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Senator Falconer Proposes Live Broadcasts of CCJ Hearings

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is proposing that live broadcasts or streaming of appeals be considered for use at the Caribbean Court of Justice. This, she said, is in order to “widen and deepen the...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), is in discussion with Chairman of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Allan Rickards, about an item in the association’s report. Occasion was the 66th Annual General Meeting of the association at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on November 12.

Assistance for Sugarcane Farmers

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), greets Head of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, prior to the start of the 10th IMF quarterly review media briefing, at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston, on Friday, November 13.

IMF Team Agrees To Lowering Of Primary Surplus Target

Minister of Justice and Government Senator, Hon. Mark Golding.

Justice Minister Mark Golding to be Honoured

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, share in light conversation with new Country Manager for the World Bank Country Office in Jamaica, Galina Sotirova. Occasion was a welcome reception in honour of Ms. Sotirova at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, November 11.

World Bank a Key Partner in Jamaica’s Development – PM

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Minister of Health Meets With Parents of Babies Who Died in UHWI NICU Bacterial Infection Outbreak

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley met with the eight families of the babies who died during a bacterial infection outbreak at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of the West Indies. The meeting which lasted close to three hours took place at the UHWI Board Room on Thursday, November 12, 2015. Minister Dalley empathised with the mothers...

10 years ago Parliament

Senator Urges Colleagues to Put Country Over Partisan Interest

Government Senator, Lambert Brown, is urging his colleagues to put country over partisan interest, when the vote is taken on the Bills seeking to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the final court of appeal for Jamaica. “It is my view that the Senate must rise above politics of opposing for opposing sake. Jamaica has suffered for too long...

10 years ago Transport

Traffic Changes at Forum Bridge Portmore, St. Catherine

Effective 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, November 13, 2015 changes to traffic movement will be introduced at the Forum Bridge, Port Henderson Road (Back Road) in Portmore St. Catherine. The bridge will be closed for three months to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Manager Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency (NWA) Stephen Shaw says traffic will be diverted onto...

10 years ago Education

Education Programme Launched for PATH Parents

The Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) has partnered with the National Parenting Support Commission to launch an initiative aimed at increasing parenting skills to ensure that children are healthy and ready mentally and socially to engage the education system at grade one. Nine hundred parents from six parishes will participate in the Parenting Empowerment Programme, which will...

10 years ago Environment

Development Orders For All Parishes Should Be In Place By 2017

Development Orders for all parishes should be in place by 2017, says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and Government Town Planner, Peter Knight. “Right now we’re trying to complete a National Spatial Plan that will set the over-arching framework for planning. We’re also doing Development Orders for the parishes and by 2017, they...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, accepts a cheque valued at US$200,000 ( J$23 million) from the South Korean Ambassador to Jamaica, Jong Seon Lim, at Jamaica House on November 10. The money will be used to purchase a state-of-the-art Digital Archival System, which will be used to preserve audiovisual data from various public agencies.

10 years ago Information

Government to Purchase US$200,000 State-Of-The-Art Digital Archival System

In four weeks, Jamaica will become the owner of a US$200,000 (J$23 million) state-of-the-art Digital Archival System, which will allow for the preservation of the audiovisual data of several public agencies. The system, which is being purchased through support from the Government of the Republic of South Korea, will allow the agencies to convert analogue source material of objects, images,...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

IDB Provides Grant For Formulation Of 10-Year Plan For Health Sector

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has provided J$29.94 million (US$250,000) in grant funding support for the Government’s formulation of a 10-year health sector development plan for Jamaica. This provision is being facilitated under a technical cooperation agreement and will finance the sector’s strengthening, through strategic planning to improve systems and structures at primary and secondary facilities. The aim is to...