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Recipients of Tryall Fund Scholarships along with members of the Board, at the scholarship awards ceremony, held at the Tryall Great House in Sandy Bay, Hanover, on August 8. A sum of $4.2 million was disbursed to students from high schools, colleges and tertiary institutions for the upcoming school year.

36 Students Receive Tryall Scholarships

Thirty-six students of educational institutions, including high schools, colleges and universities, have been presented with scholarships worth $4.2 million, by the Tryall Scholarship Fund. The presentation ceremony was held at the Tryall Great House in Sandy Bay, Hanover, on August...

Participant in the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC), intermediate leather craft and business development skills training programme, Shanice Beckford (left) shows off her work to JBDC Trainer/Leather Craft Expert, Valentine McLean (centre); and Project Manager, Inner City Basic Services Project, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dale Colquhoun, during the programme’s closing ceremony at the JBDC’s Incubator and Resource Centre on Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, on August 9.

Twenty Residents Complete JBDC Leather Craft Course

Community member John Whyte cuts the ribbon to signal the official opening of the Mt. Hannah Resource Centre in Hanover, which was established at a cost of approximately $10 million by the Mt. Hannah Primary School Past Student Association in collaboration with the Organization of International Development. Looking on (from left) are: Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Lloyd Hill; Member of Parliament, easter Hanover, Dr. D.K. Duncan; OID Head Dr. Roy Streete; Guest speaker and member of the Jamaica National Foundation, Virginia Turner and community member Nicola Brown.

$10 Million Resource Centre Opens in Eastern Hanover

Recipients of the 'Spirit of Independence Awards' from the parish of St. James display their awards at the Independence Civic Ceremony held on August 6 at the Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay. They are (from left) Madge Neil Burnett, Roy Graham, Clarice Grant, Beulah Graham, Janet Silvera, Leanora Morris, Matebel Edwards, Sylvia Brown and Oliver Townsend.

Nine Awarded for Outstanding Contribution to St. James

Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Hon. Andre Hilton (right), assists Chief Executive Office at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left) in handing over a prize of JIS publications to nine year old Kyle Alridge of Highlight View, at the closing ceremony of the University of Technology’s Youth Summer Programme 2013 on July 26 . He was one of the top ten participants in the programme which saw the five communities of Kintyre, Tavern, Highlight View, August Town and Sandy Park benefitting. Special Projects Officer at the JIS, Christine Ade-Gold (background) looks on.

MP Hails Positive Impact of UTECH Summer Programme

12 years ago CommunityGovernor General

Computers Donated To ‘I Believe’ Initiative

The I Believe Initiative (IBI) Villages/WIFI Centres in three rural communities have been boosted with the donation of 10 computers from the Chinese Government. The equipment were handed over to Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen by the Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Zheng Qingdian, during a ceremony at King’s House on August 2. The brand...

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen (left), officially opens the Spring Village ‘I Believe’ Medical Clinic in St. Catherine on July 30. Observing are: Chairman of the South-East Regional Health Authority (SEHRA), Mr. Littleton Shirley (second left); Rev. Norva Rodney (background), member of the Spring Village Ministers Fraternal; Ms. Norace Harris-Bolt and Ms. Jacqui Banton of the Spring Village Development Foundation’s United Kingdom Chapter; and Group Public Relations and Training Manager of Jamaica Broilers Group of Companies, Nicole Marshall-Walker (right).

12 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Spring Village Development Foundation Commended

The Spring Village Development Foundation (SVDF), in St. Catherine, has been commended for its commitment to the residents in the community, and for its work in establishing a medical facility to serve more than 20,000 persons. Speaking at the official opening of Phase One of the Spring Village ‘I Believe’ medical clinic on July 30, wife of the Governor-General, Her...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell
(centre) flicks the switch to turn on lights in the communities of Wells Bottom and Goshen in St. Elizabeth. The Rural Electrification Programme
(REP) Limited provided the service to 26 houses at a cost of over $4 million. Others (from left) are: Deputy Chairman of the REP, Wesley Saulter; Member of Parliament, North East St. Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce; Councillor Donovan Pagon and Mayor of Black River, Everton Fisher.

13 years ago CommunityTechnology

Energy Minister Urges Electricity Stealers to Get Regularised

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has urged all Jamaicans who have not already done so, to get their electricity connections regularised or prepare to face harsher penalties. “There is a significant amount of theft taking place in the country, amounting to some 15 per cent,” the Minister revealed. Mr. Paulwell was addressing residents at an...

Residents of Bottom Yard, in Bath, St. Thomas, bask in the glow of the street light which was symbolically turned on by Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on Tuesday (July 23), to mark the formal provision of electricity by the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) Limited, at a cost of $2.5 million.

13 years ago CommunityTechnology

REP Pushing Ahead to Provide Electricity for All

General Manager of the Rural Electrification Programme Limited (REP), Garfield Daley, says the agency is pushing ahead to provide electricity for the remaining three per cent of rural communities islandwide, which do not currently have the service. “This is what we will be doing over the very short to medium term. We will be going full speed ahead to ensure...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre), performs the symbolic switching on of lights during Tuesday’s (July 23) lighting ceremony in Bottom Yard, Bath, St. Thomas, where over 22 residents have received electricity. Sharing the moment are: Health Minister and Member of Parliament for East St. Thomas, where the community is located, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left); and Rural Electrification Programme (REP) Chairman, Rev. Dr. Garnett Roper.

13 years ago CommunityTechnology

Minister Paulwell Turns on Light in Bottom Yard

Residents of Bottom Yard in Bath, St. Thomas, now have electricity in their homes following the completion of installation work in the community by the Rural Electrification Programme Limited (REP), at a cost of $2.5 million. The project, which will benefit upwards of 22 residents, entailed the installation of approximately 0.5 kilometres of power lines, utility poles, transformers, and conductors...

Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (centre), is presented with a certificate of appreciation by Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal member, Marcia Boyne, after delivering the main address at the club’s weekly meeting held on July 22, at the Morgan’s Harbour hotel in Port Royal. Sharing the moment is President of the Club, Howard Haughton.

13 years ago CommunityTransport

2,000 Housing Solutions to Regularize Squatting

Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, has reiterated Government’s plans to provide more than 2,000 housing solutions to residents across the island in an effort to regularise existing squatter communities. Dr. Guy, who was addressing members of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal at the Morgan’s Harbour hotel on July 22, said the units...

Assistant Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), Karlene Salmon-Johnson (standing), interacts with students participating in the BCJ’s media literacy workshop and radio production programme, at the Commission’s headquarters in New Kingston, on July 22. The event formed part of the entity’s Media Literacy Project.

13 years ago CommunityInformationOffice of the Prime Minister

BCJ to Assist Schools to Set Up Radio Clubs and Stations

Students from select schools will be establishing radio clubs and radio stations in their institutions, under phase three of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica’s (BCJ) Media Literacy Project. This was disclosed by Assistant Executive Director, BCJ, Karlene Salmon-Johnson, while addressing the opening of the project’s media literacy workshop and radio production programme, at the Commission’s headquarters in New Kingston, on...