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The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Photo Competition Winner for 2017, Sarah Fay Buckland (right) is all smiles as she accepts her prize of an HP touch-screen laptop from Country Managing Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) Jamaica, Allison Peart (left), at the EY offices in Kingston on Monday (February 5). The laptop is one of several prizes won by the full-time MPhil/PhD Geography student at the University of the West Indies Mona campus. Sharing the moment are Senior Hospitality Coordinator at EY, San Jay Williams (second left) and Special Projects Officer at the JIS, Christine Ade-Gold.

Ernst & Young Presents Laptop to JIS Heritage Photo Competition Winner

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Programme Manager for the ‘Insights in Jamaica’ programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr. Zoyah Kinkead-Clark, during a tour of the UWI Research Days 2018 exhibit on February 7. Research Days will be held from February 7 to 9 under the theme ‘Powering Development through Partnerships in Research and Innovation’.

Government to Allocate $30 Million for Research

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third right), greets patients in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Linstead Hospital in St. Catherine. The facility was officially reopened on Tuesday (February 6) following extensive renovation at a cost of $144.98 million. At second right is Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson.

Linstead Hospital A&E Reopened After $144-Million Renovation

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, addressing the Opening Ceremony for the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Research Days 2018 on Wednesday, February 7.

Social Research is Critical – Grange

Deputy Financial Secretary, Strategic Human Resource Management at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Wayne Jones, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the Ministry’s head office on February 7.

Voluntary Separation Offered to Public-Sector Workers

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left); and Chairman, Water Resources Authority (WRA), Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee (right) observe as Senior Hyrdologist, WRA, Michael Wilson, highlights the features of a water-level sensor. Occasion was a press conference at the WRA’s Hope Gardens headquarters on February 7, to announce the payment of water abstraction fees effective April 1.

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Water Abstractors to Begin Paying Fees April 1

Effective April 1, some 159 licensed water abstractors will begin paying water abstraction charges/volume-based fees (WAC/VBF). The fee is applicable to all persons who have a license to abstract and use water, and is being applied under the Water Resources (Water Abstraction Charges) Regulations, 2017. The charges are calculated based on the amount of water that the applicant is licensed...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, gives details of the Prime Minister’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on February 7.

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Applications Invited for PM’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal

Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora are being encouraged to submit applications for the Prime Minister’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation for service to Jamaica, for which nominations will close on February 16, 2018. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on February 7, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange, said the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), addresses a joint press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister today (Feb. 7) following bilateral talks with United States (US) Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson (pictured right). Mr. Tillerson was on a one-day working visit to Jamaica.

8 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

Jamaica Wants to See Democracy Return to Venezuela – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is concerned about the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, and is desirous of seeing Venezuelans again enjoying their democracy. “This (matter of democracy) is a principle that has nothing to do with any other country. This has always been Jamaica’s position. We wish the best for the people of...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) and United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, shake hands following a joint press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister today (Feb. 7). Mr. Tillerson was on a one-day working visit to Jamaica.

8 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

US Lauds Jamaica on Progress in Combating Lottery Scam

United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has lauded the Government for the important progress made in combating lottery scamming and assured of the US Government’s continued support to Jamaica’s security forces and criminal justice system. Mr. Tillerson said he appreciated the country’s close cooperation with US authorities to extradite suspected lotto scammers to the US and welcomed the establishment...

Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (right), and Executive Director of the Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL), Kandasi Levermore, in discussion at a function to launch an EU-sponsored project on ‘Reducing Domestic Sexual and Gender-based violence Against Women within the context of HIV and AIDS’, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 7.

8 years ago Gender Affairs

15 Women to Start Business Ventures through EU Grant Support

Fifteen women, who have been certified in entrepreneurship, are to benefit from grant support from the European Union (EU) to undertake business ventures. They are among 30 women trained under a €200,000 (approximately J$30 million) Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) project on ‘Reducing Domestic Sexual and Gender-based violence Against Women within the context of HIV and AIDS’. With the...

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, (6th left), presents Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), with a cheque for $5 million for the Ministry of Health’s Adopt-A-Clinic initiative. They were at special event hosted at the Jamaican High Commission in London recently. Observing is Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte (9th right), and other stakeholders.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

$5 Million Raised By UK Diaspora for the Adopt-A-Clinic Initiative

Approximately $5 million has been raised by the Diaspora in the United Kingdom (UK) for the Ministry of Health’s Adopt-A-Clinic initiative. The funds were handed over to Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at a special event hosted at the Jamaican High Commission in London recently. The Adopt-A-Clinic Project, is one of the Jamaica 55 UK legacy projects, undertaken...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport shared a moment with Xia Weifeng, Chinese Badminton Coach and Antonio Bell, General Secretary, Jamaica Badminton Association, following the presentation of certificates to the team of Chinese coaches and officials who are in Jamaica as part of the Technical Agreement on Sport with the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese will depart the island tomorrow (Friday).

8 years ago Sport

Chinese Coaches Depart Under Technical Agreement in Sport

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has described as “successful” the first phase in the implementation of a three-year Technical Agreement on Sport between Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China. Miss Grange was speaking at a ceremony at her Ministry today during which she presented Certificates of Appreciation to the Chinese team of coaches...