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Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (right), shares a moment with Digicel Brand Ambassador, Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce, at the launch of the Digicel Grand Prix Athletic Championship on January 20 at the Terra Nova Hotel, New Kingston.

Minister Neita Headly Commends Private Sector Contribution To Sports

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, is commending private sector contribution to the development of sports in Jamaica. She noted that the private sector support not only includes sponsorship of global stars, but programmes that are geared...

Mayor of Lucea, Wynter McIntosh (left), speaks with new Secretary Manager of the Hanover Parish Council, David Gardner, following the planning meeting for the 132nd anniversary celebrations in honour of National Hero, Rt. Excellent Alexander Bustamante, at the Hanover Parish Council on January 20. The event is slated for Bustamante's birth home in Blenheim on February 24.

Hanover Parish Council To Address Road And Water Problems In Blenheim

Chairman of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Mr. Gary Peart (third left), with (from left): Acting Director of the Turks and Caicos Island Gaming Inspectorate, Mr. Desmond Ewing; Permanent Secretary, with responsibility for Gaming in the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Culture and Heritage of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Mrs. Desiree Lewis; Turks and Caicos Islands Policy Analyst, Miss Rebecca Astwood; and Turks and Caicos Islands Deputy Chief Gaming Inspector, Mr. Wayne Higgs, at a meeting that the Turks and Caicos Islands government officials had with the BLGC to facilitate discussions on how the Commission regulates the gaming Industry in Jamaica, at BGLC head office in Kingston, on Friday, January 22.

BGLC Meets With Delegation From Turks And Caicos

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna Marie Rowe (front right); and Deputy CEO, Ian Boyne (front left), share with retirees; (standing from left) Administrative Assistant to the Deputy CEO, Calpurnia Campbell; Managing Editor, Godfrey Barnes; Editorial Supervisor, Veronica Campbell; and Photographer and Information Officer at the Montego Bay Regional Office, Glenis Rose. Occasion was the staff awards ceremony held on Saturday (December 19) at the New Kingston Conference Centre.

JIS Honours Retirees And Long-Serving Staff

Light was turned on recently in the community of Banana Ground in Manchester, courtesy of National Energy Solutions Limited (NESol), an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM). Looking at the light (from left) are: Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Brenda Ramsay and Member of Parliament for Central Manchester, Hon. Peter Bunting.

NESol Shines The Light

10 years ago Culture

Floral Tribute set for the Bicentennial of the Baptism and Birth of the Right Excellent George William Gordon

The Bicentennial of the baptism and birth of the Right Excellent George William Gordon will be recognised on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. at the National Heroes Park, in a floral tribute to the National Hero. It was previously believed that George William Gordon was born in 1820, however, research indicates an early birth date. Genealogist, Donald Lindo...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left) and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Julian Robinson (second left), having a light exchange with Country Manager for Jamaica, World Bank, Galina Sotirova, at the launch of the Start-Up Jamaica (SUJ) boot camp on November 9, at the programme’s offices at the Jamaica National Building on Duke Street, Downtown, Kingston. Others (from third left) are: Information Technology Specialist for Devlabs, Sheldon Trotman; and Chief Entrepreneurship Officer (CEO) for the SUJ, Mark Hugh Sam.

10 years ago Technology

Start-Up Jamaica Guides Young Technology Entrepreneurs

The business incubator/accelerator programme, Start-Up Jamaica (SUJ), is helping young technology entrepreneurs to develop innovative products and services for the local and international markets. An initiative of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), the programme was launched in June 2014 and staged its first boot camp in September of the same year. Chief Entrepreneurship Officer (CEO) of...

Renowned Spanish saxophonist and academic, Professor Ángel Soria Díaz (right), explains an aspect of the musical score (sheet music) concept to student at the Alpha Institute for Boys in Kingston, Sajay Watson, during one of several music workshops conducted at the institution recently.

10 years ago Education

Aspiring Musicians Learn From Renowned Spanish Saxophonist

Jamaica’s young aspiring musicians, who have benefitted from the skills and expertise of renowned Spanish saxophonist and professor, Ángel Soria Díaz, are relishing the experience in improving their musical knowledge and the development of their craft. Professor Díaz, who lectures at the Spanish Music Conservatory in Salamanca, has played in numerous orchestras and at some of the most noted contemporary music...

Lasco/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) 2015 Police Officer of the Year, Detective Sergeant Ava Lindo (left), is in conversation with Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novlette Grant at a Discussion Forum on gender-based violence, hosted by the Bureau of Women Affairs in partnership with the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), on December 4, at MIND’s Old Hope Road offices, St. Andrew.

10 years ago National Security and Peace

Top Cop Undertakes Project To Protect Children From Abuse

Lasco/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Police Officer of the Year, Detective Sergeant Ava Lindo, has embarked on a project to protect children from abuse. Using poster messages created by children from across the Corporate Area, who participated in a child abuse workshop earlier this year, she has designed the ‘I am a Child’ notebooks, which bear messages that provide guidance and...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

NHF Extends Opening Hours

The National Health Fund (NHF) has extended its opening hours in order to facilitate longer hours of interface with its customers, beneficiaries and providers. As of Monday, November 30, the Customer Care Department at the NHF’s Dominica Drive headquarters will open from 7:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Thursday, and 7:00 am to 3:30 pm on Friday. Speaking in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right), breaks ground for the $64 million expansion and rehabilitation of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Central Manchester on Friday, November 27. Others (from left), are: Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; the School Board’s Chairman, Dr. Lloyd Quarrie; National Security Minister and Central Manchester Member of Parliament, Hon. Peter Bunting; Councillor for the Mandeville Division of the Manchester Parish Council, Jones Oliphant; and Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

10 years ago EducationOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Signs Contract For $64 Million Expansion Of Mandeville Primary And Junior High

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on Friday, November 27, signed contracts valued at $64 million for expansion and rehabilitation of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Central Manchester. The project, being jointly funded by the Government of Jamaica and the Caribbean Development Bank, will entail construction of a 12-classroom block with new bathrooms, and facilities...

10 years ago Transport

Engineer Creates First Local Organic Bamboo Kiln

Jamaica’s emerging bamboo industry has been further boosted with the creation of the first locally manufactured organic bamboo charcoal kiln. The furnace was designed and developed at a cost of $1.4 million by Jamaican engineer, Gentle Wallace, a member of the Bamboo and Indigenous Materials Advisory Committee (BIMAC), in support of the multimillion dollar Peckham Bamboo Project, being implemented in...