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Custos Rotulorum of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, addresses stakeholders at a Justice of the Peace training session staged by the Ministry of Justice at Sandals Montego Bay on Saturday ( October 6).

Justices of the Peace Urged to be Ethical

Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, has charged the parish’s justices of the peace (JPs) to be ethical in the performance of their duties and avoid actions that bring the office into disrepute. He urged the JPs...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, has a light moment with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), and President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, during the JMEA’s awards gala held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (October 6).

‘Produce Local and Export Global’ – Metry Seaga

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) converses with J. Wray & Nephew Foundation Chairman, Clement “Jimmy” Lawrence (right) prior to the start of the recently held handover ceremony for the Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth. The school was renovated and expanded by J. Wray & Nephew Foundation at a cost of over $30 million.

Agro-Economic Zone for Holland Estate

Deputy Governor General and Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (left), handing over the Governor General’s Award for Exporter of the Year for 2017 to Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Seprod Group of Companies, Richard Pandohie, during the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) Annual Awards Hala held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (October 6).

Seprod Takes Top Awards

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Marilyn Headley (left), engage in conversation prior to the planting of a neem tree at the Donald Quarrie High School, in St. Andrew on October 5. Occasion was the national tree planting day ceremony held at the institution.

PHOTOS: Ministry of Finance and the Public Service National Tree-Planting Activities

7 years ago Health & WellnessHOPE Programme

More HOPE Workers for Westmoreland Vector Control Programme

Vector Control Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Ryan Morris, says the Aedes Aegypti mosquito population in the parish should decrease with the help of the second cohort of 25 Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme vector control workers. Mr. Morris informed JIS News that the mosquito population had increased with the recent heavy rains, and the HOPE programme...

Blood being drawn from a patient at the St. Ann

7 years ago Health & Wellness

St. Ann’s Bay Health Centre Expands Phlebotomy Services

The North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) has expanded phlebotomy services at the St. Ann’s Bay Health Centre. The additional services include complete blood count (CBC), liver function, and glucose tests. NERHA Regional Medical Technologist, Dorrett Martin told JIS News that the changes have been implemented to improve service delivery and efficiency. “The main reasons for the changes are to...

7 years ago Education

BSJ Signs MOU with UTech to Widen Teaching of Metrology

The incorporation of metrology into the engineering and science curricula at the University of Technology (UTech) has been achieved. This was made possible through a revised memorandum of understanding (MOU) between UTech and the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ). The document was signed by President of UTech, Professor Stephen Vasciannie; and Executive Director of the BSJ, Stephen Wedderburn, at the...

Lead Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Dr. Henry Mooney, converses with President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, prior to the start of the association’s

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

IDB Official Praises Strong Economic Progress

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Jamaica continues to make strong economic progress, with the country’s economy poised to generate continued growth. According to the Lead Economist at the organisation, Dr. Henry Mooney, the significant strides made by the Government over the last few years have ensured macroeconomic stability and fiscal sustainability, and facilitated economic expansion. He was speaking Thursday...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), shares a good laugh with Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, at the launch of the National Foreign Trade Policy, and Consultancy for the National Trade Information Portal, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on October 4.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Gov’t to Abolish Some Fees Payable to Trade Board

The Government is to abolish a range of import and export fees payable to the Trade Board Limited and other such entities, in order to increase Jamaica’s chances of global competitiveness. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that “between seven and 10 of them” that have been identified are no longer relevant and will be submitted...

Deputy Commissioner of Mines, Mines and Geology Division in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Leighton Williams (left) hands over a geotechnical map of Montego Bay to the city

7 years ago Transport

Geotechnical Map and Engineering Report Developed for Montego Bay

The Mines and Geology Division in the Ministry of Transport and Mining has developed a geotechnical map and engineering report of Montego Bay, which provide credible data to guide development planning. Deputy Commissioner of Mines, Leighton Williams, handed over the documents to the St. James Municipal Corporation on Thursday (October 4). He said the map and detailed report on the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), engages in light banter with (from left) Leader of the Opposition, and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Central, Dr. Peter Phillips; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda. Occasion was the ceremony to break ground for the $860-million Maxfield Park Development Project at the project site along Ricketts Crescent on Wednesday (October 3).

7 years ago HousingVision 2030

Gov’t Intends to Transform NHT into Well-Run Financial Institution – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Government intends to transform the National Housing Trust (NHT) into a well-run financial institution that can adequately support the provision of affordable housing solutions. He was speaking at the ceremony to break ground for the Maxfield Park Development Project in St. Andrew on Wednesday (October 3), where he announced that...