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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Work to Begin Soon on Stadium East Running Track

Work to replace the Stadium East running track in Kingston is expected to get under way in a few days. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, in an interview with JIS News...

Medical Chief of Staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr. Carl Bruce (third left), explains the hospital’s plans to use technology to improve patient care, to members of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North, recently. Listening (from left) are President, Lori Chuck; Past President, Glenroy Williams (second left); Head of the UHWI Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department, Dr. Simone Ffrench; former Head of the A&E Department, Dr. Jean Johnson; and Past President of the Club, Wayne Wray. Members of the club handed over a donation of US$3,000 towards upgrading the audiovisual equipment in the A&E department’s training area.

UHWI Working on Project to Assist Persons in Rural Areas

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), welcomes to Jamaica, Team Manager, Coaches’ Team, China, Jiang Lin (second left) and Interpreter, Wang Shan (second right) before the start of a news conference regarding the sports cooperation programme with China, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on January 2. At left is Counsellor for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Fan Jianghong.

Sport Ministry Negotiating Another Agreement with Chinese Counterpart

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP — Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Plan Secure Jamaica is in Full Effect – PM Holness

National Water Commission (NWC) President, Mark Barnett, emphasises a point while addressing journalists during a press conference at the NWC’s Corporate Office in New Kingston, on December 28,

NWC to Seek Funding for Projects to Boost Water Supplies in KMR

7 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Statement Regarding Non-Government Task assigned to Three Back-Bench MPs

The Prime Minister has assigned persons on the back benches of Parliament various tasks in support of the development of broad policy. These assignments are not part of the formal parliamentary process. For example, the Prime Minister assigned Senator Matthew Samuda the task of studying the impact of plastics on the environment and ways in which its effects can be...

7 years ago National SecurityPrime Minister

Prime Minister and Opposition Leader Hold one-on-one Discussions

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness and the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips, yesterday afternoon (January 2, 2019), held private discussions at Vale Royal. Both Leaders held full, frank and confidential discussions on security and crime management in Jamaica. They agreed that a meeting of teams from the Government and Opposition will take place next Monday, January...

7 years ago National SecurityPrime Minister

PM and Security Experts Meet to Plan further Anti-Crime Strategies

The Government is currently engaged in an intense planning process to maintain the security gains and the safety of the citizens of Jamaica. Given the negative response of the Leader of the Opposition to the invitation of the Prime Minister to meet and reconsider the extensions of the States of Public Emergency, the Government has been focused on fine-tuning its...

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Honourable Daryl Vaz

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Remarks by the Hon. Daryl Vaz At a Press Briefing on the Single Use Plastics Ban on December 31, 2018

I wish to start by thanking members of the media who have made themselves available this morning. We appreciate your interest in this issue and thank you for partnering with us to give the public important information on this matter. January 1st, 2019 represents an important date in Jamaica’s fight against environmental degradation, and against the scourge of plastic pollution...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange, congratulates Reggae Girl, Khadija “Bunny” Shaw, on being named Footballer of the Year by The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom.

7 years ago Sport

Minister Grange Hails Bunny Shaw on Footballer of the Year Award

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has extended congratulations to Reggae Girl Khadija “Bunny” Shaw, on being named Footballer of the Year by the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom. Shaw is only the third recipient of the award and joins the ranks of world superstars Italian Fabio Piscane in 2016 and Spain’s Juan...

7 years ago CARICOMPrime Minister

End of Year Message by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community The Most Honourable Andrew Holness

I bring season’s greetings to the people of our Caribbean Community on behalf of all Heads of Government at this joyous time of year. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has had an eventful year both regionally and internationally. We have seen advances in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, (CSME), the signing of the New Multi-Lateral Air Services Agreement and we...

Director of Corporate Communications at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Lorna Clarke, gives details about the 17th staging of Fireworks on the Waterfront, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 27.

7 years ago DevelopmentWater

UDC Stages Fireworks on the Kingston Waterfront and in Ocho Rios

The Kingston Waterfront will come alive on New Year’s Eve with the 17th staging of the Urban Development Corporation’s ‘Fireworks on the Waterfront’, under the theme ‘Feel the Magic, Be the GLOW’. The event, which is the “the largest family-oriented event that takes place anywhere in Jamaica”, will once again branch out to include the northern half of the island....