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Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (2nd left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right), participate in Sunday’s (November 18) Church Service at Fellowship Tabernacle in St. Andrew, to launch Civil Service Week 2018. The Week is being observed from November 18 to 24 under the theme: ‘Committed to Sustainable Growth and Development’. Also participating (from left) are: Custos Rotulorum for St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett, who represented Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen; and Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Ambassador Douglas Saunders.
Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (2nd left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right), participate in Sunday’s (November 18) Church Service at Fellowship Tabernacle in St. Andrew, to launch Civil Service Week 2018. The Week is being observed from November 18 to 24 under the theme: ‘Committed to Sustainable Growth and Development’. Also participating (from left) are: Custos Rotulorum for St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett, who represented Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen; and Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Ambassador Douglas Saunders.

PHOTOS: Civil Service Week 2018 Church Service

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (2nd left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right),...
Early Childhood Officer at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Faithlyn Lyle, addressing guests at the media launch for the Kiwanis Club - Division 25 (Cornwall) ‘Playground Effect’ Project, which was held at the Hard Rock Café in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 15.

Kiwanis Club Embarks on Early Childhood Development Project

By: Serena Grant, November 18, 2018
Director of Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn-Robinson speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston.

More Jamaican Men Being Urged to Be Positive Role Models

By: Rochelle Williams, November 18, 2018

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) and Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr Fenton Ferguson, turn on a shower at the recently upgraded Lyssons Beach in St. Thomas, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the facility on November 15. Based on the objective of the National Beach Development Programme to provide access to quality public beach recreational facilities, Lyssons Beach received an upgrade valued at $49 million. The Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo)-administered project, was funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).
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Lyssons Beach Upgraded

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) and Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr Fenton Ferguson, turn on a shower at the recently upgraded Lyssons Beach in St. Thomas, after...
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Wife of the Prime Minister and Champion for the Caribbean Woman-Caribbean Child (CARIWAC) Initiative, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), is presented with a copy of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2018 State of the World Population Report, during the Jamaica launch at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, by UNFPA Caribbean Sub-Regional Office Director and Representative, Alison Drayton, on Thursday (November 8). Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker. At left is Deputy Director for the Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, Seth Broekman. The Report is titled ‘The Power of Choice – Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition’.
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UNFPA Report Endorsed by Mrs. Holness

Jamaica’s Champion for the Caribbean Woman-Caribbean Child (CARIWAC) Initiative, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, has endorsed the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2018 State of the World Population Report, which...
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By: Douglas Mcintosh, November 12, 2018