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Caption: Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, provides details about the national voter identification (ID) card renewal exercise during a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (October 17). The process will begin on November 4.

Voter ID Renewal Exercise Begins November 4

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is embarking on a national voter identification (ID) card renewal exercise starting November 4. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (Oct. 17), Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, said that the renewal process...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), walks across the new Chesterfield Bridge in St. Mary after officially opening it during a ceremony on Wednesday (October 16). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and 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; and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. Norman Dunn. Also pictured in the second row between the Prime Minister and Dr. Dunn is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

New $59M Chesterfield Bridge In St. Mary Opened

Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (left), speaking during today's (October 17) quarterly press briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Listening are: STATIN's Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson, and Senior Statistician, Indices and Price Analyses Unit, Administrative Statistics Division, Shelly-Ann Chambers.

STATIN Reports 1.3 Per Cent Growth For April To June Quarter

Minister of Transport of Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (2nd right), symbolically hands over the keys to the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) to Board Chairman of PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP),Raul Revuelta (2nd left), at the airport in Kingston on Wednesday (October 16). Sharing in the moment are CEO of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Deidrick (left), and AAJ Chairman, William Shagoury.

Gov’t Officially Hands Over Management Of NMIA

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), officially opens the newly refurbished Flagstaff Community Centre in St. James on Wednesday (October 16). Sharing in the moment are (from left) Councillor for Maroon Town Division, Everes Coke, and Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis.

Flagstaff Community Centre In St. James Renovated

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang

7 years ago National Security and Peace

House Begins Debate On Amendments To Proceeds Of Crime Act

Debate opened in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Oct. 15) on amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (POCA) Act. The changes will better enable Jamaica to meet its international obligations regarding anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism. Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who opened the debate, said that the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), in...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing the Senate on Wednesday (October 16). Listening are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), and Government Senator, Kerensia Morrison.

7 years ago National Security and PeaceSenate

Senate Approves Extension Of SOEs In Five Parishes

The Senate, on Wednesday (October 16), approved a 90-day extension of the States of Public Emergency (SOE) in Clarendon and St. Catherine until January 18, 2020. A similar extension was approved for the SOEs in Hanover, Westmoreland and St. James until January 27, 2020. Leader of Government Business in the Upper House and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for Cari-Med Group Limited’s new multibillion-dollar distribution centre in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (October 16). Also participating (from left) are Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, where the facility will be located, Fitz Jackson; Marva Christian, wife of Dr. Glen Christian (second right), who is Cari-Med’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman; and Director of TankWeld Limited, which will construct the centre, Louis Aiken.

7 years ago Health & WellnessPrime Minister

Cari-Med Building $6-Billion Distribution Centre In St. Catherine

Cari-Med Group Limited is investing more than $6 billion in the development of a distribution centre in St. Catherine. The 258,000-square-foot facility, which is being built on land along Salt Pond Road in Bernard Lodge, will house the warehouses and administrative offices of the entity’s Consumer Goods Division. The first phase of the project, for which ground was broken on...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), converses with Chief of the National Infection Prevention Control Programme in Chile

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Training Centre For Infection Prevention And Control To Be Established

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is to establish a Best Practice Training Centre for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). The setting up of the centre is part of a raft of measures to be undertaken over the next two years with support from the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen the country’s IPC strategy. PAHO/WHO will...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left), Past President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Roy Lafayette; and President of the club, Gail Dixon, shortly before the start of a meeting of the club at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew, on Tuesday (October 15). Minister Grange was guest speaker at the event.

7 years ago Gender Affairs

Eighty Residents Of Spanish Town To Graduate As Cosmetologists

By the end of December, 80 residents of Spanish Town, St. Catherine, will become certified cosmetologists when they graduate from a training initiative being undertaken in collaboration with the HEART Trust/NTA. The initiative, dubbed the Business, Education, Sports and Scholarships and Training (BEST) programme, is the brainchild of Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who is...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left); and Ambassador of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi (right) display the Handover Certificates after they had signed the documents at an official ceremony, held today (October 16) at the new Foreign Affairs Ministry building, at 20 Port Royal Street in downtown Kingston. Occasion was the official handover of the new building to the Government of Jamaica by the Republic of China.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

New Foreign Affairs Ministry Building Formally Handed Over

Construction work on a new building in downtown Kingston to house the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is now complete. Built on 11,700 square metres by the Jiangsu Jiangdu Construction Group Co. Limited, of China, the 11-storey structure consists of a two-storey annex building, a generator room, boundary wall and parking area. The building was...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); and President of China Harbour Engineering Company Limited’s (CHEC) Americas Division, Dr. Zhimin Hu (second left), display the signed agreement for the $9.5-billion Catherine Estates housing development in St. Catherine, during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 15). The project is being implemented under a joint-venture partnership between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and CHEC. Also attending (from left) are Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Housing, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr; and HAJ Chairman, Norman Brown.

7 years ago Housing

HAJ To Honour Sales Prices Offered To Initial Bernard Lodge Depositors

Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Chairman, Norman Brown, says the entity will honour the sales prices offered to initial depositors in the Bernard Lodge housing project in St. Catherine. The deposits have been retained since 2013 when construction was originally slated to start but was put on hold due to the inability of HAJ’s partner at the time to execute...