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Local Economic Development Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, David Wright, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 14) media launch for the 2020 Kingston City Marathon, at The Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston.

$140-Million Homeless Shelter to Be Completed by Early Next Year

Construction of a $140-million state-of-the art adult transitional centre in downtown Kingston for homeless persons is projected for completion by the end of 2020 or early 2021. The Ministry of local Government and Community Development is spearheading the project, which...

President, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley provides an update on Port Royal’s redevelopment as the country’s newest cruise port terminal at the Port Authority’s Harbour Department, Newport East, during a media sensitization tour on January 17.

Port Royal Welcomes Cruise Ship On Monday

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), in conversation with Chairman, Canopy Insurance, Senator Don Wehby (second left), at the official launch of Canopy Insurance at The Gardens of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on January 16. Others (from left) are Member of Canopy’s Board, Paul Scott; and Managing Director, Canopy Insurance, Sean Scott.

Health Ministry To Roll Out Wellness Agenda Soon

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (right), presents Tyler Guy, student, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), with his scholarship letter at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew, on January 15. Occasion was the Ministry of National Security and the Jamaica Police Federation Scholarship Awards Ceremony. A total of 83 students were presented with scholarships during the ceremony.

83 Students Receive Scholarships

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), joins hands in worship with (from left): Member, National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB), Rev. Dr. Peter Garth; Custos of St. James and Pastor, Faith Temple Assemblies of God, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin; Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips, and Chairman, NLPB, Right Rev. Stanley Clarke, at the NLPB, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (January 16).

Hundreds Pray For The Upliftment Of The Nation

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (left) and Olympic sprinter, Asafa Powell look on as the sprinter

6 years ago Sport

Asafa, Mrs Powell Says Statue Design Is Just Right

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has received the all clear from the Jamaican Olympian Asafa Powell to move forward with plans to erect a monument in his honour at Independence Park at the National Stadium. The sprinter and his wife, Alyshia, signed off on the maquette during a recent call on Minister Grange....

Lt. Col. Oscar Derby of the Vernamfield Development Project, in Clarendon, addresses residents about the project at a community meeting in Gimme-me-Bit, on January 15.

6 years ago Housing

Residents Of Vernamfield Given Update On Development

Residents of New Yarmouth, Vernamfield and surrounding communities in Clarendon were given an update on the Government’s planned development for the area, at a community meeting on Wednesday, January 15. The meeting was held in Gimme-me-Bit, and was addressed by Shernette Sampson, a representative of the New Yarmouth Housing Development Project. She told the residents that the National Works Agency...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a ceremony for the adoption of the Little London Health Centre, in Westmoreland, on January 15.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Says Prevention Of Illnesses Must Be Primary Focus

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the primary focus in healthcare should be the prevention of illnesses. The Minister, who was speaking at an adoption ceremony for the Little London Health Centre in Westmoreland on January 15, said that this is particularly important,considering that more Jamaicans die from lifestyle diseases than from any other causes....

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), in discussion with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at yesterday’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Plans Outlined For National Dengue Clean Up

Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange,has outlined plans for the National Dengue Clean-up drive, to be undertaken islandwide from January 24 to 26. Addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing on January 15 at Jamaica House, Miss Grange said that in keeping with the thrust of joined-up government, the National Labour Day Secretariat had been activated at the request of...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing about the National Dengue Clean-up plan, at Jamaica House on January 15.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Government Unveils Plan To Fight Dengue

The Government of Jamaica has unveiled a plan, dubbed the National Dengue Clean-up, to tackle the dengue outbreak that has been plaguing the country. The multi-agency clean-up effort, which will take place over a three-day period from January 24 to 26, was outlined at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on January 15. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr....

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Do Not Attack Vector-Control Workers – Health Minister

As the Government intensifies the drive to reduce the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling on Jamaicans to desist from attacking vector-control workers who carry out fogging exercises. “We appeal to the public again, stoning the vector workers doesn’t help your cause, doesn’t help the community and, indeed, it’s illegal...

Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Belize, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands, Her Excellency Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (left), watches as winner of the inaugural 2019 European Union (EU) Jamaica Short Film competition, Deron Douglas, celebrates his achievement, at the awards ceremony, held on Wednesday, January 15, at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), in Kingston.

6 years ago Environment

Head Of Capture 876 Wins EU Short Film Competition

Deron Douglas, Head of Capture 876, has emerged winner of the inaugural 2019 European Union (EU) Jamaica Short Film competition with his entry, ‘The Tree Speaks’. He will be travelling on an all-expense paid trip to Germany in March to attend a short film course at the MetFilm School in Berlin. Mr. Douglas won from a field of 22 finalists,...