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Chief Plant Quarantine Produce Inspector, Plant Quarantine Division (PQD), Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Sanniel Wilson, addresses a JIS Think Tank on September 7.

Travellers Urged to Declare Agricultural Products

Travellers to Jamaica are being urged to declare all agricultural products in order to avoid the introduction of foreign pests and diseases that could threaten the agriculture sector and the environment. Chief Plant Quarantine Produce Inspector, Ministry of Industry, Commerce,...

The Legal Aid Council Mobile Justice Unit.

Mobile Justice Unit goes to Mt. Salem

Pembroke Hall Primary School Principal, Norma McNeil (right); and Literacy Programme Coordinator, School of Education, Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Clement Lambert, look on as students read a book. Occasion was an International Literacy Day function at the Pembroke Hall Primary School in St. Andrew on September 8. The students (from 2nd left) are Ayanna Tyndale of St. Benedict’s Primary School; Adrian Lewis of St. John’s Primary School; and Danee Mills of the Greater Portmore Primary School.

Education Ministry Sets Up ICT Steering Committee

The late Earl ‘Wya’ Lindo, who died on September 4.

Culture Minister Pays Tribute to the Late Earl ‘Wya’ Lindo

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is introduced to retired Professor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Epidemiology Unit, Alan Jackson (5th left), by Lead Investigator of the Jamaica segment of Congregation Taking Action Against Non-Communicable Diseases (CONTACT), Professor Rainford Wilks (2nd left). Occasion was the recent launch of the project, held at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, in St. Andrew. Others (from third left) are Advisor on Health Systems and Services at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Hedwig Goede, and Director of the UWI Epidemiology Unit, Professor Marshall Tulloch-Reid.

Jamaica to Take Part in Three-Year Project to Reduce NCDs

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill (sixth right), with special invitees and participants of the Miss Lou Exhibition and Bandana Fashion Show held on Thursday, September 7 at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, Kingston 5. Also in picture are co-executor of Miss Lou’s estate, Dr. Pamela Appelt (8th right ) and Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen, Daina Dyer (fifth right).

9 years ago Culture

Miss Lou Exhibition Opens at Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library

The late Louise Bennett Coverley (Miss Lou) has been hailed an important cultural icon, whose work transcended barriers and changed the way the world saw Jamaica. Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Orville Hill, said Miss Lou is a significant contributor “to Jamaica’s valid social documentary reflecting the way Jamaicans think, feel and live”. He noted...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) engages in discussion with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Executive Director for The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, Jerry Butler. Occasion was a gender forum at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on September 6.

9 years ago Culture

27 MDAs Get Gender Equality Seal

Twenty-seven Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) have received the Gender Equality Certification and Seal, having achieved specifi¬c standards in promoting gender equality in the workplace. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the seal means that the entities have created equitable conditions for men and woman, establishing environments where women’s work and contributions are valued....

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (centre); and State Minister for National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), engage in discussion with (from left), Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla; Acting Supreme Court Judge, Stephane Jackson-Haisley; and Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Jamaica, Jeanelle van Glaanen Weygel. Occasion was the opening of a three-day regional workshop on drug treatment courts at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 6.

9 years ago Justice

More Drug Treatment Courts

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Government is looking at expanding its treatment services to offenders with substance-abuse problems, by establishing drug treatment courts in all parishes. The courts, which are currently operating in five parishes, provide an alternative to incarceration for drug-dependent offenders, where they benefit from treatment and rehabilitation under judicial supervision. The Minister was addressing...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator, the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (4th left), share a photo opportunity with long-serving employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, who were honoured at a ceremony held on Wednesday (September 6) at the Ministry’s offices on Dominica Drive, New Kingston. From left are Undersecretary, Multilateral Affairs Division, Ambassador Sheila Sealy Monteith; Senior Secretary, Prudence Hamil; Undersecretary, Diaspora, Protocol and Consular Affairs Division, Ambasssador Sharon Saunders; Undersecretary, Foreign Trade Division, Marcia Thomas; Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Angella Comfort; Librarian, Andrea Noble; Assistant Director, Protocol Department, Sharon Burrell Green, and Protocol Officer, Cecile Christie.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Honours Long-Serving Employees

Eight employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade have been honoured for service ranging from 30 to 38 years. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, handed out certificates of appreciation during a ceremony held on Wednesday (September 6) at the Ministry’s headquarters at 21 Dominica Drive, New Kingston. Those recognised are Undersecretary, Multilateral Affairs Division, Ambassador...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (3rd left), affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the growing of medicinal plants on mined-out bauxite lands. The agreement between the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and Timeless Herbal Care was signed on Tuesday (September 5), at the Transport Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston. Others (from left) are Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Parris Lyew-Ayee; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Director, Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Transport and Mining Ministry, Vando Palmer; Chief Executive of Timeless Herbal Care, Courtney Betty; and Chairman of the JBI, Bindley Sangster.

9 years ago CultureHealth & Wellness

Farmers to Grow Medicinal Plants on Mined-out Lands

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has entered into an agreement with Timeless Herbal Care, an international nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, for the growing of medicinal plants on mined-out bauxite lands. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Tuesday (September 5), the JBI will provide technical training for farmers in the growing of the crops. The farmers will sell the...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Executive Vice President, Julie Katzman, sign a J$2.56-billion (US$20-million) IDB loan agreement formalising additional funding support for the Government’s Credit Enhancement Facility for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The signing took place at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on September 6.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

More Funds Available for MSMEs

The Government’s Credit Enhancement Facility (CEF) for micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) has been significantly boosted by a J$2.56-billion (US$20-million) loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The provision has increased the CEF’s funds, which are managed by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), to $3.01 billion, up from some $450 million. This now enables the DBJ to provide...

Senior GIS Manager and Trainer, National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD), Simone Lloyd (left), delivers a presentation at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS)

9 years ago Technology

Conference to Highlight Use of Geospatial Technologies

The National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD) will be using its inaugural Geographic Information Systems (GIS) User Conference next month to highlight how geospatial technologies can be used in maintaining national security and public safety. Senior GIS Manager and Trainer at NSDMD, Simone Lloyd, says the conference will be used to examine the use of GIS and other geospatial technologies...