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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Miss Marilyn Headley, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 22.

Private Land Owners Urged To Establish Forests

Conservator of forests, Marilyn Headley, is promoting the development of forests on private lands. Miss Headley, who is also Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Department, is appealing to Jamaicans with private lands to declare them as forest cover...

Pastor at Hope United Church, Rev. Dr. Margret Fowler announces that the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands will be implementing a specialized training for all persons who work with children in the church. Rev. Fowler was speaking at a church service to mark the beginning of the Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Week, held on July 26 at the Hope United Church, Mona.

United Church Offers Training to Protect Children

The Brandenburg Singers, directed by Dr. Curtis Watson (right), perform at the National Emancipation and Independence Thanksgiving Church service, held on July 26 at the St. Jago De La Vega Cathedral in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

GG Urges Jamaicans to Stand for Principles and Values

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), presents a plaque to Senior Canon of the St. Jago De La Vega Cathedral, in Spanish Town, Reverend Canon Collin Reid, for hosting the Emancipation and Independence church service, on July 26.

Jamaicans Urged To Come Out and Celebrate

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), presents a plaque to Chairman of the Board of Management of Frazer Primary School in Hanover, Rev. Cedric Palmer, during the Ministry's Regions 3, 4 and 5 Back-to-School conference, held on July 23, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall. The conference was held over two days under the theme: 'Technical vocational education and training, building and sustaining a culture of innovation and creativity in education'.

Education Minister Announces Increase in Primary School Maintenance Grant

11 years ago Transport

JUTC Provides Service to Denbigh Show

Patrons from Kingston and St. Andrew and parts of St. Catherine who will be attending this year’s Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, in May Pen, Clarendon, will have an opportunity to travel in style and comfort. The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will again offer its park and ride services from Half-Way Tree, Portmore and Spanish Town. The cost...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. A.J. Nicholson (right) and Venezuelan Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Maria Jacqueline Mendoza (left), lay a wreath at the monument of Simon Bolivar, at Bolivar Square, National Heroes Circle on Friday, July 24, to commemorate the birthday of Simon Bolivar.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Principles of Simon Bolivar Still Relevant – Senator Nicholson

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, says the principles of unity and cooperation exemplified by the Venezuelan military leader and liberator, Simon Bolivar, are still relevant today. Simon Bolivar played a key role in Latin America’s independence movement against British rule. He was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela and died at...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second right) and contractor, Courtney Laing (right), examine activities of workmen as he toured sections of improvement works which are underway to improve water supply in sections of Cascade, Hanover, on July 24. At second left is member of Parliament for eastern Hanover, D. K.
Duncan.

11 years ago Environment

More Than 8,000 Hanover Residents To Benefit From Improved Water Supply

More than 8,000 residents of Cascade, Claremont and Jericho in Hanover are to benefit from an improved supply of potable water, as improvement works, at a cost of $271.25 million, are progressing on that system by the National Water Commission (NWC). Addressing residents and reporters after a tour of the main communities on July 24, at the Merlene Ottey High...

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (at podium), addresses a Sugar Industry Delegates Conference at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on Thursday (July 23). Also pictured at the head table is Executive Chairman of the Sugar Producers Federation of Jamaica, Deryck Brown.

11 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t Committed to Sugar Sector – Buchanan

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, is assuring that the Government will continue to work with sugar industry stakeholders to ensure that the sector remains sustainable. “The Government has an undying commitment to the success of the agricultural sector and specifically to the success of the sugar industry, which is the largest subsector; largest employer...

Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (2nd left), listens to comments during Thursday’s (July 23) Trade Facilitation Task Force (TF2) meeting held at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce. Others (from left), are: TF2 Chair, Patricia Francis; Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and State Minister, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams.

11 years ago CommerceFinance & Public Service

Improving Trade Facilitation Critical – Dalley

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, says improving trade facilitation is critical in achieving the levels of economic growth that the country requires. He was speaking against the background of the World Bank’s recent Doing Business study, which states that Jamaica could record growth averaging five per cent per annum, if the country’s...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (left), is in light discussion with (from left): Scotiabank

11 years ago Commerce

SMEs Play a Key Role in Economic Development – Ffolkes Abrahams

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, has reiterated the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the development of the local economy. “For Jamaica, SMEs provide approximately 80 percent of new employment created. This group is the key driver of innovation, employment and growth for the economy as a whole. We...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), is greeted by Custos of Westmoreland, the Very Reverend Hon. Cannon Hartley Perrin, on his arrival for the Governor-General’s Achievement Award ceremony for the County of Cornwall, on July 23, at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. Others (from left) are: Custos of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair; Custos of St. James, Hon. Ewen Corrodus and Custos of Trelawny, Hon. Paul Muschette (partly hidden).

11 years ago Governor General

GG Says Law Abiding Citizens Must Not Despair

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says despite the difficult situations facing the country, particularly crime, there are enough good people in Jamaica to cause law abiding citizens not to despair. Addressing the 2015 Governor-General’s Achievement Award ceremony for the County of Cornwall on July 23, at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, he said...