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Project Manager for the Vernamfield Development project, Col. Oscar Derby (left), is warmly greeted by President of the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew, Barrington Miller (centre), when he arrived at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston on Thursday (November 15) for a meeting of the service club. Col. Derby was the guest speaker at the event. Also pictured is the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew’s Distinguished President, Winston Clarke.

Reactivation of Aviation Activities at Vernamfield by MID-2019

Reactivation of aviation activities at Vernamfield in Clarendon is expected to begin by the middle of 2019. This is to be done under phase one of the US$2.5-billion Vernamfield Development project, dubbed ‘Aerotropolis Jamaica’, which is now under way. Project...

Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Stephen Wedderburn (right), converses with Toxicilogist/Analyst in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Errol Dakin; and Head of the Microbiology Department at the University of The West Indies (UWI), Dr. Alison Nicholson, at a World Antibiotic Awareness Week event held at Knox College, Spalding, Clarendon, on November 15.

UWI Lecturer Warns Against Misuse of Antibiotics

State Minister in the Labour and Social Security Ministry, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left), presents Marsha Graham with a plaque and certificate for being the Top Female Parent for the Parish of Clarendon at the National Parenting Support Commission graduation ceremony, held at the Saint Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen on November 15.

Persons Trained To Be Better Parents

Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade (left), unveil a commemorative plaque marking Wednesday’s (November 14) commissioning of the JDF’s new Maritime Patrol Aircraft Hangar, situated at the JDF Air Wing Manley Base, Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. The facility will serve as the operational base for the JDF’s newly established Maritime Air and Cyber Command. At right is the Unit’s Commander, Captain Antoinette Weymss Gorman.

Government Will Deepen Cooperation To Strengthen Regional Security

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) President, Diane Edwards, speaks at the National Competitiveness Council meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 15.

JAMPRO Targets Top-10 Ranking For Jamaica in Doing Business Report

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), looks at a document before his presentation at the Transportation Reform Proposal Consultation on Wednesday (November 14) at Hotel Four Seasons in St. Andrew. Seated beside him is Managing Director, Transport Authority, Cecil Morgan.

7 years ago Transport

PPV Operators Encouraged To Invest In GPS Trackers

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, is calling on owners and operators of public passenger vehicles (PPVs) to invest in global positioning system (GPS) trackers. Addressing a Transportation Reform Proposal Consultation hosted by the Transport Authority at Hotel Four Seasons in St. Andrew on Wednesday (November 14), Minister Montague said the trackers make it easier to pinpoint and recover...

7 years ago DevelopmentEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Government to Accelerate Zinc Fence Removal Programme

The Government will be accelerating its zinc fence removal programme and regularisation of more communities, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda. Mr. Samuda, who was addressing the launch of the Rotary Club of Kingston 2018 Homes for the Homeless Project on November 15, in New Kingston, said upgrading of communities...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre), proudly displays her 2018 HELP Jamaica Medical Mission Distinguished Presidential Award. She is flanked by Humanitarian awardee Dr. Leon Dick (left); and Community Service awardee, CEO of East Orange General Hospital, Paige Dworak. Occasion was HELP Jamaica Medical Mission

7 years ago DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

Jamaica’s Economy Moving in Right Direction – Ambassador Marks

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says Jamaica’s economy is moving in the right direction, with positive developments in a number of areas. Ambassador Marks, who was delivering the keynote address at the 8th annual fundraising gala of HELP Jamaica Medical Mission in New Jersey recently, noted that the unemployment rate has dropped to a 50-year low...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency, Peter Knight, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank about the agency’s responsibility in the impending ban on single-use plastics.

7 years ago Environment

Plastic Ban Good for the Environment – NEPA

Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight, is pleased with the Government’s policy position to impose a ban on specific categories of plastic packaging materials. “We think it is good for the environment. We are pleased that Senator (Matthew) Samuda was able to move the motion and to get the policy position and to...

Vice President of Investment and Performance Monitoring at the National Water Commission (NWC), Vernon Barrett, addressing residents of Ramble in Hanover at the fourth in a series of consultations on the company’s application for a tariff increase, held at the Knockalva Technical High School on Tuesday (November 13). The consultation was hosted by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).

7 years ago Local Government

NWC Commits to Improving Service Delivery

Vice President, Investments and Performance Monitoring at the National Water Commission (NWC), Vernon Barrett, says the agency intends to expand and improve service delivery to customers. It is for this reason, he said, that a tariff increase is being sought to allow for continued investment in the company’s infrastructure in a bid to improve its water and wastewater service provision....

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), engages with Director of Tourism, Donovan White, at the launch of the visitjamaica.com website at the ATL Audi Showroom in St. Andrew on November 14.

7 years ago Tourism

New JTB Website A Game-Changer – Minister Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has described as game-changing a new website developed by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) to market and promote Jamaica as a tourist destination. The Minister explained that the new and fully integrated website will be an inclusive platform to be used by large, medium-sized and especially small players in the industry to showcase their product...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), engages with Annette Salmon of 20/Twenty Strategies Consulting; and founder and CEO, Ingenuity Technologies Limited, Melarka Williams, at the

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

MSME Sector an Important Driver of Growth – Minister Shaw

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector represents one of the greatest growth potentials for Jamaica. He noted that data from the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) for 2015 show that approximately 97.6 per cent of classified taxpayers are MSMEs, contributing approximately 18 per cent of taxes. In...