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The National Land Agency Team ( from left) Business Services Manager, Olecia Powell; Acting Director of Information and Communications Technology, Ian-Keith Goldson; Acting Senior Director of Business Services, Nicole Hayles; and Information Services Manager, Kenroy Scarlett.

NLA To Merge iMapjamaica App into eLandjamaica October 1

The National Land Agency (NLA) is advising the public that its iMapjamaica application will no longer be available to users come October 1. iMapjamaica, which is a spatial application used to locate parcels of land across the island, will have...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown.

NCRA To Play Key Role In Boosting Manufacturing

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at the Carifesta Exposé, on September 23 at the Little Theatre in Kingston. Carifesta Exposé featured some of Jamaica’s best performances at the recent CARIFESTA XIV, held in Trinidad and Tobago from August 16 to 25.

PHOTOS: Hon. Olivia Grange at Carifesta Exposé

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, delivers the keynote address at the Youth for Sustainable Development (Y4SD) 2019 Conference, at JAMPRO in St. Andrew, today (September 27). Y4SD is a non-profit movement of young professionals who take pride in supporting the sustainable development of Jamaica, in keeping with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the Vision 2030 National Development Agenda.

State Minister Says Government Firm On Protection Of Environment

Deputy Chairman of the Social Development Commission Board of Directors and Mayor of Port Maria, His Worship Richard Creary (left), presents the Gayle Cricket Club team with their winning trophy. The Gayle Cricket Club won the 2019 Social Development Commission (SDC) /Wray & Nephew National Community T/20 Cricket Competition on August 25.

Members Of Gayle Cricket Team Give Back

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), distributes brochures on the dengue virus to a passerby in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, yesterday (September 26) while on a tour of the town. In an effort to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that cause dengue, the Ministry, through the National Health Fund (NHF), has earmarked more than $130 million and more than 1,000 temporary vector workers to search and destroy mosquito breeding sites across the island as well as to boost public education on the disease.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Min. Tufton Distributes Dengue Brochures

Undergraduates and lecturers of Bethlehem Moravian College in St. Elizabeth participate in a welcome ceremony for Their Excellencies, The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, when they toured the institution on Thursday, September 26.

6 years ago Governor General

Students And Teachers Encouraged To Embrace Moralistic Principles

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has challenged students and educators to hold fast to Jamaica’s cultural and moralistic principles. The Governor-General was speaking at the Bethlehem Moravian College on Thursday, September 26, during an educational tour of St. Elizabeth, accompanied by Lady Allen. They also visited Munro College and Lovers’ Leap. “Students and future teachers, I...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) converses with Chief Executive Officer of Abacus Health Products, Perry Antelman (right), during a tour of booths at the opening of the CanEx Business Conference and Expo on Thursday (September 26), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Listening are Founder of the event, Douglas Gordon (second left), and Chief Executive Officer of Zimmer and Company Sales and Distribution, T’Shura Gibbs.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Minister Shaw Announces Cannabis Partnership With Harvard Institute

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, will be partnering with the Harvard International Phytomedicines and Medical Cannabis Institute (HIPI) in the United States on initiatives aimed at improving the country’s competitiveness in the global cannabis industry. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, in making the disclosure, said that representatives of HIPI will be visiting the island from September 30...

Minster of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaks at a Violence Prevention and Peace Building Symposium, hosted by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), in partnership with the Ministry of National Security, at the Montego Bay Community College, St. James, on September 26.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Multisectoral Approach Needed To Effect Change In St. James – Dr. Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says a coordinated multisectoral approach is needed for crime-prevention strategies to work effectively in St. James. Speaking at a Violence Prevention and Peace Building Symposium at the Montego Bay Community College in St. James, on September 26, Dr. Chang said that while the social-intervention programmes employed by civil society have reaped some...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, responds to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston Corporate Office on Tuesday (September 24). He is flanked by Senior Advisor in the Ministry and Executive Director for the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Professor Lloyd Waller; and Senior Director for Technical Services, David Dobson.

7 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Developing Satellite Network For Tourism Crisis Management Centre

The Government is developing an international satellite network for the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure at a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday (September 24). He said that the satellite network is one of several key outcomes emerging from discussions at the recent United Nations World...

The Most Hon Andrew Holness, Prime Minister speaking at the 74th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in New York.

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PHOTOS: PM Holness Speaking at the 74th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, presents a special grant to student of the Queen’s School, Kenesha Garrick, as Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie looks on. Occason was the launch of the Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 25).

7 years ago Education

Gov’t Committed To Levelling Playing Field For Secondary Education

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government is committed to creating a level playing field at the secondary level in order to ensure that students, at both traditional and non-traditional institutions, have equal opportunities to excel. “We're going to give every child an opportunity to be as equal as the one who's coming...