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National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), presents Sangeeta Sharma (left) with her Registration of Jamaican Citizenship at a ceremony conferring Jamaican citizenship on 32 persons at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston on August 9. At right is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.

Jamaica Welcomes 32 New Citizens

Thirty-two persons were today (August 9) conferred with Jamaican citizenship at a swearing-in ceremony organised by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston. The men and women, who have been associated with Jamaica...

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry (left, seated); and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General for Technical Cooperation, Dazhu Yang (right, seated), sign Jamaica’s new five-year Country Programme Framework (CPF), during a brief ceremony at the PIOJ’s head office in New Kingston on Thursday (August 9). The new CPF will run from 2018 to 2023. Looking on (from left) are Senior Lecturer, Caribbean Institute for Health Research (formerly Tropical Medicine Research Unit) University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Professor Asha Badaloo; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Donovan Stanberry; UWI Mona Campus Principal, Professor Dale Webber; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Sancia Bennet Templar; Director, Caribbean Institute for Health Research, Professor Marvin Reid; Director General, International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS), Charles Grant; and Section Head, Latin America and the Caribbean, IAEA, Saul Perez Pijuan.

Jamaica and Atomic Energy Agency Sign New Country Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), greets Founder of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, before the launch of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator Programme, at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus on August 9. Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Sir Hilary Beckles (right); and sprint legend Usain Bolt also attended the launch.

Caribbean Aims to Become World’s First Climate-Smart Zone

Young Innovators/Inventors Science Club Coordinator, Seaview Gardens Primary School, Racquel Rose Taylor (third left), outlines features of the ‘Emergency Respirator (ER)’ project, which won the school first place in the primary school category of the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) National Science and Technology Fair and Competition in 2016/17. Club members Jadon Willis (left), Rihanna Hinds (third right), and Akail Black (second right), demonstrate how the respirator works. Looking on are School Principal, Sangieanna Reid Prince (second left); and club member, Sue Ann Jones (right).

Seaview Gardens Primary Nurturing Young Scientists

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), addresses attendees at a ceremony for the official opening of the Inter-American Development Bank’s new country office at 6 Montrose Road in Kingston on Thursday (August 9).

New Policy for Electrical Approvals by Year End – PM

7 years ago EnergyPrime Minister

Prime Minister Holness Continues Review of Boards

Prime Minister Andrew Holness today continued his review of boards from the Ministry of Science and Technology as well as the Ministry of Energy. Prime Minister Holness had previously stated that he maintains oversight of the Science and Technology Ministry for at least two weeks while he reviews the boards, systems and procedures. The Prime Minister noted that the Ministry...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaks at a Kiwanis Club of Downtown Kingston luncheon recently.

7 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Education Ministry Working with BIAJ in Preparation for PEP

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, says the Ministry has commenced work with the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) as part of preparations for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations in 2019. Books have already been submitted to the Ministry for review, and this should be completed for the 2019 school...

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Researchers to Present Findings at National Conference in November

Research in critical areas of health, which have the potential to inform Government policy, will be showcased at the 2018 National Health Research Conference from November 22 to 23. The two-day event will take place at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Director of the Epidemiological Research and Data Analysis Unit (ERDAU) at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Andriene Grant,...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (centre), is greeted by Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams (left), before his bus ride to observe ongoing road improvements from Three Miles to Half-Way Tree in St. Andrew, on August 8. At right is Superintendent Aaron Fletcher of the Hunts Bay Police Station.

7 years ago Transport

Roads Disturbed by NWC to be Fixed Soon

Motorists are being assured that road surfaces that were disturbed by the National Water Commission (NWC), due to essential work to its Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Programme in Kingston and St. Andrew, will be reinstated in short order. Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, who gave the assurance, said that the State-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, which produces asphalt used...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses an information session hosted by the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) at its Worthington Avenue premises in St. Andrew on August 7.

7 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Education Ministry Ramping Up Career Guidance Programme

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is ramping up its career guidance programme, which is expected to produce school-leavers who are better prepared for the 21st century job market. Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, says the programme will provide secondary-school students with critical information on the skills required by the job market, which will help...

Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2018, Ackera Gowie (centre), waves to the audience inside the National Arena after she was crowned the winner. At left is first runner-up, Shantae Grant, and at right is second runner-up, Chris Ann Douglas.

7 years ago Culture

Festival Queen Wants to Recycle Plastic Bottles

Within a week of being crowned Jamaica’s Festival Queen for 2018, Ms. Ackera Gowie is optimistic about launching her national project – recycling plastic bottles. According to the 23-year-old young woman from St. Mary, it has been heartbreaking for her to see drains clogged, and rivers, sea and shorelines polluted with plastic and other wastes. In keeping with this, she...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, looks at pineapple on display at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) booth during the 66th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon, on August 4.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Work to Start Soon on Essex Valley Irrigation Project

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says development of the Essex Valley irrigation project in St. Elizabeth is expected to start within the next three months. “This project will positively impact the livelihoods of over 700 farmers on 1,700 acres of land through the provision of irrigation water and increased access of our agricultural produce to...