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Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, contributes to the debate on the Emergency Powers (Continuance) Resolution, 2019, during Friday’s (May 10) sitting of the Upper House.

Senate Approves 90-Day Extension of SOEs in Western Parishes

Members of the Senate have approved a 90- day extension of the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in the parishes of St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover. During Friday’s (May 10) sitting of the Upper House, Senators voted in favour of...

World Bank Commended for Supporting Reforms

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), observes while Senior Medical Officer at the Linstead Hospital, Dr. Clive Thomas (third right), points out the features of a new infant warmer purchased for the hospital from funds generated by the 2018 Tru Juice 5K Run/Walk. Occasion was the launch of the 2019 event at the hospital in St. Catherine on May 8. Also looking on (from left) are Acting Director of Nursing at the hospital, Claudine Douglas; Chief Executive Officer of Trade Winds Citrus Limited, Peter McConnell Jr.; and Acting Chief Executive Officer at the hospital, Paul McIntyre.

Restaurants to Offer Healthier Meal Options

Ocho Rios Touted As Prime Entertainment Destination

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaks at the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) 37th Annual Business and Workplace Convention and Expo, at Moon Palace Jamaica Resort and Spa in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on May 9.

Labour Minister Says Osh Law Will Be A Reality Soon

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, addresses teachers at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Helen Stills Professional Development Day, staged at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, in St. James on Thursday (May 9).

7 years ago Education

Education State Minister Condemns Killing of Teachers

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is condemning the recent killing of educators Clevon Campbell and Samuel Martin. “Those acts are cowardly; they are dastardly acts committed against two of the vanguards of the guardians of hope and prosperity of our nation, and we must speak out against it,” he said. The...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre); and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), share pleasantries with World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, during the National Competitiveness Council’s eighth Annual Business Environment Roundtable Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on May 9.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Additional Reforms Should Boost Doing Business Ranking – Finance Minister

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says additional reforms being accelerated by the Government to improve Jamaica’s global competitiveness should serve to further boost the country’s ranking on the World Bank Doing Business Report Index. He said despite Jamaica improving 16 places on the Index to be ranked the most competitive Caribbean country with which...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon Daryl Vaz, addresses the National Competitiveness Council’s (NCC) eighth Annual Business Environment Roundtable Forum, at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on May 9. Mr. Vaz is Chairman of the NCC.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

World Bank Commended for Supporting Reforms

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has thanked the World Bank for providing the financial and technical support for reforms being implemented across government. He notes that the Bank’s loan-funded Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Programme has been “particularly supportive” through the provision of resources for business environment reforms designed to...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), cuts the ribbon to mark the handover of drip irrigation equipment to farmers from Southfield and Bull Savannah in St. Elizabeth, at the Bethel Bible Camp in Southfield on Thursday (May 9). Looking on (from left) are Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry; President of the Southfield Farmers’ Benevolent Society, Imogene Smith; Bull Savanna Benevolent Society’s executive, Tracey Powell; and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

7 years ago Agriculture

300 St. Elizabeth Farmers Receive Irrigation Equipment Valued at $69 Million

Some 300 farmers who cultivate approximately 150 acres of land in Southfield and Bull Savannah in St. Elizabeth have benefited from drip irrigation tools and equipment valued at over $69 million. During a ceremony at the Bethel Bible Camp in the Malvern Chase District of Southfield on Thursday (May 9), each farmer was presented with 0.5 acres of drip irrigation...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), greets Bartender of the year 2018, Gossett Brown Jr, during the Tourism Linkages Network’s chef workshop at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston on May 9. At right is Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund, Dr. Carey Wallace. The workshop was held for junior culinary Ambassadors and select members of the Culinary Federation of Jamaica before they depart the island to compete in the annual Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami in June.

7 years ago Tourism

PHOTOS: Minister Bartlett at Tourism Linkages Network Chef Workshop

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), greets Bartender of the year 2018, Gossett Brown Jr, during the Tourism Linkages Network’s chef workshop at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston on May 9. At right is Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund, Dr. Carey Wallace. The workshop was held for junior culinary Ambassadors and select members of the Culinary Federation of...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), lsitens as Acting Group General Manager, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Brian Richardson (right), explains the scope of work undertaken at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon under the PCJ

7 years ago Health & WellnessTechnology

May Pen Hospital Gets $73.6-Million Air-Conditioning Overhaul

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has undertaken air-conditioning overhaul at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon at a cost of approximately $73.6 million. The intervention, under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP), is expected to reduce the health facility’s electricity consumption for cooling by 20 per cent, with annual savings of approximately $5.2 million. It involved the installation...

Workmen engaged in constrction activities under the Hagley Park Road Improvement Project.

7 years ago Works / Construction

Hagley Park Road Improvement on Track

Work on the US$56-million Hagley Park Road Improvement Project, designed to significantly improve traffic flow in the Corporate Area, is on track for completion by the end of the summer. In a recent interview with JIS News, Senior Communications and Customer Services Officer, National Works Agency (NWA), Ramona Lawson, said that the bridge works are “practically done”. “We have allocated...