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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right), embraces Grammy-winning Reggae artiste, Koffee, at Norman Manley International Airport on Monday. The Minister went to welcome home the singer who won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in January 2020.
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right), embraces Grammy-winning Reggae artiste, Koffee, at Norman Manley International Airport on Monday. The Minister went to welcome home the singer who won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in January 2020.

Minister Grange: Put Reggae Award in Main Show at the Grammys

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, wants the presentation of the award for Best Reggae Album to become part of the main show at the Grammy Awards. The winner of the Reggae Grammy is...
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Christmas Message 2017 – Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness
Chief Executive officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Dr. Mark Richards, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank. Looking on are Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the NIC, Milton Henry (left); and Design Engineer a the NIC, Renford Smith.
Chief Executive officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Dr. Mark Richards, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank. Looking on are Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the NIC, Milton Henry (left); and Design Engineer a the NIC, Renford Smith.

NIC to Continue Consultations on Proposed Piped Irrigation System for Hill Run
Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), in conversation with Charge’ d’Affaires of the United States Embassy, Elizabeth Lee Martinez, at the launch of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Trust for the Americas Project: ‘A New Path – Promoting a Healthy Environment and Productive Alternatives for Juvenile Remandees and Offenders in Jamaica’, at the Ministry in Kingston, on November 19.
Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), in conversation with Charge’ d’Affaires of the United States Embassy, Elizabeth Lee Martinez, at the launch of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Trust for the Americas Project: ‘A New Path – Promoting a Healthy Environment and Productive Alternatives for Juvenile Remandees and Offenders in Jamaica’, at the Ministry in Kingston, on November 19.

Project Launched To Enhance Rehabilitation Of Juvenile Remandees

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We explain how primary-school children are taught to use the 12-hour and 24-hour clock to tell the time on analogue and digital clocks, and how you can support their learning at home
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Government Spent $194.7 Billion April to July

Government expenditure for the first four months of fiscal year 2019/20 (April-July) totalled $194.7 billion. Of this sum, recurrent expenditure amounted to just over $179 billion, with capital expenditure totalling $15.6 billion, according to the Government’s 2019/20 Fiscal Policy Paper Interim Report. The document indicates that while the figure is lower than budgeted this year, it was approximately $6.2 billion...
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Approximately JMD Twenty-Four Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized On The Port Of Kingston

On Friday October 6, 2017, members of the Jamaica Customs Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) and officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Narcotics Division (JCF-ND) seized a shipment consisting of fifteen (15) rectangular packages containing 16.90kgs/37.26 lbs of Cocaine with an estimated street value of JMD$24,167,000.00/ US$185,900.00 concealed in a transshipment container on the Port of Kingston. During routine operations the...
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PM Holness’ Inaugural Address: Better Politics, Better Policies, Better People

"Better Politics, Better Policies, Better People" Inauguration Address by Honourable Andrew Holness, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica OCTOBER 23, 2011 Your Excellencies, the Governor General, the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, Leader of the Opposition the Most Honorable Portia Simpson Miller, the Most Honorable Edward Seaga and Mrs Seaga, the Most Honorable PJ Patterson, the Honorable Bruce...
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UNFPA Official Lauds Reintegration Policy for Adolescent Mothers

Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Sheila Roseau, is advocating that Jamaica’s reintegration policy for adolescent mothers be adopted by other Caribbean countries. Jamaica is seen as a role model for allowing adolescent mothers to return to school to complete their education. This is done under the National Reintegration Policy of the Ministry...
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Rural Water Supply Ltd. Gets Contract

Rural Water Supply Limited has been contracted to provide consultancy services and technical expertise to the National Water Commission (NWC), under its Tank and Pump Operational Efficiency Programme. This was announced by Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at a Jamaica House press briefing, on November 26. The entity has been awarded a $55.6 million contract...
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JIS Launches Heritage Poster Competition

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has launched its inaugural Heritage Poster Competition, under the theme, ‘We are Free’. Targeting secondary level students across Jamaica in Grades 7 to 13, the competition will last for two months. Students are being asked to express their thoughts on freedom and its meaning through visual art, in the form of graphic or illustrated posters....
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