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Students engaged in National Schools’ Move Day activities at the Green Island Primary School in Hanover on April 5.

Green Island Primary Launches Jamaica Moves Club

Green Island Primary School in Hanover has launched its Jamaica Moves Club, aimed at promoting physical activity and proper nutrition among students. The launch took place on Friday (April 5) during the celebration of the inaugural ‘National School Moves Day’...

(FILE) Bauxite Community Development Programme Project Coordinator at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Clarence Osbourne, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently.

JBI to Facilitate Investment and Modernisation of Plants

A reconditioned passenger train embarks on the journey from May Pen to Linstead on April 16, 2011. (FILE)

Negotiations Under Way for Phase-One Rehabilitation of Rail Service

Work in progress along a section of South Camp Road in St. Andrew, to relocate the Jamaica Defence Force's main entranceT. The project is being funded under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) and is slated to run for six-months.

Work Under Way to Relocate JDF’s Main Entrance

Sesame Workshop Film Producer, Kimberly Wright, speaks with JIS News at the third staging of the KingstOOn animation festival held April 5 to 7 at the University of Technology (UTech), St. Andrew.

Animators and Film Producers Encouraged to Utilse Social Media Platforms

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), emphasises a point during the discussion segment of the Destination Experience Masters of Industry Reception, which was held at the Mercedes Benz showroom on South Camp Road in Kingston on April 5. Listening is Dean Emeritus at the New York University

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Calls for Increased Domestic Investments

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says there is a need for greater levels of local investments, in order to sustain Jamaica’s economic growth. “We have had a lot of foreign investment, but I don’t think domestic investment has yet been unleashed in the way that it can and ultimately will,” he said. The...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), speaking with Government Senator and GraceKennedy Limited Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby, during the launch of the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

7 years ago Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Tangible Outcomes Expected from Diaspora Conference

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the upcoming Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference is expected to generate tangible outcomes that are implementable. This assurance is against the background of what she notes are concerns from some stakeholders, who describe the conference as a “talk shop”. “It [has been] my intention, [since] I became...

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second left), officially opens the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Harbour View branch, on Saturday (April 6). Sharing the occasion are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), and (from left) Restaurants of Jamaica (RoJ) Managing Director, Mark Myers, and Marketing Director, Tina Matalon (right).

7 years ago CommerceIndustry

Minister Shaw Welcomes Planned Expansion of Restaurants of Jamaica’s Operations

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed plans by Restaurants of Jamaica (RoJ) Limited to further expand its flagship Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise by the end of the 2020 calendar year. Speaking at the official opening of RoJ’s 37th KFC restaurant, in Harbour View, St. Andrew, on Saturday (April 6), Mr. Shaw commended the company’s...

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Restaurants of Jamaica Lauded for Contributing to Economic Growth

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, has lauded Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) for contributing to economic growth. Her praise comes against the background of the entity’s opening of its 37th Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant, in Harbour View, which is located in the constituency. “I must commend the team for their commitment to...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with (from left) Jamaica 4-H Clubs Executive Director, Dr. Ronald Blake, and Chairman, Hidran McKulskie, during the organisation’s National Achievement Expo at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in May Pen, Clarendon, on April 5.

7 years ago Agriculture

Cabinet Receives Agriculture Ministry Submission Regarding AMC Complex

Cabinet has received a submission from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, seeking to reverse plans to sell the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) complex on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who says the nine-acre property was put up for sale in January 2016, reiterated plans to transform the complex into a modern agro-processing...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), and students demonstrate their fitness during the official launch of National School Moves Day at Eltham High School in St. Catherine on April 5.

7 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

Nation’s Children Encouraged to Safeguard their Health

The nation’s children are being encouraged to take steps to safeguard their health. This urging comes from State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, who notes that a significant number of persons are falling victim to unhealthy lifestyles. He contended that if children resort to taking care of their bodies, they will practise healthy...

Health Minister, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right, standing), observes as Consultant, Ophthalmology Department, Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Michelle Leighton (standing left) removes a protective gauze from the eye of Anthony Cooke’s (left seated), who benefitted from the services of the ‘Bright Journey’ Eye Care Medical Mission of the People’s Republic of China. Occasion was a ceremony at the KPH on April 5 to mark the Mission’s visit to Jamaica at this year. Others from (second left. standing) are: representative of the Mission, Zhaoyang Meng; Senior Advisor, National Health Commission of China, Madam Cui Li; and Mission beneficiary, Ethel Mills.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Work Under Way to Develop National Eye Health Plan

Work is under way by the technical working group developing the Government’s proposed national eye health plan. The group was established in 2017 by Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, to provide policy and strategic direction for the prevention of blindness and visual impairment, in keeping with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Universal Eye Health Global Action Plan. “The...