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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), speaks with President, Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise in Cromwell, St. Mary, on Wednesday (February 27). Occasion was the launch of Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise Greenhouse Project, in the area.

Put Idle Lands to Work – Hutchinson

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C Hutchinson, is calling on St. Mary farmers to make greater use of the abundance of idle lands in the parish. “St. Mary… has the most idle...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

Farm Roads to be Improved with Allocation of $752 Million

National Security Minister, Hon. Horace Chang (left), presents the newly sworn-in Jamaican citizen, Jeremy Hoaxiang Zheng with a certificate formalising his status during the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency's (PICA) citizenship oath ceremony at the Liguanea Club in St. Andrew on Thursday, February 28. Jeremey is one of 33 foreign nationals living in Jamaica who were granted citizenship at the event.

33 Foreign Nationals Granted Jamaican Citizenship

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness meets with President of Estonia Her Excellency Kersti Kaljulaid.

PM Holness Hails Estonia’s Digital Economy

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, addresses journalists at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister on February 27.

Cabinet Approves Increase for Pensioners

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020

$593 Million Allocated for Two Sanitation Projects

The Government will be spending another $593.5 million in the upcoming fiscal year to complete two sanitation projects being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The money has been allocated in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $573.5 million will go towards the Basic Needs Trust Fund project; and $20...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020

$750 Million to Develop Effective National Emergency Communication System

The Government is to spend $750 million as part of the overall plan to develop a national emergency communication system, to coordinate incident response among various critical agencies of government and volunteers. The money has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Funded by the Government, the ‘Improvement of Emergency Communication System...

Vice Principal, Academic Affairs at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), Dr. Trudy Ann Barrett, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (February 26). (Photo: Rudranath Fraser).

7 years ago CultureEducation

Edna Manley College Says Greater Research Needed on the Arts

Vice Principal for Academic Affairs at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), Dr. Trudy Ann Barrett, has highlighted the need for greater research on and documentation of the Jamaican arts. “There is a paucity of research. There is not enough data, which we can readily access,” she said. Dr. Barrett, who was addressing a JIS...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), with (from left) physical activity instructor, Espe Johnson; Senior Medical Officer at the Savanna-La-Mar Hospital, Dr. Alfred Dawes; Public Relations Consultant with the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Mexine Bisasor; Parish Manager at Hanover Health Services, Dawn Harvey; and Chairman for the Noel Holmes Hosptial Management Committee, Allaine Harvey, at the Ministry

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Centres to be Rehabilitated

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that a number of clinics across the island will be rehabilitated this year in a bid to improve access of Jamaicans to primary healthcare. Jamaica has 320 health centres islandwide, which are tasked with providing basic health services as well as outreach at the community level. “We are looking at how...

7 years ago Housing

Cabinet Approves HAJ/CHEC Partnership for Housing Solutions at Bernard Lodge

Cabinet has approved a partnership to be established between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited, for the construction of between 1,650 and 1,900 housing solutions at Bernard Lodge in St. Catherine. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, at a Post Cabinet press briefing, held...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. (FILE)

7 years ago JusticeVision 2030

Low Outdated Monetary Fines to be Increased

Debate on the Law Reform (Amendment of Penalties) Act, which seeks to update low outdated monetary fines for a range of offences, began in the House of Representatives on February 26. Opening debate on the Bill, Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said the legislation seeks to update old penalties in laws falling under the Ministry and is one of...

Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (right); Principal of Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre, Cynthia Roach-Porter (left); and Deputy Chief Education Officer, Dasmine Kennedy, cut the ribbon to officially open a new building at the institution located on Waltham Road in St. Andrew on Tuesday (February 26). The project was undertaken through $12 million in funding from the Government of Japan.

7 years ago Education

Care Bear Early Childhood Facility Expanded

The Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre on Waltham Park Road, St. Andrew, has been expanded to better serve the developmental needs of students in the community and surrounding areas. Through $12 million in funding from the Government of Japan, under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project, an additional building was constructed on the school grounds to house...