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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Niu Qingbao, shake hands while displaying signed copies of the Jamaica/China Technical Cooperation Project on Sport Coaching at the signing ceremony held on October 23 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The exchange programme is slated to run from January 2018 to December 2020.

Jamaica and China Sign Cooperation Agreement on Sport Coaching

The Governments of Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China today (October 23) signed a three-year Letter of Exchange for a Technical Cooperation Project on Sport Coaching. In the first instance, a team of coaches from China will be working...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets President, Northern Caribbean University, Dr. Lincoln Edwards, at the sixth Dr. Dennis Irvine Lecture Series, held on October 19 at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.

Universities Urged to Ensure Degrees are in Line with Country’s Development Goals

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)

Self-Financing Public Bodies Record Surplus of $3.96 Billion

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank on the importance of monitoring and accountability in the use of lead in Jamaica.

CARPIN Proposes Programme to Monitor Lead Poisoning

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), shares a photo opportunity with (from left) Managing Director of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Dr. Donald Farquharson; FCJ Chairman, Lyttleton Shirley; President of the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA), Metry Seaga; FCJ long-service awardee, Dexter Hunter; and client of the agency and Managing Director of King Pepper, Christine Wong. Occasion was the FCJ’s 30th Anniversary Awards Banquet held on October 21 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Factories Corporation to Add 1.5 Million Square Feet of Space

Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Watson Garrick (right), addresses the Annual Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Conference at the Spanish Court Hotel, recently. Listening keenly are Director of the Financial Institute Supervisory Division, Bank of Jamaica, Decoda Martin (left); and Chair of the function and trainer and consultant, Bazard and Company, Cheryl Bazard.

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentHousing

Report Activity of Trust Accounts – Real Estate Board

Real estate dealers, developers and bankers, and others involved in financial transactions in the industry are being reminded to report activities on trust accounts to the Real Estate Board (REB). The trust account is used to hold fees pertaining to a real estate transaction, including sales deposits. Chief Executive Officer of the REB, Sandra Watson Garrick, said that under the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. (FILE)

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentScienceTechnology

Gov’t Leveraging Science and Technology to Build Climate-Smart Houses

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government will be leveraging science and technology to build climate-smart houses. Dr. Chang, who was delivering closing remarks at the 2017 Regional Housing Conference in Montego Bay on Friday, October 20, noted that stakeholder deliberations during the forum around the use of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

9 years ago CommunityInformationYouth

Friendship Pen and Bamboo River PYCS Get a Welcomed ‘CHARGE UP’

Members of the Friendship Pen and Bamboo River Police Youth Clubs in St. Thomas are using grants provided under the Government’s ‘Charge UP’ initiative to assist in fostering community development. They are also engaged in restorative efforts aimed at further strengthening camaraderie among residents of both areas who were previously at loggerheads. The clubs have each received $30,000, in addition...

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Lowell Hawthorne – A Golden Jamaican Success Story

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the renowned Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill, which operates out of the United States, Lowell Hawthorne, is often referred to as the ‘Patty King’. He will, however, tell you that he is quite happy to be called the “Jamaican Ambassador”. A graduate of Oberlin High School in West Rural St. Andrew, Mr. Hawthorne, who...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

9 years ago Tourism

Falmouth Poised to Become a Model Regional Cruise Shipping Port

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Port of Falmouth in Trelawny is poised to become a model regional cruise shipping destination, noting that this augurs well for Jamaica’s industry to exponentially record additional growth. Mr. Bartlett said, to date, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has spent approximately $190 million to undertake projects in town, inclusive of renovation of the...

Newly appointed Opposition Senator, Attorney-at-Law, Donna Scott-Mottley (left), takes the Oath of Allegiance during the swearing-in ceremony at today’s (October 20) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. Administering the proceedings is Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Heather Cooke. Mrs. Donna Scott-Mottley has also been appointed Leader of Opposition Business in the Upper House.

9 years ago National Security and PeaceParliament

Two New Senators Sworn In

Newly appointed Opposition Senators, Donna Scott-Mottley and Damion Crawford, were sworn in today (October 20), during the Senate’s sitting at Gordon House. Both, who took the Oath of Allegiance during a brief swearing-in ceremony, fill the vacancies that were created following the resignation of former Opposition Senators, Councillor Dr. Angela Brown Burke and Mark Golding. Dr. Brown Burke and Mr....

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (left), presents Mikayla Crossdale with a scholarship valued at $200,000 during the Jamaica Police Federation/Ministry of National Security awards ceremony at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica headquarters in Kingston on October 19. A total of 62 scholarships were presented to children of police officers, who are pursing tertiary studies.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Mobile Apps Being Developed to Improve Policing

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is developing three mobile applications (apps) that will revolutionise policing in Jamaica. The Minister made the disclosure during the Jamaica Police Federation/Ministry of National Security scholarship awards ceremony at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica headquarters in Kingston on October 19. He noted that the apps will allow police personnel to...