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Finance Minister says Combined Effort Needed to Address Low Productivity

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the combined effort of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), the private sector and Government is needed to address low labour productivity in Jamaica. Speaking at the JEF’s breakfast meeting, at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) and his sons Adam (left) and Andrew Jnr., greet the crowd at the National Stadium for the Independence Day grand gala on Saturday, August 6. The event themed: ‘Youth Arising’ featured a number of local reggae, dancehall and gospel acts, as well as dance and other live performances.

PM Rallies Support for Athletes

Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Rev. Jeffrey McKenzie, makes a presentation to Shankay Atkinson, who will be attending the Jonathan Grant High School in September. Occasion was the presentation of grants by the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF) to nine students from communities in St. Catherine. The ceremony was held on August 3 at the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) offices in Spanish Town.

St. Catherine Students Receive Back-To-School Support

Plea Bargaining Act to be Amended

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks about this year’s Emancipation and Independence celebrations at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, held on July 22, at the JIS head office in Kingston.

Grand Gala will be Streamed to Rio

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (right), looks through a copy of the country’s Biennial Update Report (BUR) with Project Director of the BUR, Clifford Mahlung, during a brief handover ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on August 05, 2016.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Jamaica Completes Report for Submission to Secretariat of UNFCCC

Jamaica is among the first set of countries in the Caribbean and within the wider group of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to complete its Biennial Update Report (BUR). The report, which will be presented to Cabinet by next week, is one of the reporting requirements for developing countries that are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Jamaica’s newly appointed Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Angella Rose-Howell, reading the Message from Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the 54th Independence Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at Emmanuel Centre in Westminster, London, on July 30.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica UK Diaspora Members Urged to Preserve their Heritage

Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United Kingdom are being encouraged to preserve their heritage by, among other things, recounting their parents and grandparents’ arrival in that country and the initial challenges they encountered. The call came from Chaplain to Her Majesty, The Queen, the Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who was delivering the sermon at a Thanksgiving Service to...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green greets Treasurer of the Jeanette Grant-Woodham Education Foundation, Carlton Francis on August 4 at the Foundation’s second fundraising dinner held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The Jeanette Grant-Woodham Education Foundation offers bursaries and grants to needy students of the Tivoli Gardens High School who display excellence in academics, sport, art and culture.

10 years ago Education

Jeanette Grant-Woodham Foundation Lauded

The Jeanette Grant-Woodham Education Foundation has been lauded for assisting past and current students of Tivoli Gardens High School in Kingston with bursaries and grants. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the gesture is one that should be replicated by other non-governmental organisations islandwide. “Every student should have the opportunity to excel, because hard work,...

10 years ago Sport

Grange: Rio Challenges being Resolved

Kingston, August 6, 2016 – Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says she’s confident that the challenges faced by members of the Jamaican team in the Athletes Village at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil are being resolved. Minister Grange said: “I have been in touch with our olympic team management in Brazil as we’ve all been concerned...

Chief Executive Officer, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight (centre), shares a light moment with Project Coordinator for the ‘Nuh Dutty Up Jamaica’ Campaign, Felicia Wong (3rd right), following the unveiling of a mascot made from plastic bags during the agency’s launch of its public education initiative to encourage the utilization of re-usable bags. The launch took place at NEPA’s Caledonia Avenue offices in St. Andrew on Friday, July 1. Sharing the moment, from left, are: Marketing Assistant at Progressive Grocers, Nicky Lee; Programme Officer, Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), Christopher Corbin; Managing Director, Lee’s Food Fair Group, Patrick Lee; Manager, Everybody’s Pharmacy, Dr. Ernestine Watson; and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Community Relations Manager, Rachel Reid.

10 years ago Environment

NEPA Launches Major Public Education Initiative

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has launched a public education initiative aimed at encouraging the utilization of re-usable bags instead of the single-use plastic versions. The launch, which took place at the agency’s Caledonia Avenue offices in St. Andrew on Friday, July 1, is NEPA’s main activity to mark International Plastic Bag Free Day by the European Environmental...

Attorney General and West Central St. James Member of Parliament, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (2nd left), listen as Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (2nd right), addresses residents of New Ramble in St. James during a tour on Saturday, July 2. Nine residents were shot, three fatally, during a brazen attack by gunmen on Friday, July 1. Also listening is Deputy Commissioner of Police George Quallo who heads the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Territorial Operations Portfolio.

10 years ago Justice

Attorney General Pledges Support to Curb St. James Crime Wave

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, has pledged to work with residents and other stakeholders to stem the upsurge of crime in New Ramble and other communities in St. James. She gave this commitment during Saturday’s (July 2) tour by high-level Government and Police officials of the West Central St. James community where nine persons were shot by gunmen, three...

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Prime Minister hails Manning as a Stalwart of CARICOM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has extended condolences to the people of Trinidad and Tobago on the death of their Former Prime Minister Patrick Manning. In his letter to the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister Holness said Manning was “a stalwart in seeking the achievement of the CARICOM ideal. His contribution to the area of...