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Deputy Director General of Sustainable Development and Social Planning at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Claire Bernard (right), listens to Economist and Disaster Risk Reduction Consultant, Dr. Asha Kambon (left), at a post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) workshop, at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston on September 25. At centre is United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Programme Specialist for Culture, Yuri Peshkov.

PIOJ/CDB Stages Four-Day Workshop in PDNA

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is staging a four-day workshop in post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) methodology, to strengthen the capacity of public officials to better inform decision-making and resilience building following a natural disaster. Targeted at those in the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in discussion with President, Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal, Carey Crooks, during the Club’s meeting on Monday (September 24), at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort & Spa, in St. Andrew.

New Website to be Launched for PEP

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right), breaks ground for the construction of an artificial football turf at the Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence, University of the West Indies, Mona, on Monday (September 25). Others taking part (from left) are Development Manager, FIFA Regional Office, Marlon Glean; Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator, Councillor Delroy Williams; President, Jamaica Football Federation, Michael Ricketts; and Contractor, Pablo Vásquez.

Ground Broken for Artificial Football Turf at Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second left), greets Director, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Hospitality, Andrew Fazio (second right), at the opening of the annual Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 23, At right is President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Omar Robinson.

Tourist Industry to Benefit from JAPEX

President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock (centre), and Mrs. Pinnock (left), are joined by Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral Peter Brady, at the service of thanksgiving in recognition of Maritime Awareness Week, held on Sunday (September 23) at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Port Royal. The week is being observed from September 23 to 28.

CMU Commits to Investing in Port Royal

Leader of Government Business and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Upper House on September 21.

8 years ago SenateTechnology

Senate Passes Bill to Indemnify Spectrum Management Authority

The Telecommunications (Spectrum Regulatory Fees) (Validation and Indemnity) Act, 2018 was passed during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (September 21). The Bill seeks to, among other things, validate and indemnify the actions of the Spectrum Management Authority in increasing regulatory fees without legislative authority for the period April 1 2004 to March 22, 2017. Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), shares a light moment with (from left) Director of Tourism, Donovan White; President of the Metropolitan Association of Travel Agents in Mexico, Edgar Solis; and the Jamaica Tourist Board’s Latin America Business Development Manager, Alex Pace. The occasion was the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) on Sunday (September 23), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

8 years ago Tourism

New Flights Will Bring Thousands of Visitors to Jamaica

Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is poised to increase airlift into the island for a third consecutive year. He informed that thousands of additional seats have been negotiated for the 2018/2019 winter tourist season, which will give further momentum to the market. These include 38,000 more seats out of the United States of America; a record 42,400 additional...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), in discussion with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, today (September 24), at the world body’s headquarters in New York City.

8 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

PHOTOS: PM and UN Secretary General

Advisor, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Howard Chamberlain (second left), greets sixth-form student at Wolmer

8 years ago EducationYouth

Thirty-Six Students Receive Scholarships from Future Leaders

Thirty-six high-school students have received scholarships valued at $1.35 million from non-profit organisation, Future Leaders of Jamaica (FLJ), for the 2018/19 academic year. The recipients include 31 students from first to fifth form, who received $35,000 each; and six students in sixth form, who got grants of $45,000 each. The funds, which cover tuition, books and other expenses, have already...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, held at United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Monday, September 24.

8 years ago Prime Minister

PM Calls On World Leaders to Commit to Consolidation of Peaceful Coalitions

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on world leaders to “commit to the consolidation of peaceful coalitions”. “What better occasion than this Summit to do just that,” the Prime Minister told the world leaders, as he delivered Jamaica’s Statement to a United Nations (UN) Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, held today (September 24), at the UN Headquarters in...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the Senate on September 21. At left is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Ruel Reid.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

No Rift Between Jamaica and Partners in Security Cooperation – Johnson Smith

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says there is “no rift” between Jamaica and its traditional partners in security cooperation. “Our efforts continue to be strong and friendly, based on mutual respect. There are issues which arise, as there must between any sovereign nations, and we work them out,” she said in the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness with Sen. the Hon Kamina Johnson Smith and Dr the Hon Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health at the 73rd Session of the United General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, United States on Monday, September 24

8 years ago Health & Wellness

PM Holness and Minister Tufton to Launch Caribbean Moves at UNGA

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Hon. Christopher Tufton are expected to launch Caribbean Moves at the 73rd Session of the United General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, United States. Minister Tufton is also part of the Government’s delegation to UNGA. His mission is to champion Jamaica’s response to NCDs through Jamaica Moves. Prime Minister Holness will...