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Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ .

Kenyan President Heads Foreign Dignitaries For Denbigh

President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, heads a list of overseas dignitaries for the 67th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. The event will take place from August 4-6 at the Denbigh Showground...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, with parish queens in the National Farm Queen competition, who called at King’s House on August 2.

PHOTOS: Sir Patrick Allen Meets Farm Queens

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivering a statement (FILE) in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 31.

$24.5 Million For Consumers Affected by Contaminated Petrol

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (centre), presents a key to one of eight buses acquired for rank and file members of the police force to Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF), Sergeant Patrae Rowe (right). At left is Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Richard Stewart. The presentation ceremony was held on Friday (August 2), at the Commissioner's Old Hope Road headquarters.

Police Federation Gets Eight Buses

Winner, Miss Festival Queen Competition for 2019, Khamara Wright (centre), with First Runner-up, AnnaKay Hudson (left) and Chardonnae Parkins, Second Runner-up, at the Grand Coronation of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition, on Thursday (August 1) in the National Arena.

PHOTOS: Miss Festival Queen Competition 2019

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on July 31.

7 years ago EducationSectoral Debate 2019/2020

Support For Low-Scoring PEP Students

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says that students who did not perform up to par in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) will benefit from interventions in grade seven. “Upon entering high school, the students on Pathways two and three will be assigned to Pathway coaches – a literacy coach, mathematics coach or...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan (centre); Managing Director of Jamalco, Austin Mooney (to his left), and other officials of the company with some of the 60 students who were awarded educational grants by Jamalco at a ceremony held on July 31, at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Hayes, Clarendon.

7 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterTransport

Senator Lauds Jamalco for Investing in Education

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan, has lauded the bauxite alumina company, Jamalco, for its “consistent” investment in education. The Clarendon-based company has allocated more than $11 million in its 2019 scholarship programme for students at various levels in the education system. Some 60 tertiary students from its operating communities received grants at a...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on July 31.

7 years ago EducationSectoral Debate 2019/2020

Special Education Unit Gets $1.2 Billion

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Special Education Unit has received funding of more than $1.2 billion for the 2019/20 fiscal year as the Government continues to meet its commitment to students with special needs. The unit makes special provisions for students with hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, mental retardation, learning disabilities and those who are gifted and...

7 years ago Industry

Heads of Organisations Encouraged to Provide Employees With Resources

Heads of organisations are being encouraged to provide employees with the recognition and resources they need to deliver on tasks that will lead to stronger, more viable entities and the overall development of the nation. This comes from Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, who stressed that the most important assets in any organisation are “highly...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, celebrates freedom with patrons at the Seville Emancipation Jubilee held at the Seville Heritage Park, St Ann on 1 August 2019.

7 years ago Culture

PHOTOS: Seville Emancipation Jubilee at the Seville Heritage Park

Communications and Social Marketing Coordinator, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Patrice Nephew (right), engages in light conversation with (from left) retired educator, Patricia Eves-Mckenzie; Acting Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Shauna Trowers; and Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker. Occasion was the graduation ceremony for participants in the CSJP III substance misuse treatment programme, held at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St. Andrew on July 30.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

More Than 100 Persons Complete Substance Misuse Treatment Programme

More than 100 persons from vulnerable communities across the island have successfully completed substance misuse treatment, under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. The beneficiaries, who hail from Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Ann, St. Mary, Westmoreland and St. James, were recognised at a graduation ceremony held on Tuesday (July 30), at the University of Technology’s...

Principal Director in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Fitzroy Vidal, (second left); Operator of the Texaco Mountain View service station, Annette Wong-Lee (second right); and Government Senator, Aubyn Hill (right); cut the ribbon symbolising the official opening of the service station on July 31. At left is Chief Executive Officer, GB Energy Texaco Jamaica, Mauricio Pulido.

7 years ago Energy

Petroleum (Downstream Activities) Act Being Modernised

The Petroleum (Downstream Activities) Act is being modernised to regulate the quality of fuel supplied in Jamaica. The disclosure was made by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, in a speech delivered by Principal Director in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal, at the grand opening of the Texaco Mountain View service station in St. Andrew on July 31....