Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), peruses a magazine during a tour of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Arthur Wint Drive, St. Andrew, on June 28. Looking on (from left) are Dean of the School of Visual Arts, Miriam Hinds Smith; student, Tiffany McFarlane; and Chairman (Acting) of the institution, Donahue...

Jamaican-born Canadian former heavyweight boxer, Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock, will headline an exhibition fight at Sabina Park, Kingston on October 1, to raise funds for infrastructure development of the Good Hope Primary and Infant School in St. Catherine. Details of the ‘Rumble in the Sun’ event were discussed at a recent meeting involving Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister,...

This year marks the United States of America’s (USA) 246th anniversary of Independence, and the milestone was celebrated with a reception on June 28 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. The event also featured the traditional United States Marine Corps Colour Guard ceremony. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, who represented the Government of Jamaica, extended congratulations to the...

Members of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 28), paid tribute to and observed a minute of silence in honour of late former Minister of Tourism, Francis Tulloch. Mr. Tulloch, who passed away last week, served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and Minister of State in the Ministries of Transport, and Tourism. He also...

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) has welcomed Jamaica’s adoption of the International Standard for Lead Limit in Paint and other Surface Coatings. The enforcement of the JS 358:2022 Standard, which was adopted in June 2022, becomes effective on January 1, 2023. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 29, Poison Information Coordinator at CARPIN, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, said Jamaica...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will host a discussion forum on the Disabilities Act on Thursday (June 30), from 9:00 a.m. to12:00 p.m. The event is being staged in tandem with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) under the theme: ‘Public and Private Sectors’ Readiness to Embrace Jamaica’s Disabilities Act’. It is being delivered in a hybrid format where...

Ahead of the peak of the hurricane season, areas prone to flooding are being prioritised as the Government continues drain cleaning activities islandwide. This exercise is being carried out by the National Works Agency (NWA) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who noted that while the...

Clients of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) will be able to make their loan payments online before the end of this year. Deputy Executive Director, Charmaine Rose Anderson, said online payments will be facilitated via the Strategic Transformation of End-users Experience Portal (STEEP), also known as the customer portal. “Students will be able to make payments directly from the portal...

Executive Director of the Montego Bay Marine Park Trust, Hugh Shim, is imploring fishers not to catch small parrotfish that have not yet reproduced. He notes that while he is not proposing a ban on catching parrotfish, the small ones should be declared off limits. “The problem with the parrotfish is that [Jamaicans] love them so much, that we will...