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National Praedial Larceny Prevention Officer at the Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit (PLPCU) in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Sergeant Bruce Williams.

Praedial Larceny Seminars And Workshops For St. Catherine

The Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit (PLPCU) in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries continues its series of praedial larceny-prevention sensitisation seminars and workshops in St. Catherine on February 12 and 27, respectively. The sessions, being held in...

Providing Quality Visitor Attractions Key – Minister Bartlett

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), shakes hands with Regional Director for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bernt Aasen. The UNICEF Director head has pledged the organisation’s support for the inaugural youth forum to be held as part of the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean from July 7 to 10 in Montego Bay, St. James.

Heightening Stakeholder Expectations Ahead Of Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Youth Forum

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right); and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), join star sprinter, Asafa Powell (second right), at the unveiling of his statue at Statue Park, National Stadium, in Kingston, on Sunday (February 9). Sharing the moment are Mr. Powell’s wife, Alyshia Powell (centre) and Sculptor, Basil Watson.

Minister Grange: Asafa is Proof that Support Makes a Difference

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), enjoys a slice of melon with Food and Agriculture Organization representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (centre); and FAO Programme Management Officer, Clifton Wilson. Occasion was a tour of sections of the 2,400-acre Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth on February 7.

Holland Estate Agro-Economic Zone To Transform Farming

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the Jamaica 4-H Clubs recent National Youth In Agriculture Symposium at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville, Manchester.

6 years ago AgricultureYouth

Youth Encouraged To Tap Into Agricultural Sector’s Opportunities

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging the nation’s youth to tap into the potential income-earning opportunities to be derived from agriculture by, among other things, establishing enterprises in the sector. Noting that the tourism industry, in particular, consumes some $40 billion worth of the local produce annually, Mr. Green...

6 years ago Housing

National Housing Trust Renovates Two Police Stations

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has, to date, completed renovation of two of the police stations earmarked for refurbishing by the agency. These are situated in Shady Grove, St. Catherine and Orange Bay, Portland, Senior General Manager for Construction and Development, Donald Moore, has informed. Additionally, he told JIS News that refurbishing works are now under way at the Buff...

6 years ago Prime MinisterSport

Prime Minister Commends Asafa Powell

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended star sprinter Asafa Powell for heralding the modern era of Jamaica’s sprint dominance by the male athletes, when he first broke the 100-metre world record in June 2005. The Prime Minister was speaking at the unveiling of the life-size statue of the Olympian, at Statue Park, National Stadium, in Kingston, on...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking at the Ministry’s St. James Town Hall Meeting at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on February 6.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

CRH And Western Children’s Hospital Poised To Be The Caribbean’s Best Public Health Facilities

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) and the Western Children’s and Adolescent’s Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, are poised to be the most modern public health facilities in the Caribbean. “When [renovations at] Cornwall Regional Hospital [are] finished and [the facility is] restored with 450 beds, and [when] the Western Children...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), views an artist

6 years ago Local Government

Ground Broken For New Multi-Million Dollar Port Maria Police Station

Ground was broken on Friday (February 7) to construct the new Port Maria Police Station in St. Mary. The multi-million four-storey facility will be built by the National Housing Trust (NHT) on land along Main Street in the town, and is slated for completion in 2023. It will replace the previous station which was damaged by fire several years, resulting...

6 years ago National Security

Anti-Human Trafficking Forum Slated For Manchester On Feb. 12

Residents of Manchester will have the opportunity to learn more about the pitfalls of human trafficking, during a forum to be held at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville on February 12. The anti-trafficking in persons symposium, which gets underway at 9:00 a.m., is being organized by the Office of the Custos Rotulorum for Manchester in collaboration with the Jamaica...

Chief Executive Officer for First Heritage Cooperative Credit Union Limited (FHC), Roxann Linton (right), presents Past President and Acting Executive Director for the Woman Inc. Crisis Centre, Joyce Hewett (2nd right), and her colleagues (from left): Public Relations Coordinator, Tatiana Answer, and Public Education Coordinator, Angela Clarke, with a cheque in the sum of $350,000 during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Finance and Public Service in Kingston on Friday (February 7). The donation represents part proceeds from the 2019 Civil Service Week (CSW)/FHC 5K Walk/Run in Kingston. Woman Inc. also received a donation of $150,000 from Cuna Caribbean Jamaica Insurance Limited.

6 years ago Gender Affairs

Civil Service Week Steering Committee And Partners Donate $500,000 To Woman INC.

The Civil Service Week (CSW) Steering Committee and its main partner, First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union, along with Cuna Caribbean Jamaica Insurance Limited, have donated $500,000 to the Woman Inc. Crisis Centre, which will be used to repair the roof of one of the organization’s shelters in Kingston. The donation includes $350,000 from the Steering Committee, which represents part...