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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), converses with resident of Enfield, St. Mary, Venus Mendez (left), during a recent ceremony at the facility to mark its formal adoption by the Jamaica 55 Charities Group in the United Kingdom, under the Government’s Adopt-A-Clinic initiative. At right is another resident, Catherine Hylton.

St Mary Residents Welcome Adoption of Enfield Clinic

Residents of Enfield, St. Mary, have welcomed the adoption of their community’s health centre by the Jamaica 55 Charities Group in the United Kingdom (UK), under the Government’s Adopt-A-Clinic initiative. The organisation, comprising members of the Jamaican diaspora community in...

Senate Suspends Debate on MOCA Bill

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Sub-regional Director (ad interim), Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul, at the recent Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbea, in Montego Bay.

FAO Assisting With Irrigation and Drought Management Systems

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, makes his contribution to a session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held recently in Montego Bay.

Excessive Sugar a Clear and Present Danger

Top-performing high school students at a recognition and awards ceremony held recently at St. Georgie's College in Kingston, and organised by the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS)

Top Students Awarded by JAPSS

Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica, Vivian Crawford, delivers the message of Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. Hon. Olivia Grange, at a cultural series titled, ‘Four Women’, held on March 11 at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston.

8 years ago CultureGender Affairs

Women Encouraged to Emulate Cultural Icons

Women are being encouraged to impact society by following in the footsteps of four cultural icons – sculptor, Hon. Edna Manley; folklorist, author, musician and actress, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley; writer and activist, Una Marson; and opera singer, Mercedes Kirkwood. The call came from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at the beginning of a cultural series...

Apiculture Extension Officer for St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, Attoy Williams, inspects a frame of bees during a training session in Beeston Spring, Westmoreland, recently.

8 years ago Agriculture

Beekeeping Big Business in the West

Apiculture is big business for 49-year-old Roan Saunders of Beeston Spring in Westmoreland. He started out in the industry eight years ago with one colony of feral (wild) bees, which had taken up residence near his woodwork shop. Since then, the number of colonies has grown to more than 200. Being a woodworker, Mr. Saunders also grasped the opportunity to...

Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Consumers Encouraged to Look for Hidden Salt in Foods

More persons are now aware of the negative consequences of a diet consisting of high levels of salt and have taken steps to reduce the amount they add to their daily meals during cooking, and at the table. As the country observes March 12 to 18 as Salt Awareness Week, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica is appealing to persons to...

General Manager for Technical Services at Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Loy Malcolm (right), hands over a digitiser and other equipment to Network Manager at the Earthquake Unit, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Paul Williams, to strengthen Jamaica’s seismic monitoring capacity. The items were handed over during a recent JIS Think Tank. Looking on are Environment and Project Officer at JSIF, Stacey-Anne Preston (left); and Marketing and Communications Consultant, JSIF, Andrea C. Whyte (second left).

8 years ago Local GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Jamaica Strengthening Disaster Resilience under US$30-Million Project

Jamaica’s resilience to disaster and climate risk is being strengthened through various activities and initiatives being undertaken as part of the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP). The project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) from 2016 to 2022, is funded by the Government of Jamaica through a loan agreement with the World Bank valued at...

State Minister for National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), enjoys a light moment with Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (left); and Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Maura Barry Boyle, at the end of a domestic violence training session for members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) held on March 8 at the Police Officers’ Club, St. Andrew.

8 years ago Gender AffairsNational Security and Peace

Cops Charged to Become Ambassadors against Domestic Violence

State Minister for National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has called on members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who have benefited from domestic violence training to become ambassadors in ending the scourge in the society. “I expect to see you in the churches, in schools, at the community centres, and teaching other uniformed groups, as this is...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings (second right), looks through the National Quality Policy 2017 with (from left) Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley; Quality Infrastructure Coordinator, Junior Gordon; and ISO Ambassador/Consultant for the International Organization for Standardization at the Ministry, Reginald Budhan. Occasion was a stakeholder workshop on the policy, held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, St. Andrew.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceVision 2030

National Quality Policy Presented to Stakeholders

The National Quality Policy (NQP) 2017, which articulates the Government’s position on the quality of goods and services produced and consumed in Jamaica, was presented to critical stakeholders during a workshop at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel recently. The session, staged by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, through its entity, the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC),...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Samuda Urges Unity among Latin American and Caribbean States to Address Food Security

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says food security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) can only be addressed by collaboration among countries. He said that the “going it alone” approach has never worked and needs to be replaced by a spirit of unity and cooperation. “It is critical that we cooperate with each other...