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Custos Rotulorum for Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, addresses persons attending the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Dialogue for Development Series public consultation on October 17 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville.

PIOJ Hosting ‘Dialogue for Development’ Public Consultations

Scores of residents, business interests, and other stakeholders in Clarendon, Manchester, and St. Elizabeth got the opportunity to voice concerns and propose recommendations on matters relating to the country’s sustainable development and ageing population, during the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s...

Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Director General, Carol Coy, speaking during STATIN’s quarterly media briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (October 17).

Clerks Record Largest Increase in Employment

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (4th left), presents Leroy Gayle (centre), one of the farmers affected by fire in Flagman, St. Elizabeth, with irrigation hoses, during a presentation ceremony at the Pedro Plains Anglican Church hall in the parish, on Friday (October 18). Others (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence; Principal Director, Field Services and Operations, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson; Acting Principal Finance Officer in the Ministry, Ann-Marie Tomlinson; Chief Executive Officer, RADA, Peter Thompson; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dr. Roy McNeil; RADA St. Elizabeth Parish Manager, Nathan Samuels; and farmer, Ian Dowell.

Gov’t Spends Just Under $50M to Assist Flagaman Farm Fire Victims

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (5th right), and Fontana Pharmacy's Chief Executive Officer, Ann Chang (4th right), cut the ribbon to officially open the pharmacy's Waterloo branch in St. Andrew on Thursday (October 17). Sharing in the moment (from left) are: former Opposition Senator and businesswoman Imani Duncan Price; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Jamaican sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce; Fontana’s Chief Operating Officer, Ray Thierren; and Archbishop Emeritus, Most Rev. Charles Dufour.

Gov’t Earmarking Percentage of Debt Savings to Contingencies Fund

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, snaps a picture of decorative pieces inside Fontana Pharmacy's Waterloo branch in St. Andrew, which was officially opened on Thursday (October 17). At right is Fontana's Chief Executive Officer, Ann Chang.

PM Wants Jamaica to be the Most Modern Country in the Caribbean

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Monique Gibbs (right), congratulates Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica

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Bureau of Standards Honours 115 Technical Volunteers

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has recognised the services of approximately 115 technical volunteers for their contribution to the national standards development process. The volunteers were presented with plaques and trophies at a function held on Thursday (Oct. 17), at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew under the theme: ‘The Power of Volunteerism’. Chief Technical Director in the...

Acting Chief Planning Analyst, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer, speaks at a public forum on ‘Climate Change and the Future of Food Security: Positioning Agro-Food Systems for our Health and Wealth’, held at The University of the West Indies, Mona, in St. Andrew on Thursday (October 17).

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Praedial Larceny Unit Being Strengthened

In an effort to eliminate the ongoing effects of praedial larceny in Jamaica, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is currently strengthening its Praedial Larceny Unit. This was noted by Acting Chief Planning Analyst, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer, during a public forum on ‘Climate Change and the Future of Food Security: Positioning Agro-Food...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), walks across the Chesterfield Bridge in St. Mary at the official opening of the structure on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Works, Everald Warmington; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. Norman Dunn.

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Gov’t Continues to Regularise Informal Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is continuing its work to regularise informal settlements across the island by providing the necessary services and amenities for persons residing in those areas. “Government has a duty and a responsibility to develop your communities. We have to help you to regularise and connected into the formal infrastructure because you...

Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

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HEART/NTA Better Positioned To Drive Human Capital Development

Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, says the merger of the entity with the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), National Youth Service (NYS) and the Apprenticeship Board has better positioned the agency to carry out its role as the driver for human capital development. Dr. Dyer, who was addressing a recent JIS Think Tank, said that...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), tours the site of the Hampden Wharf Artisan Village in Falmouth, Trelawny, on Thursday (October 17). Also on the tour were (from left): Director of Projects, Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited, Michael Archer; Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, and Senior Vice President of Engineering and Port Development at the Port Authority of Jamaica, Mervis Edghill.

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Artisan Village In Trelawny Should Be Completed By End Of November

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Barlett, says construction of the Artisan Village at the Hampden Wharf in Falmouth, Trelawny, will be completed by the end of next month. The Minister, who spoke to journalists after a tour of the site on October 17, said the project was delayed, “but we have been assured that we will have the facilities completed...

Gahbryell Lee (left) and Lee-Ann Fray (right) of Simon Primary and Infant School in Sligoville, St. Catherine, examine a portrait of National Hero, The Right Excellent Nanny of the Maroons, at the 2019 Heritage Expo, held at the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann on Wednesday, October 16.

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Students And Teachers Take Part In Heritage Expo

More than 2,000 students and teachers from primary and secondary schools across the island gathered on the grounds of the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann, on October 16, to participate in the 2019 Seville Heritage Expo. The expo, which is in its 23rd year of staging, was held under the theme: ‘Experience Cultural Fusion’, and promoted Jamaica's heritage through...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (fifth left), and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (fourth left), with the 10 Jamaicans who have been conferred with the 2019 Musgrave Medals for outstanding contributions to the fields of literature, science and art. The annual awards ceremony was held on Wednesday (Oct. 16) at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), East Street, downtown Kingston.

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10 Jamaicans Awarded Musgrave Medals

Ten Jamaicans have been awarded Musgrave Medals by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) for outstanding contribution to the fields of literature, science or art. The annual awards ceremony was held on Wednesday (Oct. 16) at the Institute’s East Street address in downtown Kingston. Leading the list of awardees are Professor Emeritus, Sir Godfrey “Geoff” Oliver Palmer, Winston Alexander George Ewart,...