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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), engages with Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (right), and Executive Director of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Imega Breese McNab. Occasion was the launch of the 'True Stories – From Farm to Shelf' publication on May 15, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Minister Shaw to Tackle Food Imports in Tourism Sector

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Ministry intends to tackle the issue of food imports in the tourism industry head-on. The majority of the island’s total food imports, about 60 per cent, are directed...

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.

Electronic Case-Management System for Dept. of Correction Services

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Councillor for the Grove Town Division, Iceval Brown, cut the ribbon to officially open the water shop in Marlie Hill, Manchester, on Monday, May 14.

Water Shop Opens in Marlie Hill, Manchester

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), and Chairman, Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Senator Ransford Braham (right), unveil a commemorative board for the Houses of Parliament Design Competition, during the official launch of the competition at the National Heroes Park in downtown Kingston on Thursday (May 17). Also pictured are members of the competition’s Bipartisan Parliamentary Oversight Committee. They are (from left) Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda; and Member of Parliament for Southern Trelawny, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert. Registered Jamaican architects locally and in the diaspora have a chance to win up to $7 million in the competition.

PM Launches Design Competition for New Parliament Building

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), parcipates in the breaking of ground for construction of a new Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on May 17. Others (from left) are Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald (left); Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi.

UWI to Get New Confucius Institute

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Minister Andrew Holness (left), presents Patricia Eves-McKenzie with an award for Service to Education at the Prime Minister’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation ceremony held recently, at Jamaica House.

8 years ago EducationPrime Minister

‘Teaching is My First Love’ – PM Award Recipient

Retired Educator, Patricia Eves-McKenzie, is honoured to be a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for doing something that she loves. Proud of her long and distinguished career in education, moulding students from the primary to the tertiary levels, Mrs. Eves-McKenzie says that things might have turned out differently, as there was a time when she stepped away...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), observes a demonstration on the use of a new dental X-ray machine acquired by the Good Samaritan Inn drop-in centre at Geffrard Place in Kingston, with help from the CHASE Fund. The machine was handed over on May 16. Others (from left) are Patron of the Good Samaritan 5K Health Walk/Run, Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris; Manager of the Good Samaritan Inn, Vermont Murray; volunteer dentist at the centre, Dr. Yvonne Stultz and Chairman of the Good Samaritan Inn and President of the East Jamaica Conference (EJC) of Seventh-day Adventists, Dr. Eric Nathan.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

CHASE Fund Helps Good Samaritan Inn to Purchase X-Ray Machine

The Culture, Health, Arts, Science and Education (CHASE) Fund has partnered with the Good Samaritan Inn drop-in centre for the homeless, to acquire an X-ray machine for the institution’s dental clinic. The state-of-the-art wall-mounted X-ray unit offers radiographic images with contrast and high definition. Some $350,000 was provided by the CHASE Fund, with other support from sponsors and participants in...

8 years ago Local GovernmentSectoral Debate 2018/2019

3,000 Young Persons for Summer Employment Programme

Three thousand young people are to participate in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Summer Employment Programme. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, provided details of the initiative during his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16. In 2017/18, more than 2,300 young people from the 228 divisions were employed to undertake...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes a point at a JIS Think Tank held on Tuesday (May 15), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

8 years ago CultureEntertainmentGender AffairsLabour

Jamaicans Urged to Register Labour Day Projects

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is encouraging citizens to register their projects for Labour Day, which will be observed on May 23 under the theme ‘Ramp it up… Fix it up’. Minister Grange, who chairs the National Labour Day Planning Committee, made the appeal while addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (May 15). She...

Executive Director of the National Council on Education (NCE), Merris Murray.

8 years ago Education

School Board Members Attend Training Sessions

Over 900 board members representing 489 public educational institutions participated in training sessions conducted by the National Council on Education (NCE). The NCE is a statutory body under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) responsible for the training of school board members, in collaboration with the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL). Executive Director of the NCE, Merris...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre) converses with Partner, Hart Muirhead and Fatta, Sanya Goffe (right), during the Pension Funds Association of Jamaica

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Debt-To-GDP Ratio to Dip Below 100 Per Cent for 2018/19 – Dr. Clarke

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the country’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is projected to fall below 100 per cent at the end of the 2018/19 fiscal year. The Minister was speaking at the Pension Funds Association of Jamaica’s annual luncheon at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on May 16....

Coordinator for the Scientific Research Council’s Science and Technology Education Unit, Amanda McKenzie.

8 years ago Technology

10 Projects at SRC Science Fair to Receive Business Development Support

Entrants in the Scientific Research Council (SRC) 2018 National Science and Technology Fair will benefit from the opportunity to have their displays selected for development support. The June 12 event invites schools to showcase their innovative projects in the areas of education, agriculture, food and agro-processing, energy, information and communications technology and electronics, security, health, sport, among others. Ten prototypes...