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Acting Vector Control Coordinator for Westmoreland, Sasharna Matalie.

Westmoreland Health Department Warns Over 200 Non-Compliant Residents

The Westmoreland Health Department has issued more than 200 warning notices to persons failing to comply with instructions to destroy mosquito breeding sites on their properties. The notices were issued by vector-control workers subsequent to the activation of the Ministry...

Child Protection and Family Services Agency

CPFSA To Observe World Day For The Prevention Of Child Abuse Nov. 19

Chief Executive Officer of eGov Jamaica Limited, Maurice Barnes, speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

eGov Jamaica Limited Driving Digital Government Framework Facilitation

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), is greeted by Pastor of Olson Memorial Church of God in Kingston, Rev. Adinhair Jones, on arrival for Sunday’s (November 17) Civil Service Week church service. Looking on is Custos Rotulorum for Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller. The week is being observed from November 17 to 23 under the theme: ‘Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence’.

PHOTOS: Civil Service Week 2019 Church Service

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), serves breakfast, which he prepared, to student of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Janessa Clarke, during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at the institution on Friday (November 15).

School Breakfast Programme Being Revitalized in St. Elizabeth

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign, Senator, the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (at podium), addressing the International Conference on the Legal, Scientific and Economic aspects of Deep Seabed Mining at the AC Hotel Marriott in Kingston on Friday (November 15). Seated at the head table (from left) are: Deputy Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Vladimir Jares; International Court of Justice Judge, Justice Patrick Robinson; Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority, Michael Lodge; and Associate Director and Editor-in-Chief, Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law, Professor Myron Nordquist.

6 years ago Environment

ISA Member States Encouraged To Recommit To Safeguarding Marine Resources

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign, Senator the Hon Kamina Johnson Smith, is encouraging International Seabed Authority (ISA) Member States to use the occasion of the orgnisation’s 25th anniversary, this year, to recommit to preserving and equitably utilising marine resources, and action in response to issues related to ocean-based climate. This, she says, against the background of the ongoing rapid...

Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Corporate Communications Manager, Suzette Campbell says the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a part of the organization’s objective to energize the ecosystem.

6 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

November 18-23 Is Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be hosting a series of activities from November 18-23 to commemorate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). The events include: ‘Kumba Mi Yabba’ Jamaica Night on Monday, November 18; ‘Raising Capital’ on Tuesday, November 19; ‘Opportunity Evening’ on Wednesday, November 20; ‘Accelerator Programme Demo Day’ on Thursday, November 21; ‘B.O.S.S MAN meets B.O.S.S LADY’ on...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), converses with St. Lucia’s Minister of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Dominic Fedee, during a Government Leaders panel discussion at the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations (CHICOS) Summit at the Secrets Wild Orchard and St. James Resorts in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 15.

6 years ago Tourism

Jamaica’s Hotel Room Stock Poised To Double Within 10 Years

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s hotel room stock is poised to double within 10 years, based on developments slated to come on stream. Among these, he said, are: the Princess Hotel in Hanover with 2,000 rooms; the 1700-room Hard Rock Casino Hotel in St. James; Harmony Cove in Trelawny with 3,000 rooms; and the Marriot International all-inclusive resort...

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Shotoku Habukawa (second left); and Principal of New Forest Infant and Primary School, Sharon Anderson (left), cut the ribbon to officially hand over a school bus, which will support the Expanded Rural School Bus Programme for New Forest Infant and Primary and High schools under the Japan Grassroots Human Security Project. The ceremony was held on the institutions

6 years ago EducationYouth

PHOTOS: New Forest Infant Primary and High School Gets School Bus

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), with Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Business Development of Karisma Hotels and Resorts, Ruben Becerra (centre) and President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards, at the opening at the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS) at Secrets Resort in Montego Bay on November 14.

6 years ago Tourism

Karisma To Break Ground For Sugarcane Bay Early Next Year

Karisma Hotels and Resorts is set to break ground early next year for its US$1-billion Sugarcane Bay multi-resort development in Llandovery, St. Ann. The project will add 4,800 new rooms over 10 years. “We are set to break ground in the first quarter of 2020 to improve on our room count here in Jamaica,” Vice President of Karisma, Ruben Becerra,...

Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer (left), listens to a point from Ardenne High School student, Trishelle Williams (second right), at TPDCo

6 years ago Youth

PHOTOS: TPDCo’s Youth Expo and Career Fair

Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, addresses the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Child Protection Forum at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on Thursday (November 14).

6 years ago Youth

Children Must Be Protected Against Abuse – Custos Pitkin

Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad Pitkin, has joined the call for children to be protected against abuse, as failure to do so could have lasting adverse effects on their development. “It is our country’s responsibility to ensure that our children have the possibility to develop in a healthy and normal manner,” he said. “Failure to protect our children will...