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Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters.

Public Sector Debate Competition Resumes

The Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) has resumed the annual Public Sector Debate competition. The competition, which started in 2019, was halted due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are pleased that we have been able to resume the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange (second left), stands with (from left) Glenmuir High School teacher, Trishaunna Henry; Managing Director, J Wray and Nephew (JWN), Jean-Phillipe Beyer, and JWN Master Blender, Joy Spence, at the “Lest We Forget’ monument, which was unveiled at the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience in St. Elizabeth on Monday (February 27).

Commemorative Monument Unveiled at Appleton Estate

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, speaking during the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) inaugural Port Royal Lecture Series on Tuesday (February 28) at the institution’s Palisadoes Park campus in Kingston.

$7 Billion Programmed for Water Infrastructure Projects in 2023/24

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell (second left), shares the moment as Director, Econo Office and School Supplies Limited, Ann-Marie Stennett (left) and Finance Manager, JIS, Glenford West (second right), present a symbolic cheque to Senior Staff Member of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, Haila Gentles (centre), at the JIS Head Office on Half-Way Tree Road on February 28. Also sharing the moment is Stores Officer, JIS, Maureen Green.

Company Partners with JIS in Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Tablet Drive

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), looks at the robot created by the team from the St. Hilda’s Diocesan High School in St. Ann, at the 2023 National Robotics Championship held at Jamaica College in St. Andrew on Saturday (February 25). The team members (from left) are Shekera Smith, Victoria Tan, Jenae Bantin, and Sheri-Ann Ashman.

Robotics Can Provide Solutions that Jamaica Needs – Minister Williams

3 years ago Agriculture

RADA Trains More Than 14,000 Farmers in Five Years

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has trained more than 14,000 farmers in the last five years on best practices in livestock and crop production. Delivered through its extension service, training aims to improve sustainable production and to ensure that international protocols are maintained. Livestock Specialist at RADA, Maxine Brown, said that having one livestock officer in each parish has...

Executive Director, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey.

3 years ago Education

Study Tour of STEAM Academies in UK by Education Ministry Delegation

A study tour of Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Academies in the United Kingdom by a delegation from the Ministry of Education and Youth and the National Education Trust (NET) was conducted recently. The tour was done in partnership with the British Council as part of the Ministry’s efforts to establish Jamaica’s first STEAM Academy. Executive Director...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (centre), greets United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Nick Perry (left), during a Welcome Reception hosted by the Ministry, on Monday (February 27), at the Devon House Courtyard in Kingston. The reception coincides with Diplomatic Week [February 27-March 3, 2023]. At right is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ambassador Sheila Sealy Monteith.

3 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Welcome Reception for Diplomatic Week

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (centre), greets United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Nick Perry (left), during a Welcome Reception hosted by the Ministry, on Monday (February 27), at the Devon House Courtyard in Kingston. The reception coincides with Diplomatic Week [February 27-March 3, 2023]. At right is...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), makes a point during a meeting with stakeholder groups in Haiti on Monday (Feb. 27). The PM was part of a special CARICOM mission to the island. He is flanked by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and High Commissioner from Trinidad and Tobago to Canada, Dennis Moses.

3 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

PM Holness Provides Interim Update on Haiti Mission

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and a CARICOM delegation of leaders are at this hour convening high level talks with government officials and civil society in Haiti. The leaders are hearing from the relevant stakeholders and determining a path towards consensus building for the restoration of political and security stability in Haiti. The Prime Minister and the CARICOM leaders have so...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell.

3 years ago Information

Diaspora Members Encouraged to Interact with Government

Members of the Diaspora are being urged to utilise the various channels of engagement and communication to interact with the Government. State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, made the call while speaking at the third annual Jamaican Pioneers awards ceremony, held on Saturday (February 25) via the Zoom and Facebook...

Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left, head table), addresses the Kiwanis Club of St. Ann ‘Violence in Schools and its Impact on Society’ seminar, held at First Assembly of God in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Sunday (February 26).

3 years ago Education

Minister Calls for Greater Collaboration to Tackle Violence Among Students

There is a call for greater collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Youth and Jamaicans locally and in the diaspora, to tackle the culture of violent confrontations among students in schools. Addressing a seminar, dubbed ‘Violence in Schools and its Impact on Society’, at the First Assembly of God in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Sunday (February 26), Minister...

Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, addresses the civic ceremony commemorating the 139th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, which was held at the National Hero’s birthplace in Blenheim, Hanover on Friday (Feb. 24).

3 years ago Tribute

Bustamante’s Spirit Lives On

National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, has been hailed as an exemplary leader, whose legacy lives on in the descendants of those for whom he fought. Addressing a civic ceremony in Hanover on Friday (Feb. 24) to mark the 139th anniversary of the National Hero’s birth, Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,...