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Portmore Municipality’s Junior Mayor, Sherissa Pinnock, gives her remarks when she called on Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, along with the other Junior Mayors from across the island, recently.

Junior Mayor Wants Jamaicans to Invest More in Health and Wellness

Recently appointed Junior Mayor for the Portmore Municipality, Sherissa Pinnock, is advocating for Jamaicans to invest more in health, wellness and herb gardening, which she believes will allow persons to live longer and healthier lives. It is for this reason,...

- Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), presents a cheque to Tavia McPherson, who was impacted by the flood in Montego Bay on November 22. The presentation was made at the Ministry’s temporary Regional Office on Cottage Road in the city on December 22.

Flood Victims in Mobay Receive Help from Ministry

Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare. (FILE)

Road Safety Unit Calls on Motorists to Reduce Speed

The Portland Parish Court in Port Antonio.

Response to Sexual Assault Cases Pleases High Commissioner

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill.

Persons Encouraged to Enter 2018 Festival Song Competition

Jamaica’s oldest living person, Ms. Ida Troupe, is surrounded by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (standing, right); family members; relatives and friends at her home in West Kingston on Christmas Day (December 25), which was also celebrated as her 117th birthday

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentGender Affairs

Oldest Jamaican Honoured on Christmas Day

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, honoured Jamaica’s oldest living person, Ms. Ida Troupe, on Christmas Day (December 25), which was also celebrated as her 117th birthday, at her home in West Kingston. Ms. Troupe, a retired vendor who was born on December 25, 1900, was among the first group of persons who moved into the...

Project Manager at the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), Carlington Burrell (centre), along with Senior International Development Officer with Global Affairs Canada, Genevieve Boucher (left), and journalist and author, Shelly-Ann Weeks, peruse a business publication during the recent Entrepreneurship Programme for Innovation in the Caribbean network mingle at Eden Gardens in St. Andrew.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre Supporting Budding Regional Entrepreneurs

Twenty Jamaicans will benefit from the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre’s (CCIC) J$18.7-million (US$149,000) entrepreneurial mentorship programme, which is providing assistance to over 200 persons across the region. The programme, which is funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, will commence in Barbados in 2018 with 28 heads of supporting organisations participating in a ‘train the trainers’ session to facilitate the initiative’s...

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, signs the condolence book opened at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) for late Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Ian Boyne. The signing took place at the Agency’s head office, at 58a Half Way Tree Road in Kingston, on Tuesday, December 26.

8 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Most Hon. Juliet Holness Signs JIS Condolence Book for the Late Ian Boyne

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, yesterday (December 26), signed the condolence book opened at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in honour of the Agency’s late Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ian Boyne. The veteran journalist passed away on Monday, December 18 following a period of illness. Mrs. Holness said Mr. Boyne was the epitome and...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

8 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterUncategorized

Christmas Message 2017 – Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Merry Christmas! This is a time for family, and for us in Jamaica it’s also a time for friends, food and festivities. It is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. For many Jamaicans, Christmas is not merely a holiday; it is a holy and sacred celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the saviour and redeemer of the...

Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition.

8 years ago Opposition

Christmas Message 2017 from Leader of the Opposition Dr. Peter Phillips

My fellow Jamaicans, Season’s Greetings. Christmas is traditionally the time of the year when we embrace our family and friends and care for the less fortunate as we celebrate the spirit of our Saviour by spreading peace and love in our communities and goodwill to all. Even as some enjoy the traditional Sorrel drink, Christmas pudding, and the opening of...

The Board of Supervision Outreach and Welfare Committee’s Top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) scholarship recipient, Shanique Sommerville, poses with her trophy, which was presented at the awards ceremony held recently at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew. Shanique is the reigning Miss Manning’s School 2017.

8 years ago EducationYouth

‘Mom Would Have Been Proud’

As Shanique Sommerville walked up to collect her scholarship award for outstanding performance in the 2017 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, her first thoughts were of her late mother. Cheva Newton died seven years ago, when Shanique was just 12 years old. The 19-year-old, who is in Upper Six at the Manning’s School in Westmoreland, says she is driven...

Centenarian, Merinda ‘Miss Mim’ Bryan is surrounded by students and teachers of the John Rollins Success Primary School after they presented her with gifts during a visit to her home in Barrett Town, St. James, on December 18.

8 years ago Education

Primary-School Students Present Gifts to Centenarian

Students and teachers of the Rose Hall-based John Rollins Success Primary School, accompanied by their principal, Yvonne Miller Wisdom, wrapped up their 2017 Christmas outreach programme on December 18. Their final stop took them to Barrett Town, to the home of 100-year-old Merinda Bryan, where they presented the centenarian, who is fondly called ‘Miss Mim’, with several gifts, including a...