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Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, speaks with Minister of Tourism, the Bahamas, Hon. Obediah Wilchcombe (right); and Director, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), Professor Hopeton Dunn, at CARIMAC’s 40th anniversary gala banquet held on October 25 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, speaks with Minister of Tourism, the Bahamas, Hon. Obediah Wilchcombe (right); and Director, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), Professor Hopeton Dunn, at CARIMAC’s 40th anniversary gala banquet held on October 25 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Information Minister Hails CARIMAC

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has hailed the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) for the seminal role it continues to play in preparing the region’s media practitioners. She noted that by equipping them...
Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), having a light discussion with President of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Trevor Gardner (left), prior to the start of the institution’s Honours Convocation ceremony on October 23, at its location in Mandeville, Manchester. Looking on at centre is the university’s Vice President for Academic Administration, Dr. Marilyn Anderson.
Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), having a light discussion with President of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Trevor Gardner (left), prior to the start of the institution’s Honours Convocation ceremony on October 23, at its location in Mandeville, Manchester. Looking on at centre is the university’s Vice President for Academic Administration, Dr. Marilyn Anderson.

Information Minister Lauds NCU
Director General of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme, Veniece Pottinger-Scott, makes a point on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television current affairs programme, Issues and Answers.
Director General of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme, Veniece Pottinger-Scott, makes a point on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television current affairs programme, Issues and Answers.

Government to Implement Shared Corporate Services in Public Sector
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left), is presented with an orchid plant by Managing Director, Jackson Advertising Limited, Jackson Chang, following her address at the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) 2013 Media of the Year Awards, held at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew, on October 24.
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left), is presented with an orchid plant by Managing Director, Jackson Advertising Limited, Jackson Chang, following her address at the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) 2013 Media of the Year Awards, held at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew, on October 24.

AAAJ Supports Reform of Regulations on Alcoholic Beverage Advertising
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), converses with Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAJ) President, Arnold Foote, Jr., during the entity’s 2013 Media of the Year Awards Luncheon, held at the Terra Nova Hotel, St. Andrew, on October 22. Senator Falconer delivered the keynote address.
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), converses with Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAJ) President, Arnold Foote, Jr., during the entity’s 2013 Media of the Year Awards Luncheon, held at the Terra Nova Hotel, St. Andrew, on October 22. Senator Falconer delivered the keynote address.

AAAJ Commits to Support Ebola and Chik-V Public Education Campaign

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Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer. (FILE)
InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

ChikV Cleanup Allocations Clarified

Chairperson of the Team which is monitoring the national health emergency vector control clean-up campaign, Minister of Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer has said that contrary to some media reports, there is no allocation of funds according to Parish Council Divisions. As such, there is no allocation to individual Councillors. She has reiterated that $70 million is available to fund cleanup...
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Gender AffairsInformationVision 2030

Help Break Cycle of Violence Against Women and Girls

As Jamaica joins the global community in observing ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ on October 11, Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is calling on citizens to help break the cycle of violence against women and girls. “Let this International Day of the Girl Child, with its focus on violence against girls, be an opportunity to step up collective action to...
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Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold (left), applauds as Hillsbrook All-age student, Donique Robinson, gives the correct response to a question on the county’s heritage. The JIS team visited the Hanover-based institution on October 9 where they present heritage material and interact with the students.
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JIS Donates Heritage Material to Hanover Schools

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS), on Thursday, October 9, handed over several packages of heritage material to the Hillsbrook All-age and Pell River Primary schools in rural Hanover. The items were presented during visits to the schools by a JIS team, headed by Special Projects Officer, Christine Ade-Gold, as part of Heritage Month celebrations. During the visits, the JIS staff...
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Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold (left), applauds as Hillsbrook All-age student, Donique Robinson, gives the correct response to a question on the county’s heritage. The JIS team visited the Hanover-based institution on October 9 where they present heritage material and interact with the students.
CommunityInformation

JIS Heritage Week Team Visits Westmoreland Schools

Students and teachers from three schools in Westmoreland were delighted by and appreciative of the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) recent visit to their institutions, as part of the agency’s Heritage Week schools visit. The institutions visited were: Holly Hill Primary and Infant School in Darliston; Unity Primary School, Savanna-la-Mar; and Grange Hill High School, Grange Hill. The JIS team, led...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. (FILE)
Health & WellnessInformationOffice of the Prime Minister

More Funds for National Response to CHIK V

Jamaica’s National Emergency Response Team has been activated to coordinate and support the country’s response to the current outbreak of the Chikungunya virus. At the same time the government has allocated an additional $150 million to the Chikungunya response, which includes a massive clean-up campaign aimed at destroying and removing mosquito breeding sites. The information came out of a technical...
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Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addressing the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica President’s (PSOJ) Forum Breakfast, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (September 23).
InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

Private Sector Urged to Lobby to Get More Women into Politics

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has called on the private sector to push to get more women involved in political representation and leadership in Jamaica. She noted that women have been “woefully under-represented” in politics over the years, pointing out that currently, they account for only eight of the current 63 Members of Parliament, representing...
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