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Executive Director of the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA), Imega Breese McNab speaking at a JIS Think Tank today, about the 46 staging of Expo Jamaica, schedule for April 19 to 22 at the National Arena and National Indoors Sports Centre.

New Features for Expo Jamaica Trade Fair

A Jamaica Emerging Manufacturers’ and Services (JEMS) Village is among the new features at the 2018 Expo Jamaica trade fair, slated for the National Arena and National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston from April 19 to 22. The Village, aimed...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right), speaks with young men who are benefiting from training in various skill areas with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). Occasion was a tour of Up Park Camp on April 6. He was accompanied by Minister of State, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (third right); and Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade (right).

Gov’t Will Continue to Bolster JDF – Dr. Chang

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left,) converses with onion harvester, Omar Riley (right), during a tour of the Caribbean Broilers Group’s Imagination Farms in Hill Run, St. Catherine, on Friday (April 6). Looking on (from left) are: Caribbean Broilers Group Operations Manager in charge of the 400-acre farm, Don McGlashan; and Group Director, Lori-Ann Lyn.

Minister Shaw Targeting Reduced Onion Imports

Jamaica’s former ‘Sunshine Girls’ netball team captain and conceptualiser of Project GOLD (Guidance, Opportunities and Lessons for Development), Simone Forbes, delivers remarks during the initiative’s launch at the Triple Century Sports Bar, New Kingston on Friday (April 6).

Strong Support For ‘Project Gold’ Social Intervention Initiative

Food Product Development Team leader at the Scientific Research Council, Valmo Wynter, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (April 6).

SRC Encourages Persons to Use Its Standardisation Services

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaking at a Ministry of National Security-sponsored stakeholders forum on community intervention at the Iberostar Hotel in St. James on April 5.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Gov’t Committed to Social Intervention in Tackling Crime – Dr. Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government is committed to a comprehensive programme of social intervention in tackling crime in the society. “We have identified that targeted social intervention is a critical medium-term strategy to allay the effects of crime. We are aiming to identify the pathology of the behaviour and treat it,” he said at...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents the magistrate

8 years ago Governor General

Bishop Conrad Pitkin Installed as Custos of St. James

Bishop Conrad Pitkin was on April 5 installed as Custos Rotulorum for the parish of St. James in an official ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. A throng of dignitaries and well-wishers, led by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Hon. Lady Allen, were on hand for the occasion. In his remarks, Sir...

Former Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), listens as St. Mary farmer, Tanasha Tamasa (right), informs him of crops being cultivated on her five-acre farm located in the community of Chovey, during a tour of the property earlier this year. Also listening is Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, where Chovey is located, Dr. Norman Dunn (second right).

8 years ago Agriculture

Young Female Chooses Farming as Ideal Career

Twenty-five-year-old Tanasha Tamasa is not your typical young Jamaican who is swooned by the perceived glamour and prestige associated with careers in academia, law or medicine. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Tanasha’s choice as the ideal career is farming, and she is resolute in her belief that her decision to pursue this path was the correct one. A native of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), examines the mural he unveiled as part of the official opening of the University of Technology (UTech) 60th Anniversary visual art exhibition, ‘Legacies’, at its Old Hope Road location in Kingston on Thursday (April 5). The mural was created by students of UTech on the wall of the Centre for the Arts, where the exhibition is being showcased. Also admiring the artwork (from left) are Director, Centre for the Arts, Philip Clarke; Associate Vice President, Advancement Division, UTech, Hector Wheeler; and Curator and Visual Arts Educator, UTech, Dr. Winston Campbell.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Programme to Help Creative Industry Practitioners

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says the Government is seeking to establish a national programme aimed at showcasing and marketing final products and services of creative industry practitioners. This, he said, will also focus on unearthing new talent, and will be part of the Government’s thrust to create a culture and...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Main Building at Cornwall Regional to Be Evacuated This Weekend

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the main building of the Cornwall Regional Hospital should be fully evacuated by this weekend into Monday (April 9). Patients and staff will be relocated to the Falmouth Regional Hospital in the neighbouring parish of Trelawny. Dr. Tufton explained that the evacuation will enable the completion of repairs in a more...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens to Alphansus Davis, retired principal of Spalding High School, at an appreciation function held at Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on April 5.

8 years ago Prime Minister

PM Singles Out Technical and Vocational Training for Special Attention

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the technical and vocational training areas are being singled out for focus, and that this has already begun with the National Youth Service (NYS) and the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) being merged with the HEART Trust/NTA. He says such an important and strategic move, which will create a national training...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), is greeted by the University of Technology (UTech) President, Professor Stephen Vasciannie (right), at the opening ceremony of the President’s Knights Day on Thursday (April 5) at UTech’s Papine campus. At centre is the Dean, Faculty of Sports, UTech, Kamilah Hylton.

8 years ago CultureEntertainmentGender AffairsSport

State Minister for Sport Commends UTech

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, has applauded the University of Technology (UTech) for conceptualising and hosting its inaugural President’s Knights Day. President’s Knights Day will be an annual event that celebrates and recognises the contributions students have made to the institution, especially in the area of sports. Speaking at the...