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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), examines a field of scallion with Randre Reynolds, a RADA extension officer, during a tour of the New Forest-Duff House Agro Park in Manchester on Friday April 13.

Minister Says Farmers Must be Paid More for Their Crops by Middlemen

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says middlemen who buy farm produce cheap and sell them at exorbitant prices should get out of the system or pay the farmers more. Addressing...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), observes as Clinical Pharmacist at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), Dr. Amanda Daley (second right), demonstrates the new Mobile Dispensing Unit (MDU), at the launch of the pilot project at the hospital in St. Andrew on April 16. Looking on are Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson (second left); and Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the Bustamante Hospital, Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson.

NHF Launches Mobile Dispensing Unit Pilot Project

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), shares a joke with Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry (left), and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Department General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones, during the 10th PIOJ/IDB Labour Market Forum held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Prepare Workforce for Technologically Driven Future – Turner-Jones

Communication and Social Marketing Coordinator with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Patrice Nephew, delivering remarks at the recent launch of Project GOLD.

CSJP Supports New Programme to Assist At-Risk Youth

Bulletproof Vest Saves Cop’s Life

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (Left), speaks with President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, on the final day of the two-day Outsource2Jamaica inaugural Symposium and Expo held at the Montego Bay Convention from April 12 to 13.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

BPO Earnings Could Reach US$750 Million by 2020

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the local business process outsourcing sector (BPO), which is valued at more than US$400 million, continues to grow exponentially, and could reach US$750 million by 2020. “Over the years, we have seen tremendous growth in the local sector, boasting a compound annual growth rate of 20 per cent...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange signs the Condolence Book opened at the South African High Commission for Winnie Madizike Mandela, who died on April 2, in Johannesburg, at the age of 81.

8 years ago Culture

Minister Grange signs Condolence Book for Winnie Mandela

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange signs the Condolence Book opened at the South African High Commission for Winnie Madizike Mandela, who died on April 2, in Johannesburg, at the age of 81.

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister at the Eighth Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru.

8 years ago Prime Minister

Jamaica Committed to Cooperating with International Partners to Combat Corruption – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed Jamaica’s commitment to combatting corruption. Speaking at the eighth Summit of the Americas underway in Lima Peru, Mr. Holness said Jamaica will also continue to partner with international stakeholders to battle corruption. “Jamaica remains committed to cooperating with international bodies and other Member States to combat corruption in the forms of bribery, international graft,...

General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (second right), addresses public forum at the University of the West Indies (UWI), staged by its Department of Economics and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) on April 12. Listening (from right) are Head, Department of Economics, UWI, Professor David Tennant (right); Director General, PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry; and Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, UWI, Professor Claremont Kirton.

8 years ago ScienceTechnologyVision 2030

IDB Official Wants to See More Investment in Robotics Technology

General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, says more economic growth can be achieved if members of the private sector invest more in robotics technology for their operations. Speaking at a forum on the ‘Findings of an Assessment of the Implementation and Impact of Key Initiatives under the National Economic Growth Inducement Strategy’, Mrs. Turner-Jones said...

Project Manager, JamaicaEye, Major Sheldon Bryan, highlighting aspects of the initiative, during the launch of the national closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at the National Indoor Sports Complex in St. Andrew on March 14.

8 years ago Social Security

CCTV Surveillance Programme Gets Private Sector Support

The national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme, geared at improving public safety and security, is receiving strong support from members of the private sector, who believe that the initiative will make an impact on crime in the country. Dubbed ‘JamaicaEye,’ the public-private partnership, launched in March, is designed to network CCTV cameras owned by the Ministry of National Security as...

Environment and Project Officer at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Stacey-Anne Preston highlights plans for the development of a National Risk Information Platform (NRIP), at a JIS Think Tank session.

8 years ago Development

JSIF Spearheads National Risk Information Platform

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is spearheading the development of a National Risk Information Platform (NRIP), which will allow all risk data to be located and updated in a centralised platform that is available to government agencies and the public. In an interview with JIS News, Environment and Project Officer at JSIF, Stacey-Ann Preston, said that the NRIP will...

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (centre), and Duty Officer at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, O’Neil Reid (left), listen as Managing Director, Perishables Jamaica Limited, Norman Wright, outlines details about his company’s products. The occasion was the JIS’s annual Easter Sports Day visit to the Home in Walderston, Manchester on April 7.

8 years ago Youth

Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Embarking on Herbal Teas Project

The Mount Olivet Boys’ Home is poised to establish a herb farm, following the donation of plants and a proposal for purchase of the harvest by local tea manufacturer, Perishables Jamaica Limited (PJL). “We’re planting the seed and will watch it grow, and reap and create a good herb farm that we can build a long-term business relationship from. We...