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Outlying sections of a closed broadleaf forest within the Dolphin Head mountain range near Glasgow, Hanover.
Outlying sections of a closed broadleaf forest within the Dolphin Head mountain range near Glasgow, Hanover.

Forestry Dept. Contributes to Success of Tourism

The Forestry Department has been quietly contributing to the success of tourism in Jamaica’s major vacation belt, through the work of the organisation’s Northwest Regional Office, which operates within the island’s forest reserves and forest management areas. “The northwest region,...
Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montgaue (right), conversing with newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, during the Commissioner’s visit to the Minister’s offices in St. Andrew today (March 20).
Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montgaue (right), conversing with newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, during the Commissioner’s visit to the Minister’s offices in St. Andrew today (March 20).

Minister Montague Pledges Full Support to New Police Commissioner
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

Firearms Act to Be Amended to Address Illegal Dealing and Possession
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

Gov’t Ramps up Logistics Operations
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

Economic Growth, Curbing Crime Remain Priorities – PM

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.
Finance & Public ServicePrime MinisterYouth

Unattached Youth Programme to Be Absorbed Under Hope – 12,600 to Be Engaged

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the National Unattached Youth Programme will now be absorbed under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) project, targeting a total of 12,600 youth across Jamaica in the 2018/2019 fiscal year. Making his contribution to the 2018/2019 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20), Mr. Holness...
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President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards (centre), in discussion with Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), and Chief Executive Officer, Agro-Investment Corporation, Sylburn Thomas, at the Agricultural Information Forum, which was hosted by JAMPRO at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on March 13.
Agriculture

JAMPRO Calls for More Export of Tropical Fruits

Sales and Promotions Manager, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter, is encouraging more Jamaicans to plant and export tropical fruits, as the demand for these products are on the rise. Speaking at JAMPRO’s Agricultural Information Forum, which was held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on March 13, Mrs. Porter said there are attractive agricultural investment opportunities...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), presents the keys to a new Mitsubishi Rosa bus valued at $9.8 million, which the Ministry has provided for the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), to the entity’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Wynter. The presentation was made at PICA’s head office on Constant Spring Road, Kingston, on Tuesday (March 20).
National Security

PICA Gets Bus to Reach More People

The Ministry of National Security has provided the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) with a Mitsubishi Rosa bus valued at $9.8 million. The vehicle, which was presented by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, to PICA’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Wynter, at the agency’s head office in Kingston on March 20, will better enable the entity to take its services...
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Newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), salutes Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, when he visited the Minister’s office in St. Andrew today (March 20).
National Security

New Police Commissioner Says States of Public Emergency Helping to Reduce Murders

Newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says the States of Public Emergency are “progressing apace” and the operations are assisting to reduce murders. “In the first one in St. James, the number of murders has gone down tremendously, and in St. Catherine, we expect the same thing to happen,” he said. The Commissioner, who took office on...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), speaks with Chair of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme National Committee, Joy Douglas. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the four-day Caribbean Small Island Developing States – Roadmap to Biosphere Nomination subregional MAB programme workshop, on Monday, March 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
CultureEducationScience

Jamaica Looking to Have Four Areas Declared Biosphere Reserves

Jamaica is looking to have four areas declared as biosphere reserves under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. The areas selected are Negril, Ocho Rios, Portland Bight and the Martha Brae/Rio Bueno rivers. Biosphere reserves are terrestrial and coastal areas that promote sustainable development and act as learning sites where new...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Tourism

Stakeholder Consensus on Factors for Tourism’s Success in the Caribbean

Caribbean tourism officials, including Jamaica’s Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, believe greater air access from source markets and significant hotel investments are recipes for the industry’s success in the region. They note that it is against this background that countries like Jamaica have been active in the marketplace, securing arrangements for more non-stop flights out of non-traditional destinations to add...
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Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), Project Manager, Carlington Burrell (centre); with CCIC GreenTech Entrepreneurs, Founder of Preelabs,Yekini Wallen-Bryan (left); and Chief Technical Officer Preelabs, Philip Logan, at the CCIC mentorship programme launch in January.
Technology

Regional Technology Entrepreneurs to Benefit from Mentorship Support

The Scientific Research Council (SRC)-based Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) is providing approximately 60,000 regional and international mentors to green technology entrepreneurs across the region. The undertaking, being done in partnership with the entity, MicroMentor, through the World Bank Climate Technology Programme, allows mentors and mentees to create their profiles on a virtual mentorship platform that is user-friendly and free....
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