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Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (left), and Reverend Milverton Munroe (right), leads the procession from the Half Moon Hotel conference centre in Rose Hall, St. James on Saturday (Jan. 26), where the memorial service for the late Ambassador Donald Frank Pringle was held.

Frank Pringle Remembered As Tourism Icon

It was a somber atmosphere inside the Half Moon Hotel conference centre in Rose Hall, St. James on Saturday (January 26), where scores of persons came out to bid farewell to late Ambassador Donald Frank Pringle. Mr. Pringle, who had...

Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis (right), and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Board Director, Norman Brown (centre), observe as Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited’s Regional Operations Manager, Garnet Edmonson, demonstrates the proper way to fold and discard a cardboard box. The occasion was the official opening of the Cambridge garbage holding area in St. James on January 25.

Citizens Encouraged To Practice Solid Waste Recycling

Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses the recent awards ceremony, held at Hotel Riu Montego Bay, St. James.

NPSC Revamping Parent Places

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), in conversation with Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, during the recent launch of ODPEM’s Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness 2019 campaign, in Kingston.

Provisions of Building Act Will Be Rigorously Enforced – Minister

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially open the new bridge in the Taylor Land community today (January 14). Others (from left) are Director of Technical Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Roger Smith; Councillor of the Dallas Division, Celia James; Head of Chin’s Construction, Alex Chin, and Project Manager at the company, Donald Pearson.

Bridge Opens in Taylor Land

He informed that construction is to commence soon on the drop-in centre for the Corporate Area, which has the highest number of persons living on the streets. That centre is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

7 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Local Government Ministry and NHT Sign MOU to Upgrade Infirmaries

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and the National Housing Trust (NHT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the upgrade and expansion of the island’s infirmaries. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said the document was signed on January 3 at the Ministry, signalling the Government’s continued push to “increase the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie (second left), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a self-contained studio unit to 75 year-old Gladstone Taylor (third left), in Williamsfield, Lime Hall, St. Ann on Friday, January 4. Sharing the moment are (from left): Councillor for the Lime Hall Division, Genevor Gordon-Bailey; Member of Parliament for North East St. Ann and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson; Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay and Chairman of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation, Councillor Michael Belnavis, and Councillor for the Bensonton Division, Lydia Richards.

7 years ago CommunityDevelopment

Houses Handed over to Elderly Indigent Men in St. Ann

Two elderly indigent men in St. Ann are now living in comfort, after two fully furnished houses were officially handed over to them by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on Friday (January 4). This was done under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme. The two studio units, which consist of a bedroom, bathroom and a kitchen...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) presents Founder of the Mustard Seed Communities, Father Gregory Ramkissoon with a cheque valued at $1 million, during a visit to the facility in his West Central St. Andrew constituency on December 28.

8 years ago CommunityPrime Minister

PM Donates $1 Million to Mustard Seed Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has donated $1 million to the Mustard Seed Communities, which will go towards supporting the organisation’s various programmes. The Funds are from the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation and were handed over to the Founder of the Mustard Seed Communities, Father Gregory Ramkissoon while on a tour of the charity’s acre-and-a half property...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, plays with young Mustard Seed Communities resident, Daniellia Wright, during his visit to the facility in his West Central St. Andrew constituency on December 28.

8 years ago CommunityPrime Minister

PM Donates $500,000 to Support Child with Down’s Syndrome

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has donated $500,000 to support the educational well-being of a young resident of the Mustard Seed Communities. The funds are from the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation and will assist three-year-old Daniellia Wright, who has Down’s syndrome and was abandoned at a hospital at birth. Mr. Holness made the donation after becoming enamoured...

8 years ago Community

Former Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal Dwight Nelson has Died

The Minister and staff of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security express condolences to the family and friends of the late Dwight Nelson, former Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal. Mr. Nelson was appointed to the tribunal in 2015, a position he held until the time of his passing. Mr. Nelson was a true Nationalist who lived a...

Director at the Access to Information (ATI) Unit, Damian Cox, addresses a JIS Think Tank on December 19, where he highlighted initiatives being undertaken to improve service delivery, compliance and reporting mechanisms for government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).

8 years ago Community

Measures Being Undertaken to Improve Access to Information

The Access to Information (ATI) Unit will be undertaking some critical initiatives aimed at improving service delivery, compliance and reporting mechanisms for government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). Director at the Unit, Damian Cox, told JIS News that the entity will be introducing institutional report cards to measure how public authorities are performing in terms of providing access to information...

Ms. Kyesha Randall at the mentorship training session, held at the Department of Correctional Services Training Room in Kingston.

8 years ago CommunityCultureNational Security and Peace

Former Festival Queen to be Mentor in ‘We Transform’ Programme

Kyesha Randall, the 2016 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, has embarked on the journey of becoming a mentor in the ‘We Transform’ programme. The We Transform programme is a Ministry of National Security initiative that aims to provide children within the care of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) with the skills and support necessary to become productive citizens. Ms. Randall,...