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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), tags a cow on a livestock farm in Alexandria, St. Ann, under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), on Wednesday (September 21). Assisting are Acting Director of the Agriculture Ministry’s Veterinary Services Division, Dr. Kevin Walker (centre), and Animal Health Technician, Desmond Thompson.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), tags a cow on a livestock farm in Alexandria, St. Ann, under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), on Wednesday (September 21). Assisting are Acting Director of the Agriculture Ministry’s Veterinary Services Division, Dr. Kevin Walker (centre), and Animal Health Technician, Desmond Thompson.

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), tags a cow on a livestock farm in Alexandria, St. Ann, under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), on Wednesday (September 21). Assisting are Acting Director of the...
Student Nurse, Kenesha Simms (centre), holds a package containing medical supplies donated to member institutions of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), during a ceremony at Excelsior Community College in Kingston on Tuesday (September 20). She is joined by (from left) Director of Citizen Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Gerald Fontain; Executive Director, CCCJ, Dr. Donna Powell Wilson; Vice Principal of Academic Affairs and Institutional Advancement, Excelsior Community College, Zaria Malcolm Walker; and Donor and Partnership Officer, National Education Trust (NET), Simone Griffith. The items, inclusive of masks, sanitisers, thermometers, gloves, gowns, and relief beds, were donated by FHI 360 in partnership with Project C.U.R.E through the Advance Program.
Student Nurse, Kenesha Simms (centre), holds a package containing medical supplies donated to member institutions of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), during a ceremony at Excelsior Community College in Kingston on Tuesday (September 20). She is joined by (from left) Director of Citizen Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Gerald Fontain; Executive Director, CCCJ, Dr. Donna Powell Wilson; Vice Principal of Academic Affairs and Institutional Advancement, Excelsior Community College, Zaria Malcolm Walker; and Donor and Partnership Officer, National Education Trust (NET), Simone Griffith. The items, inclusive of masks, sanitisers, thermometers, gloves, gowns, and relief beds, were donated by FHI 360 in partnership with Project C.U.R.E through the Advance Program.

Student Nurse, Kenesha Simms
Students gather in the newly renovated media room and library at Ken Wright Primary School in Portland, to get a closer look at the CHEETAH Mascot, following the official handover of the room during a recent ceremony. Also sharing the moment are (from left): Education Officer the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Region II, Lebert Drysdale; founder of CHEETAH Toys and More, LLC, Paulette Trowers; Senior Teacher at Ken Wright Primary School, Babara Ferron-Maxwell, and the school’s Principal, Ivorine Bailey-Taylor.
Students gather in the newly renovated media room and library at Ken Wright Primary School in Portland, to get a closer look at the CHEETAH Mascot, following the official handover of the room during a recent ceremony. Also sharing the moment are (from left): Education Officer the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Region II, Lebert Drysdale; founder of CHEETAH Toys and More, LLC, Paulette Trowers; Senior Teacher at Ken Wright Primary School, Babara Ferron-Maxwell, and the school’s Principal, Ivorine Bailey-Taylor.

Ken Wright Primary School in Portland
Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (back row right); Councillor for the Denbigh Division of Clarendon, Joel Williams (back row centre) and Councillor, May Pen North Division, Tanya Lee Williams (back row left) along with community members and other stakeholders unveil the Western Park community Wi-Fi sign during a ceremony held in Clarendon on September 16.
Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (back row right); Councillor for the Denbigh Division of Clarendon, Joel Williams (back row centre) and Councillor, May Pen North Division, Tanya Lee Williams (back row left) along with community members and other stakeholders unveil the Western Park community Wi-Fi sign during a ceremony held in Clarendon on September 16.

Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left) greets Jamaican student at Harvard University, Kristina Brown (second right), during a visit to the institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday (September 15). Looking on are Jamaican students Matthew Davis (fourth left) and Bianca Polycarpe (right). Sharing the moment at left is Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks. The Prime Minister visited the university to speak at a roundtable on ‘Reimagining the Role of Business in the Public Square.’
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left) greets Jamaican student at Harvard University, Kristina Brown (second right), during a visit to the institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday (September 15). Looking on are Jamaican students Matthew Davis (fourth left) and Bianca Polycarpe (right). Sharing the moment at left is Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks. The Prime Minister visited the university to speak at a roundtable on ‘Reimagining the Role of Business in the Public Square.’

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, lays a wreath at the Cenotaph at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Thursday (September 15). Occasion was the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Jamaica’s wreath laying ceremony in memory of the military servicemen who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, lays a wreath at the Cenotaph at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Thursday (September 15). Occasion was the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Jamaica’s wreath laying ceremony in memory of the military servicemen who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), signs the Condolence Book opened at King’s House for Great Britain’s late Monarch, Her Majesty, The Queen. Observing is wife of the Prime Minister and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness. Both officials signed the Book on Monday (September 12).

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), signs the Condolence Book opened at King’s House for Great Britain’s late Monarch, Her Majesty, The Queen. Observing is wife of the Prime Minister and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness. Both officials signed the Book on Monday (September 12).
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Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (third right, back row), admires a statuette depicting late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise “Miss Lou” Bennett-Coverley, which was unveiled during a ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Library, in St. Andrew, on Wednesday (September 7). The unveiling formed part of the opening of the Miss Lou Exhibition, which is among several activities commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the beloved cultural exponent’s birth. With Ms. Grange are students and members of several award-winning groups, who performed in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) 2022 National Festival of the Performing Arts.

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (third right, back row), admires a statuette depicting late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise “Miss Lou” Bennett-Coverley, which was unveiled during a ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Library, in St. Andrew, on Wednesday (September 7). The unveiling formed part of the opening of the Miss...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), plant a tree at the Amity Hall Agro Park in St. Catherine, on August 31. It was the official launch of a multiagency partnership to plant 6,000 trees, in commemoration of Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary of Independence. Others pictured are (from left) Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley A. Henry; Board member of the Agro Investment Corporation, Errol Green; Orville Palmer, and two children of a farmer in the area.

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), plant a tree at the Amity Hall Agro Park in St. Catherine, on August 31. It was the official launch of a multiagency partnership to plant 6,000 trees, in commemoration of...
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