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Former Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with responsibility for Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Leslie Campbell (second left), is presented with a Leica CS20 field controller by Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Lim Baejin (second right), during the official handing over ceremony for several pieces cadastral mapping and land surveying equipment, on Thursday (July 16) at the National Land Agency Estate Management Division, Downtown, Kingston. Also displaying the devices are Chief Executive Officer, National Land Agency (NLA) Elizabeth Stair (left) and Under-Secretary, Bilateral, Regional and Hemispheric Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Janice Miller. Mr. Campbell has since been re-assigned to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.

National Land Agency Aims To Produce 20,000 Titles In Three Years

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Land Agency (NLA), Elizabeth Stair, says work to produce 20,000 new titles is to commence this financial year. This is to be achieved through Systematic Land Registration (SLR), which should enable the NLA to achieve...

Founder of the Ilah’s Lemon-Aid Stand for Kids Foundation, 11 year-old Imani-Leigh Hall (centre), in discussion with Principal of the Alligator Pond Primary and Infant School, Gregory Bent (left), at the handing over of 46 computer tablets to the Early Childhood Commission (EEC), at the agency’s head office, in Downtown, Kingston, on July 17. At right is Chairman of the ECC, Trisha Williams-Singh.

Foundation Donates Computers To Children

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right); Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (centre) and Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Fitz Jackson (left), at the Thanksgiving Service for the late Detective Corporal, Dane Biggs, held today (July 18), at the Evangel Temple Deliverance Centre, in Portmore. Detective Biggs was one of three Policemen killed by gunmen in Horizon Park, St. Catherine, recently.

PHOTOS: Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, Pays Respects to the late Detective Corporal, Dane Biggs

Residents Of Mt. Salem Grateful For Compassionate Grant

The one bedroom house that was handed over to St. Elizabeth resident, Winston Wint, on July 17, under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).

Prime Minister Says The Government Has Kept Promise On Home Ownership

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes her presentation in the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate, in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (July 14). Listening are: Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

6 years ago EntertainmentSectoral Debate 2020/2021

Stakeholders In Entertainment And Creative Industries Encouraged To Sign Up For Benefits

Stakeholders in the entertainment and creative industries are being encouraged to sign up with the Government’s e-registry, in order to benefit from various incentives. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the call during her contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (July 14). “Practitioners who register with the e-registry,...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

BOJ Opens Door to Central Bank Digital Currency

Earlier this year, Bank of Jamaica indicated a willingness to consider the use of central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a step further, the Bank is now formally inviting interested CBDC providers to develop and test potential CBDC solutions in its recently established Fintech Regulatory Sandbox. The Sandbox provides a controlled environment where technological financial innovations such as CBDC can...

6 years ago Coronavirus

Jamaica records 3 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more recoveries

Jamaica recorded three new COVID-19 cases and 3 additional recoveries in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed positives for the island is now 768 while recoveries have moved to 678. Two of the newly confirmed cases are females while the third is a male. They range in age from 35 to 47 years and are from St....

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (left), look at a bottle of cleaning solution, which was among sanitisation products donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School for its summer programme. The handover took place at the school in Kingston on July 15. Also pictured are USAID Country Representative, Jason Fraser (third right); Principal of the school, Dr. Patricia Kinglocke Findley (second right) and USAID representative, Morana Krajnovic.

6 years ago Education

PHOTOS: USAID Donates Sanitisation Products to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (left), look at a bottle of cleaning solution, which was among sanitisation products donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School for its summer programme. The handover took...

Former Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (second right), cuts the ribbon to mark the official opening of a farm road in Bingham Hill, St. Ann, on Thursday, July 16. Looking on (from left) are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (left); RADA’s Director of Engineering Services, Lennoy Prendergast; and Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, and State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.

6 years ago Agriculture

Bingham Hill Farm Road Rehabilitated

Farmers in Bingham Hill and surrounding communities in St. Ann will now find it easier to get to their fields and transport their goods to market following the rehabilitation of the farm road in the area. The upgrade of the roadway forms part of ongoing farm road improvements in the parish, where approximately $42 million have been spent over the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right) is pictured with (from left), Senator Lambert Brown; Member of Parliament for South East Clarendon, Pearnel Charles Jr.; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Dr. Denise Eldemire-Shearer, widow of late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Hugh Shearer; and President, Bustamante Industrial Trade Union( BITU), Senator Kavan Gayle. Occasion was a floral tribute to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Shearer, at National Heroes Park, Kingston, recently.

6 years ago Tribute

PHOTOS: Floral Tribute for The Most Hon. Hugh Shearer

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right) is pictured with (from left), Senator Lambert Brown; Member of Parliament for South East Clarendon, Pearnel Charles Jr.; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Dr. Denise Eldemire-Shearer, widow of late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Hugh Shearer; and President, Bustamante Industrial Trade Union( BITU), Senator Kavan...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking on Thursday (July 16), during the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing at the Ministry

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t To Employ “Substantial Number” Of Junior Doctors

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government plans to employ “a substantial number” of junior doctors, who are currently facing challenges in securing jobs in the public health system. The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) reported that just over 100 junior doctors have been unable to secure employment in the public system. Speaking during...