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Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (left); and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange, admiring a design done by one of the nine local emerging designers at the launch of the ‘Irie Magic Fashion Fusion’ event, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel recently.

JBDC Helping to Develop Talent in Fashion Industry

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is redesigning and rebuilding Jamaica’s fashion future, through the development of the local talent in the industry. The agency has implemented a fashion programme, dubbed ‘Irie Magic Fashion Fusion’, which highlights the works of...

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will be hosting a series of registration fairs across the island over the next 18 months to facilitate persons who are without a birth certificate or those who may need to complete the process.

RGD Stages Free Birth Registration Fairs

Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen 2018, Leneka Rhoden (centre) is flanked by first runner-up Melessa Vassell (left) and second runner-up, Ashley Grey, at the coronation show held recently at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, St. Andrew.

JCDC Looking to Stage More Festival Events in Rural Areas

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill, speaks to JIS News.

Top-Ten Festival Song Finalists Participate in Road Shows

Senior Director, Technical Services in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson, addresses a training workshop involving tourism and health stakeholders, at the RIU Montego Bay Hotel on Friday (June 15).

Tourism Ministry Crafting Destination Assurance Policy and Strategy

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Local Businesses Invited to Explore Opportunities in Cuba

Businesses in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean are being encouraged to explore opportunities for trade and investment with Cuba. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Cuba, His Excellency Rogelio Sierra Diaz, said that his Government is seeking to widen cooperation with countries in the region under its foreign investment law. “We are now promoting trade cooperation between the Caribbean Community...

Top performing student in the Grade Six Achievement Test at St. Andrew Preparatory School, Jayden Ebanks, gets a high-five from teacher, Phyllis Ramsay, after receiving his results.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Jayden Channels Grief into Top GSAT Marks

For St. Andrew Preparatory School student, Jayden Ebanks, achieving the top marks for his school in the 2018 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) is bittersweet. Jayden, who will be attending Wolmer’s Boys in September, scored 100 per cent in Mathematics, 100 per cent in Social Studies, 99 per cent in Language Arts, 98 per cent in Science and 12/12 in...

8 years ago Education

Govt Focused on Equity and Inclusion in Education

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government is committed to an education system that promotes equity and inclusiveness, providing opportunities for all students up to age 18. As such, he indicated that focus will be placed on interventions at the earliest level, even before children enter the formal system. The Minister said he...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw ( right) listens attentively to a point being made by Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant, at the launch of the 66th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, at the Hi-Pro Supercentre in White Marl, St. Catherine on June 15.

8 years ago Agriculture

New Features for Denbigh 2018

This year’s staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, scheduled to run from August 4 to 6, will include several new features to enhance the spectacle of the event, while promoting the country’s agricultural sector. The event, under the theme: ‘Grow what we eat, eat what we grow: Agriculture securing, our future,’ will include a craft village; back-to-school...

8 years ago Technology

ICT/Knowledge Services Accounts for 58 per Cent of Jobs Created in 2017/18

The Information Communication Technology (ICT)/Knowledge Services sector accounted for approximately 58 per cent of jobs created during the last financial year. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure as he addressed a plenary session at the just concluded Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), held from June 12 to 14 at...

8 years ago Agriculture

Feasibility Study for Irrigation System to Serve Pedro Plains Farmers

Feasibility studies are being done for the establishment of an irrigation system that will take water from the Black River to supply farmers in the Pedro Plains of St. Elizabeth. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, said the proposed project could bring millions of dollars in investments to improve the infrastructure of the parish. He was addressing...

8 years ago CommerceSenate

Senate Passes Amendments to Public Procurement Act

The Senate, on Friday (June 15), passed the Public Procurement (Amendment) Act 2018, which seeks to regulate the procurement of goods, works and services by entities of Government. The legislation, which was piloted by Leader of Government Business and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith was passed with three changes. Opening the debate,...