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Veteran swim coach, John Lopez, will receive the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Officer on National Heroes Day for his contribution to the welfare of persons with disabilities in relation to paraplegic sports in Jamaica.

Veteran Swim Coach Gets National Honour for Work with Paraplegic Athletes

Veteran swim coach, John Lopez, who has trained some of Jamaicans greatest Paralympians, is being honoured by the Government of Jamaica for contribution to disability and paraplegic sports. He will be presented with the Order of Distinction in the Rank...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, addresses the opening ceremony for the ‘Chance, Choice, Change (Triple C)' Day Camp on Wednesday (September 19) at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine. The event forms part of the activities for Anti- Gang Week 2018 from September 16 to 21 under the theme ‘Gang Life equals no Life’.

Security Forces Going After Gang Leaders – Spencer

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), tries out a hydraulic training device in a laboratory at the Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre located at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston. The occasion was a tour of the facility following its official opening on Wednesday (September 19). Looking on are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right); and FACT-certified trainer, Ricardo Hopwood.

PM Opens Festo Training Centre at CMU

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), fields questions from educators at a regional teachers’ consultation held on Tuesday (September 18) at the Port Antonio High School in Portland. He is flanked by Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (left); and Assistant Chief Education Officer, Winnie Berry.

Schools Encouraged to Contact Ministry for PEP Support

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), engages with Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska (second left) at a recent ceremony at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St. Andrew, to mark the breaking of ground for construction of a high-dependency unit (HDU) at the facility, in addition to Victoria Jubilee, St. Andrew; and Cornwall Regional, St. James. From second right are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Sancia Bennett Templer; and Director of the EU Unit, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dianne Davis. The units are being built under the EU-funded Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC).

Improvements in Delivery of Maternal Care and Childcare

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, during his presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 18).

8 years ago Transport

House Passes Bill to Validate Activities of Transport Authority

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday (September 18), approved legislation to indemnify the Transport Authority from any legal action arising from its collection of fees between December 1, 1989 and December 8, 2015. The Bill, entitled ‘Transport Authority (Validation and Indemnity) Act, 2016’, serves to validate and confirm the activities of the Authority. Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert...

8 years ago Prime Minister

PM Holness to Attend Official Funeral for the late Easton Douglas

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is scheduled to read the first lesson at the official funeral service for the late Hon. Easton Douglas, OJ, CD. Mr Douglas died on Sunday, August 26, following a long battle with cancer. The Government, through the Cabinet, has accorded him an official funeral. The funeral service will take place today (September 20) at the St....

8 years ago Local GovernmentWorks / Construction

More modifications to traffic management plan coming

As the National Works Agency (NWA) continues to tweak its traffic management plan in Kingston and St. Andrew, more change is to come starting this weekend. As of this Sunday, September 23, turning restrictions will be implemented along the section of Constant Spring Road, between the bridge at Market Place and the Dunrobin Avenue intersection. Manager, Communication and Customer Services...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, emphasises a point while addressing journalists during a recent media briefing at the Ministry

8 years ago Tourism

Talks Under Way to Develop Communications Framework for Tourism Resilience Centre

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Ministry is in discussions with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and a United Kingdom (UK)-based entity for the development of a communications framework for the operations of the proposed Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management. Mr. Bartlett was speaking at a recent media briefing at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), is in discussion with Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, Juan José González Mijares, at a reception held at the ambassador’s residence in St. Andrew on September 14 to commemorate the 208th Anniversary of the Independence of Mexico.

8 years ago Education

Mexico Chair to be Established at UWI

A ‘Mexico Chair’ will be established at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in October 2018 as part of efforts to increase research collaboration and strengthen relations between higher-education institutions in Mexico and the university. Mexico’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan José González Mijares, made the announcement at a reception to commemorate the 208th Anniversary of the...

8 years ago TourismVision 2030

Regional Multi-Destination Tourism Framework on Track

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says development of a Caribbean multi-destination tourism framework is on track. He said that Jamaica has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, and the parties are scheduled to meet later this year to “start hammering out a product for the market”. Minister Bartlett was speaking at a recent media...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left), presents an inmate at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre with a plaque for her achievement in the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Occasion was an appreciation function at the centre’s location at South Camp Road in Kingston on September 18.

8 years ago Education

Female Inmates Earn CSEC Passes

More than 55 per cent of inmates at the all-female Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year passed at least one subject. Of the 29 inmates who sat the tests, 16 received passes in Mathematics; English A; Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM); Principles of Business; Food, Nutrition and Health; Office...