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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

House Approves Extension of St. James SOE

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 16) approved the Emergency Powers (Continuance) (No.4) Resolution 2018, which will extend the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parish of St. James until January 31, 2019. All 47 members of the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left) and Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, inspect one of the three new garbage trucks acquired for the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s regional offices. Occasion was the handover ceremony at the Authority’s head office in Kingston on October 16.

NSWMA Gets New Garbage Trucks

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaking at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Association of Principals and Vice Principals of Secondary Schools, held at the Jewel Grande Montego Bay Resort and Spa on October 14.

Special Education Policy Before Cabinet

Jamaica’s Top Female Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, donated for the 100th time on Heroes Day, Monday, October 15, at the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Top Female Blood Donor Achieves A Century

Newly conferred Members of the Order of Jamaica (OJ), at the ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards, today (October 15), at King’s House. They are (from left): Giuseppe Francesco Maffessanti, Grace Jones, Earl Wesley Jarrett, and Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Godfrey Dyer.

Outstanding Jamaicans Receive National Honours and Awards

Vice President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Chairman of the Administration Committee, Vishwanauth Tolan, makes a presentation to the BWF Annual General Meeting, in Australia, in May 2017.

8 years ago CommunitySport

Sport Administrator Grateful for Recognition

Vishwanauth Tolan is grateful to his country for recognising him with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer, which he collected today (October 15), at King’s House. Mr. Tolan was awarded for his contribution to the field of sports and sports development. He tells JIS News that he is thrilled for being recognised for doing something which he...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), congratulates Olympian, Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce (second right), at the unveiling of her statue at the National Stadium in Kingston on October 14. Enjoying the moment (from left) are: Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange and Sculptor, Basil Watson.

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Prime Minister Says Jamaica Will Host More Intl. Sporting Events

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is working to ensure that Jamaica hosts more international track and field and other sporting events. Addressing the unveiling ceremony for the statue of Olympian, Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, at Statue Park, National Stadium, in Kingston, on October 14, the Prime Minister acknowledged that Jamaica has missed out on hosting...

Head of the UN Environment Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, Vincent Sweeney (right), in discussion with (from left): Co-Founder of the Caribbean Waste Collective in Aruba , Diego Acevedo; Senior Technician at the Belize Solid Waste Management Authority, Lumen Cayetano; and Minister of Health and Social Development in Anguilla, Hon. Evan M. Rogers. Occasion was a press briefing at the end of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) 27th Annual Conference, held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on October 12.

8 years ago Local Government

More Collaboration to Address Waste Management Issues in Region – UN Official

Head of the United Nations (UN) Environment Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, Vincent Sweeney, says that a more collaborative approach will be taken to address waste management issues in the region. Mr. Sweeney, who was addressing journalists at the end of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) 27th Annual Conference, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay,...

Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

8 years ago CommunityOpposition

Leader of the Opposition National Heroes Day Address 2018

Dr. Peter Phillips, MP Leader of the Opposition Message for National Heroes Day 2018 This year’s celebration of National Heroes Day, coincides with the 80th anniversary of the 1938 Labour Rebellion. In that year, two of our national heroes, The Rt. Excellent Norman Manley and The Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante provided the leadership for the Jamaican people, which helped...

Regional Director at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (third left) and Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Mark Golding (second left), cut the ribbon to officially open the iTELBPO Smart Academy, at the Trench Town Polytechnic College (TTPC), on October 11. Principal of the College, Dr. Dosseth Edwards-Watson, is at left. At right is Head of Training at iTELBPO Smart Solutions, Shurland Buchanan.

8 years ago CommunityEducation

BPO Training now Available at Trench Town Polytechnic College

Opportunities for certification in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) training are now available at the Trench Town Polytechnic College (TTPC), in St. Andrew. The college commenced the training in early September, as part of their Associate Degree programme, in partnership with the Montego Bay based iTELBPO Smart Solutions, which is the largest home-grown BPO entity in the region. Principal of the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), has a word with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (right), at the National Heritage Week Thanksgiving Church Service, held at the Fellowship Apostolic Church, Camp Road in Kingston, on Sunday (October 14). At centre is the Ministry’s State Minister, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

8 years ago Culture

Culture Minister wants More Heritage Sites Recognised

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says she is seeking to have more of the nation’s heritage sites become recognised locally and internationally, as this will accrue to the benefit of the communities in which they are situated. “We currently have 250 National Heritage sites. I want to see more designations and greater development in the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Senate on October 12, 2018.

8 years ago AgricultureSenate

Senate Approves New Fisheries Act

A new Fisheries Act, aimed at further safeguarding the local sector, was passed in the Senate on October 12. The Bill, which will replace the Fishing Industry Act of 1975, will establish the legal and regulatory framework that creates the enabling environment for the sector’s sustainable growth. This includes ramping up measures to tackle poaching and unregulated fishing in Jamaican waters....