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Parish Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness – St. James, Tamoy Sinclair.

Municipal Corporations in the West Busy Preparing for Hurricane Season

Municipal Corporations in Western Jamaica are fast-tracking preparations for the 2019 Hurricane Season, which began on June 1 and ends on November 30. In St. James, Parish Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, Tamoy Sinclair, toldJIS News that key steps are being taken to ensure public...

Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, addresses the monthly meeting of the Corporation on Thursday (June 13).

Road Repair and Beautification Project for Mobay

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), greets Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Mariko Kagoshima, at the Ministry’s Child Diversion Programme Stakeholders’ Sensitisation session on Friday (June 14), at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston.

Initiatives Attached to Child Diversion Law Will Help to Reduce Gangs – Justice Minister

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), congratulates champion blood donor, Sonia Binns Lawrence (second left) on reaching the milestone of donating 100 units of blood to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS). Occasion was a ceremony to observe World Blood Donor Day (June 14), which was held at the NBTS on Slipe Pen Road. Sharing the moment are NBTS Director, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan.

Young Persons Encouraged to Become Voluntary Blood Donors

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA)/Helen Stills Development Day event held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in St. James, recently.

Educators Commended for Preparing First PEP Students

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

President of The Republic of Ghana to Visit Jamaica

Prime Minister Andrew Holness will welcome to Jamaica His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana for a two-day official working visit. The visit will begin tomorrow Saturday (June 15). Prime Minister Holness will hold talks with His Excellency Akufo-Addo at Jamaica House on Saturday afternoon following which the two leaders will give a statement...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), hold a box of mangoes that was among the first batch to be exported to the United States. Occasion was the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the United States, held at the Sangster International Airport Export Complex in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (June 13). At centre is Manager of the complex, Dalton Hastings.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

12,000 Pounds of Mangoes Exported to US

Twelve thousand pounds of mangoes were exported on Thursday (June 13) to the United States (US). The mangoes – ‘Julie’ and ‘East Indian’ – were the first set to be exported to the US in 20 years. Export of the mangoes, which is being facilitated through the Mango Irradiation Programme, is expected to continue once or twice per week until...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); Town Clerk, Robert Hill; and Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis, discuss preparations for the final resting place of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, at the National Heroes Park on Thursday (June 13).

7 years ago CommunityLocal Government

Preparations for Mr. Seaga’s Final Resting Place on Track

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says preparations for the final resting place of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, are on track. On Thursday (June 13), Mr. McKenzie and officers from the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), visited National Heroes Park, where the nation’s national heroes, prime ministers, and many cultural...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), in discussion with Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Mark Golding, shortly before the start of a community meeting at the Ambassador Theatre in Trench Town on Wednesday (June 12). The meeting was convened to provide details about the Government’s proposed construction of the Police Plaza at No Man’s Land in downtown Kingston and to allow residents to pose questions to the Minister regarding the development.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Police Plaza to Be a Community Facility

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the proposed Police Plaza, to be built at ‘No Man’s Land’ in downtown Kingston, will be a community facility that will be fully accessible to residents. “The plaza will not be some fortress… . There will be no fence around [it] to lock you out. The access roads will be designed...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 17 at the agency’s head office, in Kingston. (FILE)

7 years ago EnergyTechnology

Smart Streetlight Programme to Reduce Energy Cost

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the smart streetlight programme will assist in reducing the country’s energy cost as well as provide support in crime-fighting. “We are making bold moves towards the Smart Streetlight Programme in which we envision streetlights with the capability to dim when necessary, accommodate video surveillance and be metered, so that the...

Public and Community Relations Superintendent, Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, Kent Skyers.

7 years ago Agriculture

Farmers, Residents to Benefit from Noranda Aquaponics Project

The St. Ann-based Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners is developing an aquaponics project at Shelly Piece near Higgins Land in the parish, which will boost agricultural production and provide employment for residents. Noranda’s Public and Community Relations Superintendent, Kent Skyers, told JIS News that the aquaponics system, which is the largest in the country, will enable farmers to produce a wide...

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Staff member, Andrae Palmer, donates blood at a drive organised by the JIS.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Members of the Public Encouraged to Donate Blood

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is inviting members of the public to come out today (Friday, June 14), to donate blood at collection centres across the island. The islandwide blood drive is being held in recognition of World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), which is being observed under the theme ‘Safe Blood for All’. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr....