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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre, front row); Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley (2nd left, front row); and Chairman of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Dr. Warren Blake (3rd left, back row), share a moment with long service awardees, at the SDF’s 20th anniversary awards function held on My 21, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.

Minister Neita-Headley Hails Long Serving Staff at SDF

Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, has commended long serving staff of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) for their contribution to national development. She was delivering the keynote address at the SDF’s 20th anniversary and long service awards...

State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre), peruses details of the smart farm prototype, developed by technology business start-up, GSP.E Solution, during Thursday’s (May 21) pitch session held at Start-Up Jamaica’s (SUJ) downtown Kingston’s offices. The members of GSP.E Solution (from left),are: Davian Anderson, Sean Miller, Oldane Graham; and Bruce McKenzie. The pitch session provided the opportunity for 10 of the 19 technology business start-ups, operating out of SUJ, to present their innovations to American venture capital investment group, Devlabs.

Govt Looking to Source Funding for Technology Start-Ups

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Labour Day Message by the Prime Minister Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON., MP., Prime Minister

2015 Labour Day Message From the Leader of the Opposition

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), speaks with Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, prior to the start of a Partnership for Jamaica National Council meeting on Thursday (May 21), at Jamaica House.

Govt Will Consult With Business Community Before Making Decisions – PM

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies (centre), emphasises a point while addressing a press briefing yesterday (May 21), at his Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew. He is flanked by Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (left), and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Richard Azan.

11 years ago Works / Construction

Funding Identified for Southern Coastal Highway Project

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, says a source has been identified to provide funding of US$250 million to begin construction of the Southern Coastal Highway. He said talks are now taking place between himself and the Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, to add the project to the budget. “We have identified...

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding (standing) addresses the Senate today (May 22). Pictured beside the Minister (from right) are: Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. A.J. Nicholson; and Senator K.D. Knight. Other Government Senators (in the back row, from left) are: Wensworth Skeffery; Lambert Brown; and Dr. Angela Brown Burke.

11 years ago Justice

Govt Advances Plans to Establish National Human Rights Institute

Officers within the public sector are to commence human rights training in June, as the Government advances plans to establish a National Human Rights Institute for Jamaica. The training, which will begin with judicial officers, is targeting all public sector professionals, whose work involve aspects of human rights. The Government has been working on establishing the Institute since May 2014...

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre), and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Luther Buchanan (2nd left), listen as Senior Director of the Agricultural Division at Appleton Estate, Ian Maxwell (right), provides details on improvements made in factory operations. Occasion was a tour of the property in St. Elizabeth on May 21.

11 years ago Agriculture

Minister Kellier Hails Improvements at Appleton Estate

Agriculture Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is hailing the significant investments being undertaken by the management of Appleton Estate in the retooling of factory operations and innovations in the field to boost sugar cane yield. Minister Kellier was speaking to JIS News after a tour of the St. Elizabeth-based plant on Wednesday (May 21), to get a first-hand look at new...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson (right), ties the shoe lace of little John Spence, a student of the Kidz Palace Nursery and Educational Limited, after he and other students of the school performed at the National Land Agency’s (NLA) land titling ceremony in Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (May 22). The Prime Minister met with the children after they performed.

11 years ago Prime Minister

Govt Committed to Creating Ownership Society – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government is committed to creating an “ownership society” in Jamaica, where citizens have legal possession of land. Delivering the keynote address at a National Land Agency (NLA) land titling ceremony on Friday (May 22), at the Holy Trinity Church in Montego Bay, St. James, Mrs. Simpson Miller said land ownership...

Acting Principal Director for Culture and Creative Industries in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dr. Janice Lindsay.

11 years ago Culture

Gov’t Allocates $4 Million for Labour Day Activities

The Government has allocated some $4 million for the National Labour Day activity and the main parish projects across the island. The funds will be used to improve and upgrade recreational sites, parks and play areas for children in keeping with the theme: ‘Labour of Love: Nurturing our Children’. Acting Principal Director for Culture and Creative Industries in the Ministry...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, uses a computer in the mobile computer lab, which will benefit eight primary and infant schools. The unit dubbed: ‘Tech De Bus II’ was officially launched on May 21, at the Ministry in Kingston.

11 years ago EducationTechnology

Eight Primary and Infant Schools to Benefit from Mobile Computer Lab

Eight primary and infant schools in the Corporate Area are to benefit from the services of a mobile computer lab. Dubbed ‘Tech De Bus II’, the unit was donated to the Ministry of Education by the Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education (PACE) Canada. The eight schools, which will have access to the lab in the first phase of...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon Derrick Kellier (right), addresses the opening of the 33rd annual Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) Business and Workplace Convention and Expo at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James on May 21.
At left is Past President of the JEF and convention committee Chairman, Wayne Chen.

11 years ago Labour

Labour Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Endure a Little Longer

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is calling on Jamaicans to endure a while longer, the stringencies of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP), as the Government strives to grow the economy under the current International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement. “Given the present dispensation in which we are forced to operate as a nation, we have no...