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Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan (right), addressing members of the Westmoreland office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), during a 'fact-finding' visit to the parish on July 29. At left is Parish Manager, Ron Daley.

SDC To Be Strengthened

To further strengthen the Social Development Commission (SDC) to facilitate the economic and social empowerment of communities islandwide, Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, is on a series of fact-finding visits...

Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) President, William Mahfood.

Public and Private Leaders List Major Achievements Since Independence

Traffic Plan for Emancipation and Independence Celebrations

Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club’s Director of Programmes, David Earl (4th left), is presented with five saxophones by President of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East, Marcus McKenzie (right). Also present are (from left): Board Chairman and Music Director, Carl Matthews; Director, Lisa Crichton Watt; Band Director, Patrick Clarke; Band Assistant, Desmond McKnight and members of the band.

New Sound For Youth Marching Band In Montego Bay

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (3rd left), plants a tree at the St. Andrew parish office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to mark the Authority’s 25th anniversary, recently. Others (from left) are: President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant; Chief Technical Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dermon Spence; Chairman of RADA, Richard Harrison, and Land Husbandry Officer with RADA, Robert Tulloch.

RADA Assisting Farmers to Deal With Climate Change

11 years ago National Security

PICA to Offer Passport Services at Independence Village

The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will be offering its services at the Independence Village to be held August 1 to 6 at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre. In an interview with JIS News, Communications Officer of PICA, Angela Hamilton, said that persons attending the Independence Village can access passport and citizenship services, while celebrating the Jamaica culture. “We...

11 years ago Commerce

Mobay Expo Set for October 9-11

The 16th staging of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Expo takes place at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, from October 9 to 11, 2015. The event, which allows business operators across Jamaica, but especially in the greater Montego Bay area to display their products and services to the wider public, is being staged...

11 years ago Education

Education Ministry Designing Specific Strategies to Assist Boys

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry is designing gender-specific instruction, aimed at improving the performance of boys who are lagging behind their female counterparts in academic achievement. “It is evident that boys’ underachievement in the education system is weighing heavily on national socio-economic development. Our boys are running 20 per cent behind girls – from grade...

11 years ago Culture

Preserving Bedward’s Legacy

On Emancipation Day, August 1, the Government of Jamaica will join with the August Town community in celebrating the legacy of noted spiritual leader Alexander Bedward, by unveiling signage to the church, which he founded. The signs are to promote awareness about the significance of the national monument, and the spiritual movement that Bedward led, which was a source of...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses the United Nations Security Council and the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, July 30. In the background at left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. AJ Nicholson QC, while at right is Jamaica

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Simpson Miller Calls for Greater International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Jamaica and other Caribbean countries need greater international support to fight global organised criminals and reduce crime, particularly gun-related murders. Speaking at the powerful United Nations Security Council in New York today (Thursday, July 30) Prime Minister Simpson Miller said small countries like Jamaica require comprehensive debt relief and tangible development financing to...

: Mrs. Yodit Getachew Hylton, the Honorary Consul of Ethiopia in Jamaica, Hon. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes, State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Professor Winston Davidson, Head of the University of Technology School of Public Health & Health Technology, Her Excellency Mathu Theda Joyini, High Commissioner for South Africa to Jamaica, Ambassador Girma Birru, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Jamaica, His Excellency Ariel Fernandez Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica and his wife Helene Fernandez.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Welcomes New Ethiopian Ambassador

The newly appointed Ethiopian Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Girma Birru was welcomed to the island by a contingent of ministers, members of the diplomatic community and well-wishers at a reception hosted by Mrs. Yodit Getachew Hylton, Honorary Consul of Ethiopia to Jamaica on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Ambassador Birru submitted his credentials to the Governor General of Jamaica, His...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, gives details of a Farmers’ Market scheduled to take place at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Saturday, August 1. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 24.

11 years ago CultureJIS Think Tank

Jamaicans Can View Grand Gala at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is making additional arrangements for persons who cannot get in the National Stadium to view the Independence Grand Gala on Independence Day, August 6. Large screens will be set up at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre (RWEC), Hope Road, in Kingston for viewing of the Grand Gala, the culmination of Emancipation and Independence Celebrations....