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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett speaking at the officially opening of the R Hotel in New Kingston on June 6.

Record 2 Million Visitors for January to May

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is reporting that the island welcomed a record two million visitors for the first five months of 2019. “That is the first time in the history of Jamaica that within the first five months of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, delivering the keynote address at the Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) appreciation luncheon for teachers and instructors serving in the penal system, at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on Wednesday (June 5).

Society Urged to Give Former Inmates a Second Chance

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), looks on as Chief Executive Officer of tTech Limited, Christopher Reckord (centre), points out an area of interest in the company's magazine. At left is Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters. Occasion was a debriefing session at the Canadian High Commission in St. Andrew on Wednesday (June 5), with Jamaicans, who attended the recent Collision technology conference in Toronto, Canada.

Parliament to Begin Debate on ICT Authority Bill Shortly

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, speaks during the FIFA Women's Football Convention in Paris, France on Friday, 7 June 2019.

Grange: Government Leading Way for Women in Sport

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight (left) engages with Government Senator Matthew Samuda during the 'Let’s Talk Environment and Planning' panel discussion and forum at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 5.

Support for Plastic Ban Remains High – NEPA

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Hon. Mike Henry (2nd right), joins in the breaking of ground for construction of the new Barnett Street Fire Station in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (June 6). Others (from left) are: Custos Rotulorum of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin; Member of Parliament for St. James Central, Heroy Clarke; Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis; Managing Director of Pave-Con Limited, Bryan Ingleton; Managing Director of Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Senior Director of the Parochial Revenue Fund in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Rupert Pryce and Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford.

7 years ago Local Government

Ground Broken for New Barnett Street Fire Station

Ground was broken, on Thursday (June 6), for construction of a $534.9 million fire station at Barnett Street in Montego Bay, St. James. The project, which is slated to be completed over 12 months, is being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under its Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Programme (DVRP). The new fire station, which will have the capacity...

The body of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, lying in state at the St. John’s Anglican Church in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on Friday (June 7).

7 years ago Community

Mr. Seaga Hailed by St. Ann’s Bay Mayor as Thoughtful and Fearless Leader

Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay and Chairman of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation, Michael Belnavis, says former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, was a “thoughtful, strong and fearless leader” whose stellar contribution to national progress spans several sectors. In an interview with JIS News, Mayor Belnavis credited Mr. Seaga as being the driving force behind the development of...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), listens attentively to Vice Principal, Bath Primary and Junior High School, Beverley Edmondson-Edwards (left), during the LASCO REAP competition awards ceremony held on Thursday (June 6), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Others pictured are: Senior Teacher, Bath Primary and Junior High, Marie Bennett (2nd left); Project Manager, JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, Catherine Davis Smith (third right); and students Dajhray Desouza (3rd left); and Kenrick Sammuels.

7 years ago EducationForeign AffairsYouth

Bath Primary and Junior High Wins 2018/19 LASCO REAP Competition

Bath Primary and Junior High School in St. Thomas is the winner of the 2018/19 LASCO Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) competition, taking home $100, 000 courtesy of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation. The announcement was made at the awards ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (June 6). The school, which copped first place...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), along with (from left) Owner, Longville Park Fish Farm, Donnie Bunting; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Director of Fisheries in the Fisheries Division of the Ministry, André Kong, view fish in a tank at the farm, in Clarendon, today (June 7). Minister Shaw, along with technical officers from the Ministry and representatives from other large fish farms, toured the farm and hatchery.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

PHOTOS: Shaw Tours Longville Park Fish Farm

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (fifth left), with members of the Advisory Board for the Hanbury and Windsor Lodge Children’s Homes operated by the Salvation Army Eastern Caribbean Territory, during a courtesy call by the group on Thursday (June 6), at King’s House.

7 years ago Community

PHOTOS: Lady Allen with Advisory Board for the Hanbury and Windsor Lodge Children’s Homes

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (fifth left), with members of the Advisory Board for the Hanbury and Windsor Lodge Children’s Homes operated by the Salvation Army Eastern Caribbean Territory, during a courtesy call by the group on Thursday (June 6), at King’s House.

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), in discussion with Chairman, Green Expo, Robert Stephens, during the opening ceremony for the exposition at the National Arena in St. Andrew, on June 6. Green Expo is an environmental exposition aimed at increasing the awareness, knowledge and implementation of environmentally sustainable practices by the Jamaican public. It will run from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9, at the National Arena.

7 years ago HousingWater

Revised Rainwater Harvesting Policy Guideline Has Provisions for Housing Developments

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the revised rainwater harvesting planning policy guideline will have provisions to facilitate water harvesting for housing and commercial developments. The Minister was speaking at the opening ceremony for the launch of Green Expo 2019, at the National Arena in St. Andrew, on June 6....

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, pays his respects to former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on Friday (June 7) where the body was lying-in-state.

7 years ago Community

Western Jamaica Pays Tribute to Mr. Seaga

The mood was solemn inside the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Friday (June 7) as hundreds of mourners from western Jamaican turned out to bid farewell to former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga. Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis;Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte; and Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad Pitkin, were among those...