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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Hon. Phillip Paulwell (2ND L), Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for East St. Thomas, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson (L) and Mayor of Morant Bay Ludlow Matterson test some of the computers at the $3.8M bath Community Computer Centre in St. Thomas on November 13.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Hon. Phillip Paulwell (2ND L), Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for East St. Thomas, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson (L) and Mayor of Morant Bay Ludlow Matterson test some of the computers at the $3.8M bath Community Computer Centre in St. Thomas on November 13.

USF Equips Computer Centre in Eastern St. Thomas

By: O. Rodger Hutchinson, November 15, 2014
The Bath Primary School in St. Thomas is now the proud beneficiary of 22 new computers and equipment valued at $5 million, from the Universal Service Fund (USF). The facility...
Members of the organising team for the University of Technology’s (UTech) Students’ Union charity fundraiser, Tag Drive 2014, discuss documents pertaining to the week of activities with UTech’s Director, Community Services, Mr. Seymour Riley (right), at Monday’s (November 10) launch of the project at the institution. From left are Students’ Union Executive Members, Delta Wright, President; Jevon Reid, Director of Community Service; and Khamoye Williams, College of Health Sciences Representative. The highlight of Tag Drive is an islandwide collection blitz, which will take place on November 14 and 15.

Kidney Support Foundation and Blind Society to Benefit from Tag Drive

By: Andrine Davidson, November 12, 2014
Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

Portmore Cleanup Project Hailed as a Success

By: Douglas Mcintosh, November 10, 2014

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Participants at the National Senior Citizens’ Spelling Bee Competition, hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on Thursday, September 18, at the St Andrew Parish Church Hall, Kingston. A member of the Dorcas Senior Citizens’ Club in St. Thomas placed second in the competition.
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Seniors Active in St. Thomas

Senior citizens in St. Thomas who have been excelling in their clubs will be honoured for their work in the areas of needle craft, handicraft,  culinary art,  business and community...
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By: Elaine Hartman-Reckord, October 1, 2014
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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...
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By: Christine Ade-Gold, September 30, 2014