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Apartment Developers Must Provide Adequate Water Storage

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, is imploring developers to ensure that adequate water-storage facilities are in place for residents of apartment complexes. He told JIS News that under new measures put in place by the agency,...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.

PICA To Engage Diaspora In Atlanta Oct. 25-26

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left); and Past President of the Rotary Club of St Andrew and Chairman of the club’s Wheelchair Project Committee, Lloyd Eubank-Green, examine one of 100 wheelchairs that have been donated to the Ministry and the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). Occasion was the symbolic handover ceremony, held on Thursday (September 26) at the skills training institute, Operation Friendship, in Kingston. Each entity will receive 50 wheelchairs.

Health Ministry And KPH Receive 100 Wheelchairs

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), shares a point with Deputy Programme Manager, Gender and Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Ann-Marie Williams (third left); at the opening of the Men and Masculinity Workshop on Thursday (September 26) at Courtyard by Marriott hotel in New Kingston. Others participating in the discussion (from left) are President, Men of God Against Violence and Abuse, Rev. Jayson Downer; President, Caribbean Male Action Network, Dr. Peter Weller; Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; Professor Emerita, University of the West Indies (UWI), Barbara Bailey; and Director, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Robinson.

Gov’t Committed To Addressing Issues Affecting Boys And Men – Grange

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second left) and Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn (second right), sign the contract valued at $626,441,055 for the renovation and expansion of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The signing was done on Thursday (September 26) during a quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices, in St. Andrew. Observing (from left) are Director, Y.P Seaton and Associates Company Limited, Calvert Mundle and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer.

Office Of The DPP To Be Renovated And Expanded

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, speaking at a quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices in St. Andrew on September 26.

7 years ago Justice

Tougher Law Coming To Deal With Dog Attacks

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the 1877 Dogs (Liability for Injuries By) Act is to be updated to effectively deal with fines and penalties related to attacks. Speaking at a quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices in St. Andrew on September 26, Mr. Chuck said the existing law only provides for compensation when a...

Business Development Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Colin Coley.

7 years ago

JBDC Invites Entrepreneurs To Lunch And Learn

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is inviting entrepreneurs to register for its Lunch and Learn event scheduled for October 30 at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Speaking with the JIS News, Business Development Officer at the JBDC, Colin Coley, said that the session will enable new and aspiring entrepreneurs to learn from established business people. “Established entrepreneurs...

Education Specialist at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
Dr. Rebecca Tortello.

7 years ago Education

Jamaica To Participate In UN World’s Largest Lesson

Jamaica will be among several countries that will participate in the United Nations (UN) World’s Largest Lesson (WLL) 2019 between September and November. The WLL is part of the UN’s ‘Project Everyone’ campaign to promote the ‘Global Goals for Sustainable Development’. Speaking with JIS News, Education Specialist with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello, said that since...

7 years ago CultureEducation

UWI Staging Activities To Honour Miss Lou

The Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is hosting several activities over the next few months to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birthday of late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, popularly known as “Miss Lou”. The activities, under the theme ‘Miss Lou 100’, include a debate titled, “Louise Bennett for National Icon”;...

Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Wahkeen Murray (right), looks on as Group Executive Chairman, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Dr. Winston Adams (left), points to words on an inspiration board inside the new Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, at the official opening of the facility at the UCC campus in St. Andrew on Wednesday (September 25). At centre is UCC President and Exceutive Chancellor, Professor Dennis Gayle.

7 years ago EducationTechnology

University of The Commonwealth Caribbean Opens Innovation Centre

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has established an Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, thereby providing a space for students and innovators with entrepreneurial and new technology-driven ideas to create practical solutions that can contribute to Jamaica’s growth. The facility, located at the UCC’s main campus along Worthington Avenue in St. Andrew, was officially opened on Wednesday (September 25)...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), looks on as Christopher Seaga, son of late former Prime Minister, the Most. Hon Edward Seaga, presents a scholarship award to Wolmer

7 years ago CommunityLocal Government

Denham Town Primary To Be Renamed In Seaga’s Honour

The Denham Town Primary School, founded by late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, is to be renamed in his honour. Minister of Local Government and Community Development and Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Desmond McKenzie, made the announcement on Wednesday (September 25), at the launch of the Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards at the Spanish Court Hotel...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), in conversation with Sport Consultant, Commonwealth Secretariat, Andy Preece, at a workshop on ‘Designing a Monitoring and Evaluation (M+E) Framework for Sport Development’, on Wednesday (September 25), at the Courtyard by Marriot Hotel, New Kingston. The two-day workshop will end on September 26.

7 years ago SportVision 2030

Government To Strengthen Mechanisms To Evaluate Contribution Of Sport

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has reiterated the Government’s commitment to strengthening mechanisms and capacity to monitor and evaluate the contribution of sport to national development. This is to be achieved through the design of a results framework and monitoring and evaluation system for the National Sports Policy, and strategic national priorities to be pursued...