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

Government Committed to Universal Access to Secondary Education

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is committed to ensuring that there is universal access to secondary education. He said although government has limited resources and there are challenges, education should be a right for all children. He also...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, interacts with children, following a ceremony by the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) to hand over some 220 land titles at Jamaica House, on August 23.

Draft Bill Being Finalised for Land Registration and Ownership

Articulated buses that have been procured by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to bolster its fleet this year. The buses were taken off the wharf yesterday (August 20). The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year.

JUTC Urges Students to Update Profiles

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), hands over a land title to Donald Miller, one of over 220 recipients of land titles at a ceremony held by the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), at Jamaica House, on August 23. Mr. Holness gave the keynote address at the ceremony.

PM Says 1,200 Land Titles to be Delivered for 2016/17

Director, CB Group, Lori-Ann Lyn (second left), presents a cheque to President of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Dr. Derrick Deslandes at the official launch of the annual Roger Clarke Scholarship, valued at $250,000, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on August 23. The scholarship will provide funds towards the tuition and expenses of one CASE student each year. Looking on (from left) are Corporate Affairs Manager, CB Group, Dr. Keith Amiel, and widow of the late Agriculture Minister, Sonia Clarke.

Roger Clarke Scholarship Launched

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

10 years ago Culture

Grange Concerned by Fire at Half Way Tree Clock Tower

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has instructed the Jamaica National Heritage Trust to see that no further damage is done to the clock tower in Half Way Tree which was the scene of a fire yesterday morning. Minister Grange said she was “grateful that no-one was hurt in the fire” but expressed “concern...

Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Paul Ashley (left), and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Joseph Assignment Global Initiative (JAGI), Dr. Alexis Felder, display the receipt for more than 1,000 pieces of school furniture that the group presented to the Ministry, on August 23, at the Heroes Circle offices of the Ministry.

10 years ago Education

Education Ministry Receives Furniture from the Joseph Assignment Global Initiative (JAGI)

The education sector has received more than 1,000 pieces of school furniture from the Joseph Assignment Global Initiative (JAGI). They were handed over today (August 23) by representatives of the group to officials of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, at its Heroes Circle offices, in Kingston. Commending the JAGI for its work across the globe to make education...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness presents a beneficiary with his land title during the Land Administration and Management Programme’s (LAMP) Land Titling ceremony held at Jamaica House on Tuesday, August 23. He was one of over 200 persons who received titles.

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Over 200 Jamaicans Receive Land Titles

Over 200 Jamaicans collected land titles today (Tuesday, August 23) at a Land Titling Ceremony held at Jamaica House through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). Prime Minister Andrew Holness who was keynote speaker at the event, said this is an important initiative aimed at empowering Jamaicans with a renewed sense of ownership and pride in Jamaica. “We want...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid speaking at the NCB Foundation’s Scholarships and Grants reveal event and launch of its Innovative, Creative, Outstanding and Nationalistic (ICON) Scholarship, at the Courtleigh Hotel & Suites in Kingston, on August 18.

10 years ago Youth

Students Urged to Stay Away from Illegal Activities

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging students to refrain from a life of illegal activities, especially lottery scamming. “We have had to contend with scamming as a very notorious element of our society. There is nothing that says because you do not have that you have to do things that are unethical or...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), listens as Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, addresses journalists during the recent 13th IMF quarterly review media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Government Spends More to Protect the Most Vulnerable

The Government’s annual social protection expenditure under the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) has exceeded the minimum $18 billion agreed on with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was disclosed by Financial Secretary in the Finance and Public Service Ministry, Everton McFarlane, who said the figure has averaged between $21 billion and $23 billion. He was speaking at the recent...

National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Chairman, Senator Aubyn Hill (right), greets Technical Officer from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, Lena Heng (centre), at the opening of a four-day workshop titled ‘Optimizing Irrigation Water Management to Improve Crop Output and Water Quality Control’, at the Ministry’s offices in St. Andrew on August 22. At left is Manager of Agronomic Research and Development at Sentek Technologies in Adelaide, South Australia, Peter Buss.

10 years ago Agriculture

Transformation of Irrigation Process a Must for Agriculture – Hutchinson

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says sustainable growth of the agricultural sector requires transformation of the irrigation process. He pointed out that with issues such as inadequate water supply and climate change negatively impacting the growth of crops, structured and planned management of water resources is important. Mr. Hutchinson was...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), presents educational items to children at a health fair and back-to-school event, organised by the National Heath Fund (NHF), at the Brown’s Hall Primary School, in St. Catherine, on August 20.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Screening for Residents of Brown’s Hall

Scores of residents in the Brown’s Hall area of St. Catherine and surrounding communities received health screening on August 20, through a National Health Fund (NHF) health fair. The event, which also targeted children who will be going back to school in September, was held at the Brown’s Hall Primary School. Persons were screened for high blood pressure, diabetes, high...