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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left) , enjoys a light moment with Chairman, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Milton Samuda (centre); and Executive Director (Acting)/Legal Counsel, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office, Lilyclaire Ballamy. Occasion was the National Competiveness Council’s 5th annual business environment reform roundtable at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston today (Feb. 26). The roundtable meeting was aimed at promoting collaboration between the private and public sectors to improve the ease of doing business in Jamaica.

Govt Remains Committed to Strengthening Business Climate

The Government remains committed to strengthening the country’s business environment, through the introduction of key reforms that will facilitate greater investment opportunities and put the country on a path to sustained economic growth. This was stated by Minister of Industry,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (foreground), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Gravel Lane road, in North West Clarendon, on February 25. Others are: Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Scean Barnswell (3rd left); Councillor for the Thompson Town Division, Kevin Shirley (right); Pastor of the Peckham New Testament Church of God, Samantha Nicholson (2nd left), and residents from the area.

Roads Rehabilitated in North West Clarendon

Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase, speaking at the launch of the Hazards Handy Manual on February 25, at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) located on Haining Road in Kingston.

Jamaica to Benefit from US$15 Million Climate Change Grant

Member of Parliament for Central St. James and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative, Mr. Lloyd B. Smith, addressing the the Official Civic Ceremony commemorating the 131st. Anniversary of the birth of National Hero, The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante. The function was held at Blenheim in Hanover yesterday (February 24).

Jamaicans Urged to Honour Bustamante by Showing Love for Country

Director of The Open Heart Charitable Mission, Robert Claire (2nd left) accepts a cheque for $210,000 from Valerie Lewis O’Brian, JP (2nd right). The cheque represents a donation from the latest cohort of 33 Justices of the Peace who were installed in St. James last December. Sharing the occasion (from left) are: Marline Stephenson Dalley, JP and Custos of St. James, Hon. Ewan Corrodus. The presentation took place at the Custos’ office in Montego Bay on February 17.

Charities in Mo-Bay Receive Donations from New JPs

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Community

JSIF to Continue Implementation of Integrated Community Development Project

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will continue its implementation of the Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project with a further allotment of $250 million in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services and to contribute towards increased community safety in selected economically vulnerable and...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr Fenton Ferguson ((2nd left), and Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon Dr Wykeham McNeill (3rd left), discuss details of the planned renovation of the Grange Hill Health Centre in Westmoreland, with representatives of the Health Ministry and the institution, during a tour of the facility on February 13. Phase one of the renovations will be carried out over the next six months at a cost of $20 million, under the Health Ministry’s Primary Health Care Renewal Programme. Financing has been provided by the National Health Fund (NHF). Among those touring with the Ministers were: Deputy Chairman, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Calvin Brown (left); Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Khaushal Singh (centre); Public Health Nurse, Carol Smith Beharie (3rd right); WRHA Director, Wayne Vacciana (2nd right); and Special Advisor to Dr. Ferguson, Hurley Taylor.

11 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

$20M Renovation for Grange Hill Health Centre in Westmoreland

The Grange Hill Health Centre in Westmoreland is to be renovated at a cost of $20 million. The six-month project, to be financed by the National Health Fund (NHF), will include: expansion of the dental clinic, examination areas, and public and staff sanitary facilities; creation of a pharmacy; patient curative/treatment areas; a triage station, where medical treatment priority will be...

Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

11 years ago CommunityTourism

Lighting of Elegant Corridor Going Well

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, said work on the installation of energy-saving street lights along Montego Bay’s “elegant corridor” is proceeding well and the project should be completed by the middle of this year. The eight-month project, being financed by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) at a cost of $248 million, entails the installation of energy-efficient...

Senior Director in the Children’s Affairs Division of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Grace-Ann McFarlane (right), presents prize and certificate to winner in the 9 - 13 age category, Annalise Virtue (left) of Glenmuir High School, for the Child Development Agency’s (CDA) 10th Anniversary Poster Competition, at the awards ceremony, held on February 5 at the Jamaica Library Service on Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston.

11 years ago CommunityCulture

CDA Hosts Awards Ceremony for Children

As part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, the Child Development Agency (CDA) hosted an awards ceremony for the participants of its poster competition, on February 5. Under the theme: ‘Protecting Children, Transforming Lives, Securing the Future’, the CDA invited children from across the island to express their views surrounding child protection in Jamaica and the role of the agency, through...

Project Manager, Jamaica National (JN) Foundation

11 years ago Community

Social Enterprise Summit to be Staged in Kingston

Businesses that generate revenue for social, environmental and human development initiatives are to benefit from the staging of a Social Enterprise Summit to be held in Kingston next week. The event is scheduled for January 26 and January 27 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Being held in Jamaica for the first time, the two-day summit is organised...

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr Morais Guy (2nd right), getting acquainted with a map of the Hatfield area, during his tour of informal settlements in Central Westmoreland on January 15 and 16. Others (from left) are: Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Regional Manager in Savanna-la-mar, Sherene Newman; Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dwayne Vaz; Director of Lands in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Vincent Haldane; and Sales Collection Officer, Everton Lynch.

11 years ago CommunityHousingVision 2030Works / Construction

Informal Settlements in Westmoreland to be Regularised

Persons living in informal housing settlements in Westmoreland are to be presented with land titles soon, under the Government’s comprehensive national titling programme, which was launched in 2012. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, toured 12 homesteads in Central Westmoreland between January 15 and 16, to get first hand knowledge of...

11 years ago Community

Vendors Urged To Keep To Designated Areas

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke, is once again calling on vendors to desist from plying their wares outside of the designated vending areas, particularly in sections of downtown Kingston. “Vending will not be allowed in ‘No Vending’ areas and this goes for Beckford Street, and between Orange Street and West Street too. We will not be tolerating...