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Litigants And Attorneys Encouraged To Use Mediation To Settle Cases

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging persons involved in lawsuits, and attorneys to utilise mediation to achieve mutual results and to free up the Courts. Mr. Chuck, who was addressing a public education symposium in Morant Bay, St....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, speaks at the opening of the rehabilitated Dragoon to Flagstaff and Prosper to Tangle River roadways in South St. James, on Wednesday, January 22.

Ministry To Lobby For More Money To Fix Farm Roads

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), shares a light moment with United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, following a joint press conference, held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (January 22).

US And Jamaica To Strengthen Cooperation On Security Matters

United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, addressing a policy discussion session on US-Caribbean relations on Wednesday (January 22) at The Jamaica Pegasus in New Kingston. The meeting formed part of Mr. Pompeo’s two-day working visit to the island.

Pompeo Says US Wants To Work More Closely With The Caribbean To Combat Threats

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) plants an East Indian mango tree with the help of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Kingston Girl of the Year, Deja-Nai Grant (foreground, second left) and Food and Agriculture Representative to Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (foreground, right). Occasion was the launch of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Wednesday (January 22). Looking on (in background from left) are Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector in the Ministry, Sanniel Wilson-Graham; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Richard Blair; Chairman of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors Forum, Brian Crichlow; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Representative in Jamaica, Dionne Clarke-Harris; and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson.

Disinfectant Mats To Be Installed At Norman Manley Airport

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

6 years ago Local Government

Emphasis On Earthquake Awareness All Year

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Administration will focus on earthquake awareness and preparedness all year round to ensure the country is in a state of readiness. “With the frequency of earthquakes in the region and the proximity of the most recently recorded quakes to the island, this Administration acknowledges that the ever present...

6 years ago Justice

Gang Members Encouraged To Consider Plea Bargaining

The Justice Ministry is encouraging accused or imprisoned co-conspirators such as gang members to consider plea agreements in order to expedite cases through the courts and reduce backlog. Speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said that plea bargaining has proven to help resolve cases. “The convicted persons, especially those who have been sentenced...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), presents a symbolic cheque in the sum of $400,000 to (from left), Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) Chairman, Professor Neville Ying, and Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Managing Director, Marlene Street Forrest, during the 15th JSE Regional Investment and Capital Markets Conference, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 21). Mr. Holness was the keynote speaker. The conference was held under the theme ‘The Winds of Change: Capital, Innovation and Technology’.

6 years ago Prime Minister

PM’s Foundation Donates $400,000 To Organisations Under JSSE

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has donated $400,000 through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, towards the six organisations that have, to date, been approved for funding support under the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE). The JSSE, an initiative of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), facilitates financing, through public donations, for approved organisations involved in the implementation of social programmes...

United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo (left), waves goodbye to (from second left): United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts, at the Norman Manley International Airport today (January 22), following his two-day working visit to Jamaica.

6 years ago Foreign AffairsUS Secretary of State

PHOTOS: Pompeo Departs

United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo (left), waves goodbye to (from second left): United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts, at the Norman Manley International Airport today (January 22), following...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston on Tuesday (January 21).

6 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Persons Urged To Take Long-Term Responsibility For Curtailing Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging Jamaicans to treat the three-day national dengue cleanup exercise, which gets under way on Friday (January 24), as one step in their approach to eradicating mosquitoes transmitting this and other diseases, over the long-term. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Chairman, Julian Mair, during the opening ceremony of the JSE two-day Regional Conference on Investments and Capital Markets at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 21). Looking on is Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Managing Director, Marlene Street Forrest.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

February Targeted For TransJamaican Highway IPO

TransJamaican Highway Limited’s (TJH) initial public offering (IPO) could commence next month. “We are hoping sometime in early February or thereabouts,” said Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. NCB Capital Markets Limited is the lead arranger for the undertaking, which was announced last October. The Prime Minister was speaking during the opening ceremony for the 15th Jamaica Stock Exchange...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), interacts with students from Half-Way-Tree Primary School (from left), Head Boy, Lebron Green; Sa-Lé Bingham and Mikayla Carter, after the launch of Jamaica Day 2020 at Hope Botanical Gardens in Kingston, on Wednesday (January 22).

6 years ago Culture

Jamaica Day To Be Celebrated On February 21

The country will recognise the annual Jamaica Day 2020 celebrations on Friday, February 21. Jamaica Day is a part of the Culture in Education Programme, run by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. It seeks to celebrate the uniqueness of Jamaicans and the country’s contribution to the world, which is represented in its continuous striving for excellence and greatness....