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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.

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...

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.

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

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), converses with Chief of the National Infection Prevention Control Programme in Chile's Ministry of Health, Dr. Fernando Otaiza, at the opening of the National Strategic Workshop for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) on Tuesday (October 15), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Training Centre For Infection Prevention And Control To Be Established

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.

Eighty Residents Of Spanish Town To Graduate As Cosmetologists

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.

New Foreign Affairs Ministry Building Formally Handed Over

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...

McKenzie - Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses Councillors during a meeting of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation in St. Ann’s Bay, on October 10.

7 years ago Local Government

All Councillors To Attend Regional Platform On Disaster Risk Reduction

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says all Councillors from Municipalities across the island are expected to participate in the upcoming Seventh Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20). The three-day event, which is slated to be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from July 8...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, speaking at Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s (CPFSA) budget planning and quarterly performance review retreat at Riu Hotel in Ocho Rios, recently.

7 years ago InformationYouth

Changes To Adoption Act Being Finalised

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says the impending changes to the Adoption Act are being finalised for preparation of a Cabinet submission. He said that the amendments will make the adoption process in Jamaica less tedious, while protecting the welfare of children. The State Minister, who was speaking at the Child Protection...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

House Approves Extension Of SOEs In St. James, Westmoreland And Hanover

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 15) approved a three-month extension of the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in the parishes of St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover, until January 27, 2020. In his address, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, explained that declaration of the SOEs in the areas was done as a result of the rate of...

Chief Technical Director at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dr. Roy McNeil (seated, left); Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (JCCCP) National Focal Point, UNDP Jamaica, Eltha Brown (centre, seated); and Director of Field Services at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Garfield Ewart (third left, seated), with farmers of Cascade in St. Ann, at the closing-out ceremony for a JCCCP Pilot Project, at the Frazer Church of God of Prophecy in Cascade on Tuesday, October 15.

7 years ago AgricultureWater

Farmers In Cascade, St. Ann, Benefit From Irrigation Project

Fifty farmers from Cascade in St. Ann are benefiting from improved access to irrigation, through a $29-million community-based agricultural pilot project. The three-year-old initiative was implemented by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, through the local office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and was financed by the Government of Japan as part of the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (JCCCP)....

7 years ago National Security and PeacePrime MinisterSenate

Business Hours In St. Andrew South Division SOE To Be Extended

The Government will be extending the hours during which businesses can operate under the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the St. Andrew South Police Division. “The business hours were extended for Clarendon and St. Catherine, and I am now indicating that it is our intention to extend the business hours for the St. Andrew South State of Public Emergency,”...

Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, addressing the opening of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan Workshop at ODPEM’s Office in New Kington on Tuesday (October 15). Pictured (from left) are Consultants at the Regional Action Centre/Regional Marine Pollution EmergencyTraining Centre (RAC/REMPEITC), Caribe, Roberto San Martin and Lieutenant Commander Floyd Patterson; and Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady.

7 years ago Local Government

Gov’t Reviewing National Oil Spill Plan

The Government is in the process of reviewing and updating the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan in order to ensure that the country can effectively respond to such an incident. The review is in keeping with the country’s obligations under the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and is being undertaken through the collaborative efforts of the Regional Action Centre/Regional Marine Pollution...