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Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen (centre), with the JCDC Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2015 contestants at King
Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen (centre), with the JCDC Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2015 contestants at King's House in July 2015. They are accompanied by JCDC Event Coordinator, Mr. Michael Nicholson (right), and Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2014, Miss Anjell Bryan (second right).

Parish Festival Queens Get Ready for National Coronation

Winners of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen parish pageants are in training to compete for the national crown on August 1, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, at 36 Hope Road, Kingston 10. This is part of several activities to...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), listens as Information Officer, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Nola Wright, highlights items on a display table mounted by NEPA, at the International Fisherman’s Day Conference 2016 held on June 29 at the Girl Guides Association’s headquarters in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), listens as Information Officer, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Nola Wright, highlights items on a display table mounted by NEPA, at the International Fisherman’s Day Conference 2016 held on June 29 at the Girl Guides Association’s headquarters in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry.

Agriculture Ministry Addressing Waste Management at Pedro Cays
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson, addresses the inaugural general meeting of the Tryall Action Group/Diaspora Benevolent Society at the Ballard’s Valley Community Church of God in St. Elizabeth, on June 29.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson, addresses the inaugural general meeting of the Tryall Action Group/Diaspora Benevolent Society at the Ballard’s Valley Community Church of God in St. Elizabeth, on June 29.

RADA to Deal With all Assistance to Farmers
Former Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding (left), speaking at a forum hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Office of the Vice Chancellor, in collaboration with UWI, Mona’s Department of Economics and the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) at the UWI Regional Headquarters on June 29. Also participating in the forum, titled ’BREXIT: Implications for the Caribbean’ are (from second left) United Kingdom High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton; Jamaica National Building Society Executive, Dr. Dana Dixon; and UWI Lecturer, Dr. Damien King.
Former Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding (left), speaking at a forum hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Office of the Vice Chancellor, in collaboration with UWI, Mona’s Department of Economics and the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) at the UWI Regional Headquarters on June 29. Also participating in the forum, titled ’BREXIT: Implications for the Caribbean’ are (from second left) United Kingdom High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton; Jamaica National Building Society Executive, Dr. Dana Dixon; and UWI Lecturer, Dr. Damien King.

Caribbean Urged to Strengthen Economy
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Damian Cox (left), is greeted by President of the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation, Wayne Chen, during a business seminar themed ‘End Child Labour in Supply Chains’, held at the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) office on June 29. Mr. Cox delivered the address of Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson.
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Damian Cox (left), is greeted by President of the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation, Wayne Chen, during a business seminar themed ‘End Child Labour in Supply Chains’, held at the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) office on June 29. Mr. Cox delivered the address of Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

Companies Urged to Help Eliminate Child Labour

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Finance & Public ServiceSectoral Debate 2016/2017

594 Public-Sector Workers Receive Over $50 Million in Education Grants

A total of 594 public-sector workers benefited from $50,239,389 in education grants over the period April 2015 to March 2016. Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, made the disclosure during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 29. He informed that support was provided for...
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) is seen with (from left): Mr Bruce Golding, former Prime Minister and newly appointed Chairman of CARICOM Review Commission, Damien King, Economist, Professor Alvin Wint, and Andre Mariott-Blake, CARICOM Youth Ambassador. The Prime Minister launched the Commission today (Tuesday, June 28) at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

Chairman of CARICOM Review Commission Outlines Tasks

Chairman of Jamaica’s newly formed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission, Hon. Bruce Golding, says the panel will be taking a structured approach to fulfilling its very broad mandate. He says this includes utilising a “huge body of work”, comprising reports, research and studies that exist on CARICOM, to “inform ourselves as we try to address the wide range of issues”....
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Prime Minister

Young People to be Trained as Disaster First Responders

The Government is to embark on a programme to train young people as disaster first responders, as part of its mitigation efforts. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while addressing a meeting of the National Disaster Risk Management Council at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on June 29. He said they could be...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) in discussion with Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston, on June 29.
Youth

Cabinet Approves Charities Policy and Procedures Guidelines for Gifts/Donations

Cabinet has approved the Charities Policy and Procedures Guidelines for Gifts and Donations to the Ministry of Health. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid during the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on June 29. He said a policy needed to be formalised because of the numerous missions that contribute gifts...
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Head of the Standards Compliance Inspectorate Regulatory Division at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Wendell Richards (centre), is in discussion with Manager of Marketing and Public Relations at the BSJ, Garfield Dixon (left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Compliance Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown. The occasion was an awareness session on laundry detergent at the BSJ in Kingston, on June 29.
Information

Consumers Urged to Read Labels on Laundry Detergents

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is advising users of laundry detergents to carefully read the labels on the products being sold to them. “Certain basic information should be on the labels, for example the country of origin, the net content or net weight, which should be in metric,” said Head of the Standards Compliance Inspectorate Regulatory Division at the...
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