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National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, speaking at a recent meeting of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, at which he gave details of the success of the programme.

CSJP Helps to Reduce Crime – Security Minister

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the work of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) has been assisting to reduce crime and violence and has encouraged behavioral change in targeted communities across the island. Speaking in Montego Bay...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (second left), makes a point at the signing of an agreement at the Tourism Ministry’s office on August 3. The Tourism Enhancement Fund is providing $260 million towards the implementation of an ‘All Island Maintenance Beautification Project’. Others (from left) are: Director of Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Dennis Hickey; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott and Interim Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Colonel Daniel Pryce.

TEF Provides $260 Million for Beautification Project

Chairman of the Public Sector Transformation Steering Committee, Pat Francis, makes a point at a recent Jamaica House media briefing, to highlight achievements under the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme.

Government Appoints CIO to Push ICT in Public Sector

Adrian Lindo, participant in the University of Technology Students Council’s summer outreach project, ‘Teach the Youth’, answers a question posed by Director of Corporate Services, Jamaica Information Service, Errol Gardner, during an empowerment session at the August Town community centre on July 30.

Volunteers Give Passing Grade to Summer Programme in August Town

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), admires farm produce on display at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show on Sunday, August 2, while she toured the booths. The Prime Minister also delivered the closing address for the three-day event. At right is President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant.

Prime Minister Outlines Plan To Expand Cassava Industry

11 years ago CultureNational Security

Traffic Changes for Festival/Independence Events

The Jamaica Constabulary Force Traffic and Highway Division is advising motorists and members of the public that in order to facilitate the smooth staging of events during the Independence/Festival celebrations, certain traffic changes and parking arrangements will be instituted. For vehicular access to the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road, patrons travelling from the Half-Way Tree direction will use...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (right), in discussion with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (left), at the launch of Jamaica’s first electronic procurement portal, by the Ministry of Finance and Planning, at the Pegasus Hotel on July 31. At centre is Project Manager in the Finance and Planning Ministry, Mr. John M. Thompson.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Electronic Procurement System Launched

The Ministry of Finance and Planning has launched Jamaica’s first electronic procurement platform, which will significantly improve efficiency and transparency in the acquisition of goods, services and works. The E-Procurement System, launched on July 31 under the theme: ‘Faster, Easier and More Efficient Way of Doing Business’, is in keeping with the Government’s commitment to strengthen and promote Public Procurement...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. (FILE)

11 years ago Education

Minister of Education Released from Hospital

Minister of Education the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites has been released from hospital after tests revealed minor injuries to his wrist and shoulder, as a result of the fall on his farm on Saturday, August 1. Minister Thwaites is now recovering well at home. He continues to express appreciation for everyone's concern and well wishes.

Vendors from the Coronation market, in downtown Kingston, transacting business with buyers, during the farmers’ market inside the Independence Village, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on Emancipation Day, Saturday, August 1.

11 years ago Culture

Coronation Market Vendors Hosted at Independence Village

Vendors at the Coronation Market, in downtown Kingston, were hosted at a one-day farmers’ market at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on Emancipation Day, Saturday, August 1. The market was one of several scheduled activities slated for the Independence Village, which has been created at the venue by the Ministry of Youth and Culture as part...

Tourism and Entertainment, Hon Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), basks in the glow of newly installed lights along Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor with, from left: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B. Smith; Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris; State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams; and Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon Noel Arscott, following the official commissioning ceremony, on July 30. A total of 797 state-of-the-art L.E.D. lights were installed along the 27-kilometre corridor, stretching from the Sangster International Airport round-a-bout to Iberostar Hotel, in Lilliput, St. James, at a cost of $272.1 million, with funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).

11 years ago Tourism

Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor ‘Lights Up’

The new lights, which have been installed along Montego Bay’s 27-kilometre Elegant Corridor, were officially switched on, during a ceremony on Thursday, July 30. The formalities were carried out by Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, and Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott. Installation of the 797 state-of-the-art L.E.D. lights, which span the corridor between...

Deputy Governor-General, Hon. Steadman Fuller (left), is presented with a pimento plant by General Manager, AGRO GRACE, Olive Downer Walsh (centre), during the first day of the 63rd Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, at Denbigh showground, May Pen, Clarendon, on Friday, July 31. Mr. Fuller represented Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. Assisting Ms. Downer is Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President and Denbigh Show Committee Chairman, Senator Norman Grant.

11 years ago Agriculture

Jamaica Agricultural Society Proposes the Creation of ‘Denbigh City’

The Jamaica Agriculture Society (JAS) is seeking to partner with key stakeholders to create a ‘Denbigh City’, at the Denbigh showground, in May Pen, Clarendon. President of the JAS, Senator Norman Grant, says under the initiative, it is proposed to have year-round activities being held at the 52-acre property, which currently hosts the annual three-day Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial, and Food...

11 years ago Agriculture

National Irrigation Commission to be Overhauled

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) is to be comprehensively overhauled in a bid to further maximize the entity’s outputs by reducing water lost in the process of transmission to farmers. This, he anticipates, will be achieved through initiatives to upgrade the NIC’s facilities, such as the lining of canals, and...