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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left); and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (right), display signed agreements formalising the Government of Japan’s provision of approximately $262 million (¥200 million) in grant aid, to boost the Administration’s national coronavirus response. Sharing the moment is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. The signing took place at the Finance Ministry in Kingston, on Tuesday (June 16).
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left); and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (right), display signed agreements formalising the Government of Japan’s provision of approximately $262 million (¥200 million) in grant aid, to boost the Administration’s national coronavirus response. Sharing the moment is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. The signing took place at the Finance Ministry in Kingston, on Tuesday (June 16).

Jamaica Gets $262 Million Grant From Japan To Purchase Medical Supplies

By: Douglas McIntosh, June 16, 2020
The Government has received approximately $262 million (¥200 million) in grant aid from Japan to purchase much-needed medical equipment and supplies in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Among these...
Medical Doctor and blood donor organiser at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Dr. Danielle Levy (left), presents a trophy to Vice Principal, Immaculate Conception High School, Patricia Castriota, at the World Blood Donor Day awards ceremony held on Monday (June 15) at the NBTS’s Slipe Pen Road address, Kingston.

Online Appointment System For Blood Drives

By: Rochelle Williams, June 16, 2020
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (left), joins Director of the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL), Dr. Michelle Hamilton (centre), and Acting Director, National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Dr. Alisha Tucker, in cutting a cake at the World Blood Donor Day awards ceremony held ​on Monday (June 15), at the NBTS's Slipe Pen Road address, Kingston.

Blood Donation Safe During COVID-19 – Dr. Bisasor-Mckenzie

By: Rochelle Williams, June 16, 2020

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), presents young farmer, Okelia Douce (right), with agricultural inputs at an agricultural forum held yesterday (June 11), at the Seventh-day Adventist Church of God in Dunkeld, St. Catharine. Sharing the moment (from second left) are Chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Catherine Parish Advisory Committee, William Cital, and RADA Parish Manager, Ruth Barrett.
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Farmers Encouraged To Produce More

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers to increase production, as markets are available. Speaking at the handover of...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, June 15, 2020