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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated, left), and Project Manager, China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC), Xiangang Liu (seated, second right), affix their signatures to a contract that will see CHEC constructing a new US$1-million road to bypass the Three Miles area. Also participating (seated, from second left) are Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell; and Vice-President, CHEC, Dr. Zhimin Hu. Overseeing the process (standing, from left) are Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Works, Hon. Everald Warmington; and Manager, Communication and Customer Service, National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw. The signing took place during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Monday (September 17).

New Bypass at Three Miles by End of October

A new US$1-million road will be constructed to bypass the Three Miles area in Kingston, which has been closed to vehicular traffic to facilitate continued road-improvement works. To be completed by the end of October, the road, which will link...

Minister of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (right), joins in a toast with Mexican Ambassador, His Excellency Juan Jose González Mijares and his wife Guadalupe López de Llergo Cornejo, at a reception held at the Ambassador’s residence in St. Andrew on Friday (September 14), to commemorate the 208th Anniversary of the independence of Mexico.

Excellent Cooperation Between Jamaica and Mexico

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, addresses the launch of the Ride Jamaica Taxi App in Montego Bay, on September 14.

Rail Service from Mobay to Appleton to be Revived Soon

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), listens keenly to Programme Manager for the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) project and Head of the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Ceceile Minott (left), during a tour of the Transitional Living Complex at 24 Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston on June 7. Also on the tour were Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (second right) and Project Engineer for Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited, Brandon Williams. The facility is scheduled to open on Tuesday (September 18).

Transition Complex for Former Wards of the State Opens Tuesday

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

Give PEP A Chance to Succeed – Education Minister

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda (third right); and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (third left), break ground for a new housing development, Monymusk Glades, in Jacksonville, Clarendon, on Wednesday (Sept. 12). Also participating (from left) are: Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Winston Maragh; Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Rudyard Spencer; Board Chairman, National Housing Trust, Lennox Channer; and Director, SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), Horace Charoo. The development, which is a joint venture between NHT and SCJH, involves the construction of 84 serviced lots.

8 years ago Agriculture

Safety and Security Unit of Education Ministry Gets Support of US$3 Million

The Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has been boosted with a US$3 million support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Ministry/USAID Partnership For Safe School project. Through the project, the Unit will increase the number of hand held metal detectors to 500, and walk through scanners to 30...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Government Will Assist Farmers Affected by Any Hurricane – Hutchinson

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says the Government is committed to supporting farmers in the event a hurricane should hit Jamaica. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Hutchinson said the Government would assist farmers if they suffer any loss of crops or livestock due to a hurricane. “We’ve always...

This was announced by Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, during a media briefing at the UWI’s Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew, on Thursday (September 13).

8 years ago Tourism

Minister Names Some Board Members of Global Centre for Tourism Resilience

Nine of the 13 persons who will constitute the Board of the Government’s proposed Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management, have been confirmed. They include: University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles, and Jamaica National Group Chief Executive Officer, Earl Jarrett, who will be the Caribbean representatives. This was announced by Tourism Minister, Hon....

Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Reverend Jeffrey McKenzie (fourth left, front row), with the 22 top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students from the parish, who received bursaries worth $550, 000, at a ceremony held on September 13, at the Phillippo Baptist Church, in Spanish Town.

8 years ago Education

Top CSEC Students in St. Catherine Receive Bursaries

Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Reverend Jeffrey McKenzie, has awarded bursaries of $550,000 to 24 top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students from the parish, with each receiving $25,000. Speaking at a presentation ceremony, held on September 12, at the Phillippo Baptist Church, in Spanish Town, the Custos praised the efforts of parents and teachers in helping the students to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd left), greets former United Nations World Tourism Organization Secretary General, Dr. Taleb Rifai, on arrival at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew, on Thursday (September 13), for the inaugural Tourism Summit of the Americas. Mr. Holness was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony. Looking on (from left) are: UWI Pro-Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal (partly hidden); Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; and UWI Mona Campus Principal, Professor Dale Webber.

8 years ago Prime MinisterTourism

Development of Global Tourism Resilience Centre Imperative – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says development of the proposed Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management in Jamaica is imperative in light of the sector’s vulnerability to man-made and natural disasters and exogenous shocks. These, he said, include climate change, epidemics, pandemics, cybercrime, political instability and terrorism. “The ultimate goal of the resilience and crisis management...

Public Relations Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Ollyvia Anderson, give details about the Adopt a Beach programme, at a recent JIS Think Tank.

8 years ago Environment

Jamaicans Urged to Get Involved in Cleaning Beaches

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is calling for Jamaicans to join its Adopt a Beach programme and get directly involved in cleaning the island’s coastlines. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Public Relations Officer at NEPA, Ollyvia Anderson, said that since the launch of the programme in 2016, several organisations have registered “but the challenge is that...