). The activity entailed replacing toilets, repair and painting works, and general clean-up and garbage removal. The exercise, organised by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), involved partnership with the Ministry of Health’s ‘Operation Mosquito Search and Destroy’ vector control campaign. It...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), interacts with two youngsters from the Gregory Park Basic School at a ceremony at the school to open the National Labour Day Project on Labour Day, May 23. Looking on are: Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right). The National Labour Day project was carried out in the Washington Mews and Gregory Park communities of Portmore and included major cleanup activities to identify and eradicate mosquito breeding sites. The Gregory Park Basic School also benefited from work to uplift the school environment.
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Prime Minister Joins Volunteers on National Labour Day Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, joined hands with volunteers in Gregory Park and Washington Mews in Portmore who took part in activities for the National Labour Day project in the communities. Accompanied by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Hon. Christopher Tufton; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment...
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Acting Managing Director of the Transport Authority (TA), Colonel (Ret’d) Audley Carter (left), applies concrete mix to a section of the wall in an old storeroom at Melrose Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston, which is being converted into a mini conference room, during Labour Day activities on Monday, May 23. Looking on is Maintenance Technician in the agency’s Property Department, Adrian Wilson.
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Melrose Primary to Get Mini Conference Room

Melrose Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston is to benefit from a mini conference room, which is being developed by the Transport Authority (TA). The work, which got underway on Labour Day (May 23), entails the conversion of an old storeroom at the institution’s Little Kew Road campus, off Lyndhurst Road, into the multi-purpose resource facility. The room...
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