Latest

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses real estate stakeholders during the Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) International Realtors Conference and Expo 2019, which was held recently at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay.

Infrastructure Development Increasing Real Estate Demand – Mr. Shaw

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging real estate professionals to prepare to meet the growing demand for realtor services in the coming years. He noted that several infrastructural developments now under way, including the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) council meeting, at its Church Street offices in downtown Kingston, on December 10. With the Minister is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.

Culture Ministry And KSAMC Partner To Do Murals In Kingston

A peace mural mounted on Downer Avenue in the Swallowfield community on Saturday (December 7), under the Ministry of National Security's ‘Liv Gud’ campaign.

Peace Murals Mounted In Swallowfield

Sixth-form supervisor at Oberin High School in St. Andrew, Everton Leslie (centre), interacting with the school’s head girl, Shanique Bennett and sixth-form student, Rochaun Edwards, at the Stand Up! Talk Up! Youth Conference at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (December 9).

Teacher Calls For Increased Measures To Address Bullying

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia, addresses a cybercrime and cybersecurity workshop at the Hilton Resort and Spa in St. James, recently.

US Ambassador Calls On Nations To Unite In Fighting Cybercrime

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, speaks at the agency’s eighth annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, recently.

6 years ago Youth

CPFSA Seeks To Place Wards Of The State In Meaningful Jobs

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is seeking to have 50 wards of the State engaged in meaningful work by March 2020, under its Transition to Work Programme for children in State care. This was noted by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey, at the agency’s eighth annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) and Lady Allen (second right), are joined by (from left) Chairman, National Prayer Vigil Committee, Rev. Dr. Roy Henry; Custos Rotulorum of St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, in worship at the 27th annual national prayer vigil, held on December 8 at the Coke Methodist Church, Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

6 years ago Governor General

PHOTOS: G-G At National Prayer Vigil

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) and Lady Allen (second right), are joined by (from left) Chairman, National Prayer Vigil Committee, Rev. Dr. Roy Henry; Custos Rotulorum of St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, in worship at the 27th annual national prayer vigil, held on December 8...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Programmes Specialist, Richard Kelly (right), discusses key findings of the United Nations 2019 Human Development Index (HDI) Report with (from left) Resident Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Takeshi Takano; Global Youth Leader and Development Policy Specialist, Tijani Christian; and University of the West Indies student and Model UN Delegate, Matthew McHayle. Occasion was a ceremony held at the UNDP Jamaica’s country office in Kingston on Monday (November 9) to unveil the 2019 UN report locally.

6 years ago DevelopmentVision 2030

Jamaica Improves Ranking In 2019 Human Development Index

Jamaica has been placed in the high human development category with a ranking of 96 out of 189 countries and territories in the United Nations 2019 Human Development Index (HDI) Report. This is an improvement over the country’s ranking of 97 in 2018. Published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) the HDI report is the globally accepted standard...

Executive Vice President, Sagicor Life Insurance, Mark Chisolm (left), presents a certificate to Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III participant, Cheryl Williamson, at the graduation exercise for the adult literacy and social skills intervention programme on December 5, at the Sagicor Auditorium, St. Andrew. Thirty-three participants received training in academic and behaviour intervention, mentorship for job preparation as well as individual counselling sessions.

6 years ago JusticeYouth

33 Young People Benefit From Training Under CSJP III

Thirty-three young men and women from communities across the island are better equipped to obtain employment, having graduated from the adult literacy and social skills intervention programme under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. The graduation exercise was held on December 5 at the Sagicor Auditorium, St. Andrew, where participants were presented with certificates and special awards for...

Senior Parish Court Judge, Kingston and St. Andrew Family Court, Paula Blake-Powell (right), converses with Children

6 years ago Justice

Family Court Committed To Its Mandate – Justice Blake-Powell

Senior Parish Court Judge, Kingston and St. Andrew Family Court, Justice Paula Blake-Powell, says the Court is committed to its mandate of building strong Jamaican families. “We have families breaking up and families breaking down, but the role of our Court is to keep the family together and we will stop at nothing to carry out our mandate,” she said....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, delivers the keynote address during the third annual Mayor’s Charity Ball, which was held at the S Hotel in St. James on Saturday (December 7).

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaicans Encouraged To Invest In Country

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, is encouraging citizens to take full advantage of the “unprecedented” period of economic growth by investing in the country. “Now is the time to ensure that you invest in Jamaica. It is a time not to be missed, it is an opportunity that we have not had before,...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, speaks at a Child Diversion Sensitisation Session, held at Glistening Waters Hotel and Attractions in Falmouth, Trelawny, on December 6.

6 years ago Justice

More Jamaicans Must Come Forward And Report Criminals –Justice Minister

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging more Jamaicans to come forward to report crime and corruption in the country. Speaking at a Child Diversion Sensitisation Session at Glistening Waters Hotel and Attractions in Falmouth, Trelawny, on December 6, the Minister said persons must muster the courage to speak out and expose criminals and wrongdoers. Mr. Chuck emphasised that...