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Jamaica Promotions Corporation Vice President for Sales and Promotion, Claude Duncan.

Jamaica Investment Forum Focusing On Priority Sectors and Business Opportunities

Six priority sectors and the potential business opportunities they present will be the highlight of the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), slated for June 12 to 14 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Discussions and presentations will focus...

Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager, Camille Taylor (centre), speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank on June 1 at the Agency’s head office in Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Wigton Wind Farm Limited Project Manager, Michelle Chin Lenn, and Training Coordinator/Engineer, Sanja Simmonds.

Wigton Wind Farm Offering Renewable Energy Training Course

Senate Approves Parliamentary Committee’s Housing Order Reports

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points of something of interest to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), and Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter (3rd right), during a tour of the Constant Spring Road Improvement Project today (June 1). The Prime Minister toured several road upgrading projects in the Corporate Area, which fall under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).

Road Upgrading Will Boost Workforce Productivity – PM

Executive Director of the Public Investment Management Secretariat (PIMSEC), Douglas Levermore, emphasises a point during a JIS Think Tank on May 30.

Robust Use of Public Investment Management System

8 years ago Environment

Education Ministry Encouraging World Environment Day Activities in Schools on June 5

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging school administrators to engage their students in positive activities to mark World Environment Day on Tuesday, June 5, under the theme: ‘Beat Plastic Pollution – If You can’t Reuse it, Refuse it’. The day is used by the United Nations’ to heighten global awareness and action for the protection of the...

8 years ago Development

JSIF to Remove Zinc Fences In Mount Salem

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says some $27 million will be spent on the Mount Salem Zinc Fence Substitution Project to greatly improve the aesthetics of the St. James community. He noted that the Government, through the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, is providing $26 million for the undertaking with contribution of...

A section of the newly upgraded Barbican Road in St. Andrew. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the completed Barbican Road Improvement Project today (June 1). It was implemented under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).

8 years ago DevelopmentTransport

PM Tours Completed Barbican Road Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the completed Barbican Road Upgrade Project today (June 1). The US$4.4 million project was done under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP). The works at Barbican entailed significant widening and upgrading in the vicinity of the Barbican Centre, which is expected to alleviate congestion in the area. The Prime Minister said the...

Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary, points to the Tacky Monument at the Claude Stewart Park, in St. Mary, one of the many sites that will be included by the St. Mary Municipal Corporation in its soon-to-be-launched Tour Project, to attract overseas visitors to the parish.

8 years ago Tourism

St. Mary Municipal Corporation to Establish Tour Project

The St. Mary Municipal Corporation, with input from several private and public sector entities, is far advanced in establishing a Tour Project to attract overseas visitors to the parish. According to Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary, there are several historic sites in the parish that are being looked at to begin the project, such as the old civic...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), paints the exterior of the Cumberland Road Health Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, as he participates in one of two National Labour Day projects on Wednesday (May 23). The other project was at the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St Ann.

8 years ago Community

PM Calls for More Jamaicans to Give Back to Their Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling for more Jamaicans to give back to their communities by getting involved in volunteerism. “We want to see the re-emergence of the spirit of volunteerism, of giving your labour to the community for the building of your country. This is a perfect example of what Labour Day is about,” he said....

8 years ago Information

Residents Work on More Than 190 Projects in Western Jamaica

Work was carried out on Labour Day, May 23 on more than 190 projects registered across the parishes of St. James, Hanover, St. Ann, Trelawny, Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth. In St. James, residents came out to work on more than 58 projects, with the major focus on Lethe Primary and Infant School and the St. James Type V clinic. This...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (second left), paints the Glen Owen Isolation Ward at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, today (May 23), as part of Labour Day activities undertaken by the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation. Also taking part (from left) are Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Melessa Vassell; and Town Clerk, Robert Hill.

8 years ago Youth

Isolation Ward at Children’s Hospital Being Renovated

Improvement work at the Glen Owen Isolation Ward at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston continues today (May 23), in an effort to better treat patients with infectious diseases. Renovation of the ward, which started last week, is being undertaken by the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) as one of its 2018 Labour Day projects. The scope...