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Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), greets Acting Group General Manager, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Brian Richardson (centre), during the PCJ Energy Champion Competition awards and recognition ceremony held recently, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Looking on is Project Manager, EECP, Jody Grizzle.

Public-Sector Energy Champions Win Over $24 Million in Prizes

Seven public-sector entities have won over $24 million in prizes in the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ)/Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Energy Champion Competition. The annual competition, which is part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP) being implemented by...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), converse with Hardware and Lumber Limited’s Marketing and Customer Experience Officer, Andrea Green-Browne, during an ‘Economic Opportunities Workshop’ Grant Handover Ceremony in Accompong, St. Elizabeth, on March 22.

Accompong Targeted for Hemp Pilot

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.

PICA Automating Citizenship Application

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking at the launch of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona 'Society for Future Policy Leaders’ held recently on the university campus.

Jamaica in Good Position to Achieve Revised Renewable Energy Target

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while addressing the House of Representatives on March 26. Listening is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

House Approves Third 2018/19 Supplementary Estimates

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.

7 years ago Local Government

Riverton Fire Under Control

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is assuring the public that the fire, which broke out this morning (March 27) at the Riverton landfill in St. Andrew has been contained. He said that the fire is suspected to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. "It is in a confined area, so the fire won’t...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (centre), is flanked by National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin (left); and Pro Chancellor and Board Chairman, The Mico University College, Professor Neville Ying, at the opening ceremony of Mico

7 years ago Education

PEP Students to be First PISA Cohort

The first cohort of students sitting the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) this year will also be the first to take the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examinations in 2021. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, said that Jamaica is preparing to participate in the programme, which will facilitate the evaluation and...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), is presented with some items from the personal collection of former sportswoman and sport administrator for hockey, Kay Wilson (second left), while Chairman of the National Sport Museum Oversight Committee, Don Anderson, looks on. The presentation was made during the opening ceremony for a three-day Digital Asset Workshop, at the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) in Kingston, on Tuesday (March 26).

7 years ago Sport

Persons Encouraged to Donate Sport Artefacts for Proposed Museum

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is encouraging persons in possession of sport artefacts and memorabilia to donate them to the collection for the proposed National Sport Museum. “(It can be) any little thing – a poster, an invitation – anything at all that relates to the journey that Jamaica has made in our sports development...

Regional Operations Manager at Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmondson

7 years ago Local Government

WPM Removes Bulky Waste from Cambridge, St. James

Regional Operations Manager of Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmondson, says to date, the organisation has removed more than 30 truckloads of bulky waste from the Cambridge community in St. James. The bulky waste items were removed from the community in order to prevent them from becoming mosquito breeding sites, Mr. Edmondson noted. He said the...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks to Country Representative, USAID Jamaica, Jason Fraser, at the national consultation, titled, ‘Strengthening Health Services in the Context of Zika in Jamaica’, on Tuesday (March 26), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Partnerships Must be Maintained to Prevent Major Outbreak of Zika – Health Minister

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says international partnerships are needed and must be maintained to prevent a major outbreak of the Zika virus in Jamaica. Speaking at a national consultation, titled, ‘Strengthening Health Services in the Context of Zika in Jamaica’, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on March 26, Dr. Tufton said it...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), converses with (from second left): JN Group Financial Consultant, Hugh Reid; Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) Executive Director, Dr. Damien King; and JN Group Assistant General Manager, Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, at CaPRI’s Annual Budget Review and Public Forum, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (March 25).

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

CaPRI Head Lauds Government

Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), Dr. Damien King, has lauded the Government for presenting a “responsible” $835.2-billion Budget for the 2019/20 fiscal year. Speaking at CaPRI’s Annual Budget Review and Public Forum at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on March 25, Dr. King noted that the Budget, details of which were outlined in the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Describes Dorraine Samuels as a True Jamaican Icon

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has described the late veteran broadcaster, Dorraine Samuels, as a true Jamaican icon. Expressing sadness at her passing, Mr. Holness said the late broadcaster, who had a pleasant personality that radiated on the screen and through the radio, did a great job in the broadcast of news and in keeping Jamaicans informed. "I...