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Residents of the Mount Olivet Boy’s Home and members of the JIS family, participate in a game of football at the annual sports day, held on April 25, at the home in Walderston, Manchester.
Residents of the Mount Olivet Boy’s Home and members of the JIS family, participate in a game of football at the annual sports day, held on April 25, at the home in Walderston, Manchester.

Day of Sports and Camaraderie at Mount Olivet

It was all smiles for the residents of Mount Olivet Boys' Home, when Jamaica Information Service (JIS) staff and friends of the agency assembled at the Manchester-based facility last Saturday (April 25), for the much anticipated annual sports day. It...
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (second left); Chairman, Urban Development Corporation, Senator, the Hon. K.D. Knight (second right); Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left) and Board member, UDC, Pamela Redwood, unveil the corporation’s sexual harassment and disability policies, during a ceremony at the corporation’s downtown Kingston offices, on April 14.
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (second left); Chairman, Urban Development Corporation, Senator, the Hon. K.D. Knight (second right); Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left) and Board member, UDC, Pamela Redwood, unveil the corporation’s sexual harassment and disability policies, during a ceremony at the corporation’s downtown Kingston offices, on April 14.

MDAs Urged to Implement Sexual Harassment and Disability Policies
Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses the opening of the five-day Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference, which opened today (April 13), at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. Others (from left) are: Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Retired), Peter Brady; Vice President of Human Resources and Administration at the Port Authority of Jamaica, Belinda Ward; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell.
Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses the opening of the five-day Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference, which opened today (April 13), at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. Others (from left) are: Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Retired), Peter Brady; Vice President of Human Resources and Administration at the Port Authority of Jamaica, Belinda Ward; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell.

Gov’t Focused On Growing Maritime Sector
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses today’s (April 13) opening of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) five-day Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference, being held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay.
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses today’s (April 13) opening of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) five-day Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference, being held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay.

Achieving Gender Equality Major Plank of Development Process – Senator Falconer
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left), in conversation with South African High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Mathu Joyini (right), at the inaugural Phenomenal Women Breakfast, hosted by the International Women’s Forum (IWF) Jamaica, today (April 10) at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston. The Minister addressed the function.
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left), in conversation with South African High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Mathu Joyini (right), at the inaugural Phenomenal Women Breakfast, hosted by the International Women’s Forum (IWF) Jamaica, today (April 10) at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston. The Minister addressed the function.

Women Leaders Urged To Mentor Others

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Information Minister Hails Broadcast Collaboration and Media Coverage of Visit by US President and Caricom Heads

Minister of Information, Senator the Honourable Sandrea Falconer, is hailing the collaboration of state agencies as well as private media as they worked together to bring live and reported coverage of the visit of President of the United States of America, the Honourable Barack Obama and Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community from April 8 to 9....
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Conference to Deepen Integration of Women in Maritime Sector

Efforts to establish a maritime women’s association in the Caribbean region are expected to be advanced, through the staging of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference in Montego Bay next week. The 5-day confab starts on Monday (April 13) and runs through to Friday (April 17) at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Rose Hall. Representatives...
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Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), listens to a comment from Head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Calvin Allen (left), just before the start of a Jamaica House Media Briefing today (April 7), at the Office of the Prime Minister. At centre is Logistics Officer at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Colonel David Cummings.
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Roads in Corporate Area to be Closed for US President’s Visit

The public is being advised that several roads in the Corporate Area will be closed between Wednesday (April 8) and Thursday (April 9), to facilitate the free movement of traffic and security arrangements surrounding the visit of President of the United States (US), Barack Obama and CARICOM Heads of State and Government. “With the hosting of some 12 visiting CARICOM...
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Author of the book, ‘My Catalogue of Answered Prayers’, Ivy Harvey (right), hands a book to Ethel Brown after signing it at a launching ceremony, held recently at the Emmanuel Apostolic Church in Portmore, St. Catherine.
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Power of Prayer Book Launched

A new book highlighting the power of prayer was recently launched at the Emanuel Apostolic Church in Portmore, St. Catherine. Written by Minister of the Emanuel Apostolic Church, Ivy Marjorie Harvey, the book, titled, ‘My Catalogue of Answered Prayers’, was reviewed, designed and printed by the Research and Publications Department of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). It has 22 testimonies...
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JIS Receives Budgetary Allocation to Relocate TV Department

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is to receive an increased budgetary allocation of $170.6 million for capital expenditure in the 2015/2016 Budget to relocate the Television Department to premises at 5-9 South Odeon Avenue in Kingston. “The Television Department can no longer be accommodated at the premises at Caenwood Centre, Arnold Road, which is owned by the Ministry of Education,”...
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Jamaica Committed to A Transformative Post-2015 Agenda, Minister Falconer Tells U.N.

Minister without Portfolio (Information) in the Office of the Prime Minister, Sen Hon Sandrea Falconer is currently in New York where she is leading Jamaica’s delegation to the 59th Meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, CSW 59.   Delivering the Country Statement to the Assembly on Monday (March 9), Minister Falconer stated Jamaica’s commitment to...
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