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Jamaica on Influenza Alert

The Ministry of Health has placed Jamaica on influenza alert in light of the significant increase in the number of cases of fever and respiratory illnesses reported across the island. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in a statement...

Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett (fifth right), Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCO), Dr. Andrew Spencer (centre); and Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith (fourth left) with the principals, coaches and students of Mount Airy All-Age and Broughton Primary Schools, who were finalists in the TVJ 2018 Junior Schools’ Challenge Quiz competition.

Minister Bartlett Fetes 2018 Junior Schools Challenge Quiz Finalists

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, provides an update of developments with State refinery, Petrojam, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Tuesday (February 12).

Petrojam Review Commission to Submit Recommendations Shortly

Manager for the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Sales Support Unit, Ricardo Durrant, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank forum.

50 Companies for Export MAX III Implementation

Chair of the National Task Force Against Trafficking In Persons (NATFATIP) Prevention Subcommittee and Director of Corporate Services in the Ministry of Justice, Sandra Graham (left), is joined by Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Carl Berry; Professor at St. Thomas University in the United States, Roza Pati; and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, in examining the 2019 NATFATIP Anti- Human Trafficking Calendar ‘Trapped’. Occasion was a distinguished lecture on human trafficking held at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), St. Andrew, on Tuesday (February 12).

Human Trafficking Task Force Seeks 10,000 Volunteers

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), is in discussion with (from second left), Principal Director, Climate Change Division, Economic Growth and Job Creation Ministry, Una May Gordon; Country Engagement Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Partnership Support Unit, Cayetano Casado; and Senior Country Engagement Specialist, NDC, Yamide Dagnet. Occasion was a micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) consultation on supporting private-sector investment for advancing climate action in Jamaica, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Tuesday (February 12).

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Minster Vaz Calls for More Private-Sector Support in Building Climate Resilience

More private-sector stakeholders are being encouraged to partner with the Government in executing projects designed to build Jamaica’s climate change resilience. This call comes from Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who said more innovators, investors and private-sector leaders are needed to further advance mitigation efforts. “Partnerships are integral to our...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

7 years ago Health & WellnessSport

Minister Grange Says Government to Assist Kemoy Campbell

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the “government will be there for Kemoy Campbell,” the Jamaican runner who collapsed during competition in the United States on the weekend. Campbell has been hospitalised since the incident on Saturday. Minister Grange says she has reached out to the athlete’s family and management and has been...

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), observes as Public Relations and Administration Manager of the CHASE Fund, Hilary Coulton (second left), assists a young girl to log on to a computer inside the Mt. James Resource Centre, at its official opening in Brandon Hill, St. Andrew, on February 8.

7 years ago Community

PHOTOS: Mt. James Resource Centre

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), observes as Public Relations and Administration Manager of the CHASE Fund, Hilary Coulton (second left), assists a young girl to log on to a computer inside the Mt. James Resource Centre, at its official opening in Brandon Hill, St. Andrew, on February 8.

Addressing the House of Representatives on February 12, Dr. Tufton noted that the stock level of certain drugs continues to be monitored, including paracetamol tablets, paracetamol syrup, oral rehydration products and intravenous fluids.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Adequate Supply of Medication to Treat Dengue – Health Minister

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says there is an adequate supply of medication to treat the dengue outbreak. "There is no shortage of medication in the public or the private health system," he said, adding that paracetamol is available to both public and private distributors. Addressing the House of Representatives on February 12, Dr. Tufton noted that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses today

7 years ago EnergyPrime MinisterSenate

PM Tables Bill to Retake Ownership of Shares in Petrojam

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (February 12), tabled a Bill, entitled ‘The Compulsory Acquisition (Shares in Petrojam Limited) Act, 2019, in the House of Representatives. This is to retake ownership of the 49 per cent shares in Petrojam that are held by the Venezuelan State-owned oil and natural gas company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDV) Caribe. The Bill...

Special needs child, Brittany Bailey (right), expressing gratitude to (from left) Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Japan, Shinichi Yamanaka; Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden, after receiving her new wheelchair on Tuesday (February 12), at the Early Stimulation Programme’s offices in downtown Kingston.

7 years ago LabourSocial Security

Assistance for Special Needs Children

Eighty special needs children have been given equipment to deal with their circumstance, by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, in partnership with the World Bank and the Japanese Embassy. The handover of wheelchairs, hearing aids and walkers to parents and guardians took place at the Early Stimulation Programme location on Hanover Street in downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (February...

Senior Investigator at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Phillip Morgan (left); Manager of the Pollution, Prevention Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Bethune Morgan (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Yaneke Watson, peruse the National Policy for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes, at a public sector consultation on the policy, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on February 12.

7 years ago Local GovernmentVision 2030

NSWMA to Host Consultations on E-Waste Regulations

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to host public and private consultations soon, on a draft of its electrical and electronic (e-waste) regulations. When signed into the law, the regulations will require traders of computers, printers, televisions, mobile phones and refrigerators to take them back at end-of-life and dispose of them in an environmentally sound manner. Senior Investigator...