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Educator, Dr. Joyce Louise Glasgow relaxing at her home in Runaway Bay, St. Ann.

Educator to Receive CD October 15, 2018

Educator, 92-year-old Dr. Joyce Louise Glasgow, will be recognised for her contribution to science education in Jamaica and internationally, during the 2018 National Honours and Awards ceremony at King’s House on Monday, October 15. She will receive the Order of Distinction...

Nurses Camille McIntosh and Sophia Cameron, who will be awarded with the Badge of Honour for Gallantry on Heroes Day (October 15) during the National Honours and Awards Ceremony on the lawns of King’s House. Also to receive the award is Nurse Verlyn Faithie-Ann Douse.

Brave Nurses to Receive Badge of Honour for Gallantry October 15, 2018

Kingston City Run Founder and Organising Committee Co-Chair, Nicola Madden-Greig (centre), presents a cheque in the sum of $610,000 to Food for the Poor’s Development and Marketing Manager, Marsha Burrell Rose (second right). Occasion was the presentation of cheques to five charities by the Kingston Chapter of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), during a brief ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (October 11). Others sharing the moment (from left) are Kingston City Run Co-Chair and Chapter Chairman, Christopher Jarrett; Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis; and JHTA Executive Director, Camille Needham.

Charities Receive $3.05 Million From Jhta Kingston Chapter

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers Jamaica’s Policy Statement at the 73rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday, September 27.

PM Calls On Int’l Financial Institutions to Reconsider Classification of Countries

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (right), and former Managing Director at JISCO Alpart Jamaica, Liu Wanxiang (centre), observe mechanic Lenford Samuels at work, during a tour of the plant in in Nain, St. Elizabeth in 2017.

Young Engineers to Help Develop Alpart/Gansu Industrial Park

8 years ago Community

Many Prizes to Be Won In EECP Competition

An energy-efficient smart TV; an inverter microwave and energy gift baskets are some of the prizes up for grabs in the 2018 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP) Energy Champion Competition for students and public servants. The competition, which will award winners monthly from October to December, requires entrants to ‘like’ any of the EECP’s social media pages, and to...

8 years ago CommunityInformation

CMU’s Fact Centre Will Meet Demand for Engineers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the newly launched Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston is expected to go a far way in filling Jamaica’s demand for engineers. The facility, which was officially opened by the Prime Minister on Wednesday (September 19), has the capacity to train and certify...

8 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Compassionate Care Programme Launched At Black River Hospital

Patients at the Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth, should see an improvement in the delivery of care, following the launch of the Ministry of Health's Compassionate Care Programme at the facility on Thursday (September 20). Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said it is important that healthcare professionals strike a balance between clinical...

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentNational Security and PeaceOffice of the Prime Minister

Jamaica Pursuing Partnerships to Strengthen Security Framework

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica will continue to forge ties with new and traditional partners in a bid to bolster the country’s national security framework. “We are intensifying our cooperation with our traditional partners (Americans, British and Canadians) but there are new partners... other countries, as well, that we seek to cooperate with,” he said in...

Conrad Douglas, signs a hymn during the funeral for his late brother, Easton Douglas, which was held at the St. Andrew Parish Church on Thursday (September 20).

8 years ago Community

Hundreds Bid Farewell to Easton Douglas

Hundreds of mourners turned out at the St. Andrew Parish Church on Thursday (September 20) to pay final respects to late former government minister, Easton Wentworth Xavier Douglas. The official funeral was a celebration of a life well-lived and included musical tributes from Pam Hall, DiMario McDowell, and Professor Winston Davidson. The congregation included Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew...

8 years ago Community

Condolence Book for Easton Douglas opens Sept. 17, 2018

A condolence book for former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament, Hon. Easton Douglas, OJ, CD, will be opened from Monday, September 17 to Wednesday, September 19, at the National Housing Trust (NHT), 4 Park Boulevard, Kingston 5. The book will be placed in the lobby of the NHT for signing from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. Signing of condolence...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), shares with proud new property owners after they were presented with keys to their houses and letters of possession for serviced lots during a handover ceremony for the Longville Vista and Longville Court housing developments in Clarendon on Wednesday (September 12). Also pictured (from left) are new Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Lennox Channer; and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Fifty NHT Beneficiaries Become New Property Owners

Fifty National Housing Trust (NHT) beneficiaries were presented with keys to their homes or letters of possession to serviced lots at Longville Vista and Longville Court in Clarendon on Wednesday (September 12). The developments, which comprise a total of 127 new housing solutions, include 43 studios and 46 serviced lots in Longville Vista; and 38 semi-detached studio units in Longville...