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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (fourth left), breaks ground for a $25.5-million project to install a standby generator at the Port Maria Hospital in St. Mary, on Thursday (July 30).Also participating are (from left) Managing Director, Donaldson Engineers and Services Limited, Kevin Donaldson; Member of Parliament, Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Chairman, Board of Management, North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), Tyrone Robinson; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; and Regional Technical Director, NERHA, Dr. Patrick Wheatle.

Ground Broken For Standby Generator At Port Maria Hospital

Ground was broken on Thursday (July 30) to install a new standby generator at the Port Maria Hospital in St. Mary, to improve its electrical capacity. The project, which is valued at approximately $25.5 million, is being undertaken through funding...

Managing Director, EXIM Bank, Lisa Bell (seated left); and President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards (seated right), touch elbows following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the EXIM Bank Jamaica and JAMPRO, to provide export development support for 48 SMEs seeking to access new markets for their products and services. The signing took place at the Bank’s offices in Kingston on July 30. Sharing the moment (standing from left) are Manager, Sales and Promotions, JAMPRO, Ricardo Durrant; Manager, Business Advisory Services, JBDC, Melissa Bennett; and Executive Director, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters' Association (JMEA), Imega Breese McNabb.

MOU Signed To Provide Export Development Support For SMEs

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at a digital town hall, held at the Ministry on July 30.

Minister Advises Party Promoters To Get The Necessary Permits

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks on Thursday (July 30) at the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing from the Ministry’s head office in Kingston.

Eight New Cases Of COVID-19

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, highlights a matter while making his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 28).

Education Ministry To Establish Learning Management System

Actress, Screenwriter and Behaviour Change Specialist, Dahlia Harris, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held Thursday (July 30), at the JIS head office in Kingston.

6 years ago CultureJIS Think Tank

Citizens Need To Appreciate Beauty Of Jamaican Language

As Jamaica approaches Emancipation 2020, citizens need to appreciate the beauty of the Jamaican Language. This view was expressed by Actress, Screenwriter and Behaviour Change Specialist, Dahlia Harris, while speaking at an Emancipation ‘Think Tank’ held on Thursday(July 30) at the JIS head office in Kingston. Emancipation Day will be celebrated on Saturday, August 1. Miss Harris said that Jamaicans...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams. (FILE)

6 years ago Energy

Jamaica Looking To Attract Investments To Supply Five-Year Energy Needs

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says Jamaica is ready to move to the next phase of investment plans to supply the country’s first five years of energy needs under the recently completed Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This comprises 320 megawatts (MW) of wind and solar; 120 MWs of liquefied natural gas (LNG); and 74 MW of...

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Janet Dyer, speaks at the recent launch of the World Skills Jamaica Shanghai 2021 competition, at The Jamaica Pegasus.

6 years ago Education

HEART/NSTA Trust To Offer New Optoelectronics Programme

The HEART/NSTA Trust will be adding a new course – Optoelectronics Technology – to its list of programmes accessible to Jamaicans. The course, which is expected to become available early next year, will equip trainees with the necessary skills to become optoelectronic technicians, a new field of study that combines components of electronic and photon technologies. Optoelectronic technology, which can...

A U-drain constructed by the National Works Agency (NWA) as part of repairs to the Clark

6 years ago Works / Construction

NWA Undertaking Road Improvements In Western Jamaica

The National Works Agency (NWA) is undertaking a number of road projects in western Jamaica as part of a programme aimed at improving the island’s road network. Community Relations Officer at the agency’s Western Office, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that the projects include rehabilitating the Hampden to Adelphi roadway in St. James at a cost of $22.7 million. Work...

6 years ago EducationSectoral Debate 2020/2021

Government Procuring Laptops And Tablets For PATH Students

The Government is in the process of procuring 100,000 laptops and tablets for the country’s most vulnerable students, for use in the upcoming academic year. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, who said that the devices are being provided for Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) students. “We have commenced the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point as he delivers a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 28).

6 years ago Coronavirus

Controlled Re-Entry Has Served Jamaica Well – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the controlled re-entry programme has served Jamaica well, enabling effective management of the number of persons coming into the island. In a statement to Parliament on Tuesday (July 28), Mr. Holness informed that a total of 82,000 applications for re-entry into Jamaica have been processed – 31,000 via the https://jamcovid19.moh.gov.jm website, which...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third right); Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), lead in celebrating the official opening of the rehabilitated Guava Ridge to Content Gap road in the area on Wednesday (July 29). Others (from left) are Pastor of the Mount Lebanon Church of God of Prophecy, Bernice Small; Senior Director at the National Works Agency (NWA), Varden Downer; and Councillor for the Mavis Bank Division, Alvin Francis.

6 years ago Works / Construction

Hundreds Benefit From Rehabilitation Of Guava Ridge To Content Gap Roadway

Hundreds of residents from several communities in East Rural St. Andrew are now benefiting from improved road conditions and more reliable access to potable water, following rehabilitation of the Guava Ridge to Content Gap roadway. The $253-million road improvement project was undertaken by the National Works Agency (NWA) in collaboration with the National Water Commission (NWC), and Rural Water Supply...