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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), says farewell to President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta (centre), before he departed Jamaica on Wednesday (August 7) at the Norman Manley International Airport. At left is wife of the President, Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta. The President was in the island on a three-day State visit.

PHOTOS: President of the Republic of Kenya Departs Jamaica

General Manager, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Department and Country Representative for Jamaica, Therese Turner Jones, speaking at the inaugural Caribbean Road Safety Workshop held at the IDB’s offices on Montrose Road, St. Andrew, on Thursday (August 8).

Jamaicans Urged to Call Out Reckless Drivers

Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for St. James, Tamoy Sinclair, addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held at the St. James Municipal Corporation’s offices in Montego Bay.

Disaster and Evaluation Plan Being Prepared for St. James

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), presents Director, Rite Solutions Development Company, Owen Campbell (2nd right), with a signed copy of the joint venture agreement for the provision of 623 new solutions under the Shooter's Hill Housing Development project in Portmore, St. Catherine. The agreement, between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and Rite Solutions, was signed at Jamaica House on Thursday (Aug. 8). Others (from left) are: Chairman, HAJ, Norman Brown; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.; and Director, Rite Solutions Development Company, Vincent Taylor.

623 New Housing Solutions At Shooter’s Hill

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Alwin Hales (centre), speaking to Convener, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt (left), and General Manager, Caribbean Country Department and Country Representative for Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones. Occasion was the inaugural Caribbean Road Safety Workshop in Jamaica held at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in St. Andrew on Thursday (August 8).

Transport Ministry Targets Electronic Enforcement of Traffic Laws

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), presents a bursary to Jodi Dasilva.
Occasion was the 2019 Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Partners Co-Operative Credit Union

7 years ago EducationYouth

JPS and Partners Credit Union Awards 55 Bursaries and Scholarships

Fifty-five students have been awarded bursaries and scholarships valued at $2.5 million by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Partners Co-operative Credit Union (PCCU) Limited. Students were selected based on academic merit, work ethic, discipline and financial need. At a ceremony held on Thursday (August 8) at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, 47 children of members, who are top...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), views the March Past by members of the 147 latest police recruits graduating from the National Police College of Jamaica’s Harman Barracks Campus in Kingston on Wednesday (Aug. 7).

7 years ago National Security and Peace

New Police Recruits Urged to Remain Steadfast to Duty

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is imploring the latest batch of police recruits to be steadfast in their commitment to safeguarding the society. Addressing the passing-out parade for 147 new police constables at the National Police College of Jamaica’s Harman Barracks Campus in Kingston on Wednesday (August 7), Dr. Chang urged them to make public safety a priority...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the launch of the Companies Office of Jamaica’s (COJ) Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (August 8).

7 years ago Prime Minister

PM Launches New Electronic Business Registration Form

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (August 7), launched the Companies Office of Jamaica’s (COJ) newly created Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF). The online platform, which replaces the COJ’s one-stop-shop paper-based superform that was introduced in 2014, will facilitate 24-hour business registrations at the agency’s website – www.orcjamaica.com, from any location globally. The initiative is a collaborative...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (right), greets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi, who paid a courtesy call on the Minister at Jamaica House on Thursday (August 8).

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Minister Henry Receives Courtesy Call from Chinese Ambassador

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (right), greets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi, who paid a courtesy call on the Minister at Jamaica House on Thursday (August 8).

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while delivering the keynote address at the launch of the Companies Office of Jamaica’s (COJ) Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (August 8).

7 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime MinisterTechnology

PM Encourages Jamaicans to Harness Potential of Digital Economy

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans to embrace the possibilities that can result from the country’s transition to a digital economy. He noted that “many times booms have come in the digital global economy and we have not been able to ride them. We are now on the upswing of the digital era. Let us take...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), speaks to President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta (second right), about some of the country’s agricultural advancements. Occasion was a tour of the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on Tuesday (August 6), during the 67th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. President Kenyatta and his delegation are in the island for a three-day State visit.
At left is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson.

7 years ago CultureEnvironmentOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

The Cockpit Country: An Environmental, Cultural and Historical Asset – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Cockpit Country is an environmental, cultural and historical asset which the Government of Jamaica values greatly. The Prime Minister says the Government is sensitive to the environmental concerns about the Cockpit Country and is moving to ensure that it is protected. Prime Minister Holness made the pronouncements on August 6 at the Denbigh Agricultural...

Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority, Peter Clarke

7 years ago Local GovernmentWater

Volume-Based Water Abstraction Fee Effective – WRA

Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Peter Clarke, says that the volume-based fee for water abstraction has been effective. The fee was implemented in April 2018 for water abstraction across all 10 of the island's hydrologic basins. It enables abstractors to vary their licences to reflect their actual usage. This will ultimately result in the abstractor saving money,...