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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing today’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Point Hill Health Centre To Be Renamed In Honour Of Dr. Kenneth Baugh

The Point Hill Health Centre, located in the constituency of West Central St. Catherine, is to be renamed in honour of late former Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament, Dr. Kenneth Baugh. The operations at the Type Three health...

Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (left); and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Wahkeen Murray (right), assist students of the Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf (CCCD) in the use of computers. Occasion was the commissioning of a Community Access Point (CAP) at the institution's Cassia Park Road location in Kingston on Tuesday (October 8).

USF Allocates Another $50 Million For Special Needs Community

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the House of Representatives on October 8.

Ministry And Stakeholders Take Action To Safeguard Banana Industry

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing Wednesday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

$100 Million From LAMP Fund To Support Land Titling

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the debate on the First Supplementary Estimates for the 2019/20 fiscal year in the House of Representatives on October 8. Seated is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

Gov’t Allocates $38M For Petrojam Forensic Audit

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the members of the Joint Select Committee to consider and report on the Customs Act 2019. This was during the sitting of the House of Representatives on October 8.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Joint Select Committee To Review Customs Act

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 9), named members from that chamber who will be part of a Joint Select Committee of Parliament to review the Customs Act 2019. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, who will sit on the committee, said he will be joined by Hon. Fayval Williams, Hon. Marlene Malahoo...

7 years ago CabinetLocal Government

Construction Of Yallahs Fire Station To Start Soon

Construction of the Yallahs Fire Station in St. Thomas is expected to begin shortly. This follows Cabinet’s approval of a $109.49-million contract to Alcar Construction and Haulage Company Limited for the undertaking. Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the disclosure during Wednesday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Mr. Samuda said the...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), speaking with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer, at the Ministry’s press briefing held at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort & Spa in St. Andrew on Tuesday (October 8).

7 years ago TechnologyVision 2030

ICT Authority Transition Team To Begin Work November

The transition team navigating the establishment of the new Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority will begin its work in November. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure during a press briefing hosted by the Ministry at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa in St. Andrew on Tuesday (October 8). She noted that the team...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., (foreground), commissions into service a $7-million rainwater harvesting system at the St. Catherine-based Enid Bennett High School on Tuesday (October 8). The system was installed by the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL). Looking on (from left) are Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Peter Clarke; teacher at the school, Kenneth McNeil; RWSL board member Rhoda Crawford; Managing Director of the RWSL, Audley Thompson; and Regional Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Garwaine Johnson.

7 years ago EducationWater

$7-Million Rainwater Harvesting System Installed At Enid Bennett High

The St. Catherine-based Enid Bennett High School is expecting savings of up to 50 per cent on its annual water bill from the establishment of a $7-million rainwater harvesting system. Installed by the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), the system comprises four 1,000-gallon black tanks, a 20,000-gallon block and steel tank, a solar-powered pump, and other features to harvest and...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking at the opening of the Top Hill Water Shop in St. Elizabeth on October 3.

7 years ago Local Government

Municipal Corporations To Get New Water Trucks

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that municipal corporations will be equipped with new water trucks during financial year 2020/2021. “We are going to be providing right across the country, in the new financial year coming, at least one water truck for every municipal corporation in Jamaica to assist in the distribution of water to...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the media at her Ministry’s Press Briefing, held at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort & Spa in St. Andrew on Tuesday (October 8).

7 years ago Energy

Ministry Aims To Add 1,500 MW Of New Generation Capacity

In an effort to reduce the cost of energy for consumers in Jamaica, the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology is aiming to add 1,500 megawatts (MW) of new generation capacity over the next 20 years, through the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The IRP is a short, medium and long-term plan for Jamaica’s electricity generation sector. It outlines the timelines...

: Arriving passengers enter the immigration hall of the Sangster International Airport.

7 years ago Transport

Jamaica Receives Aviation Security Award

Jamaica has received the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council President Certificate Award in Aviation Security. Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh, received the Award from ICAO Council President, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, at a Special Ceremony convened during the recently concluded 40th session of the ICAO Assembly, in Canada. In an advisory addressed to...