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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.

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...

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.

Farmers to Grow Medicinal Plants on Mined-out Lands

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.

More Funds Available for MSMEs

Senior GIS Manager and Trainer, National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD), Simone Lloyd (left), delivers a presentation at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank' on September 6. At right is Manager and Assistant Trainer of the GIS in Schools Education Programme (GISSEP), Jumaine Remikie.

Conference to Highlight Use of Geospatial Technologies

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), listens to a comment from Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Julie Katzman (right), during a gender forum organised by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters on September 6. At left is General Manager for the Caribbean Country Department, IDB, Therese Turner-Jones.

Gov’t Taking Action to Address Gender-Based Violence

Member of Parliament, East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (2nd right) samples strawberries grown in the constituency under the AgriHope initiative. Farmers sharing in the moment (from (left) are Fitzroy Mais, Christopher Schroeter, and Anipe Cripps. AgriHope was conceptualised by Mrs. Holness and seeks to advance agricultural production in the constituency through promoting the cultivation of high-value fruits and vegetables.

9 years ago Agriculture

Strawberries Bring Sweet Rewards for Rural St. Andrew Farmers

Strawberries anyone? The bright red, delicious and nutritious fruit, which is largely imported into the island, is being successfully planted by farmers in East Rural St. Andrew. The berries grown locally are said to be sweeter than the imported produce, and are in high demand by consumers. Ten farmers are engaged in cultivation of the crop under an AgriHope programme...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Renovations at Cornwall Regional Hospital on Track

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government is on course to solving most of the problems affecting the Cornwall Regional Hospital by early 2018. “For the most part, we are on track with the renovations. We did say to the public that we would have most of the issues solved by the first quarter of next...

Counsellor and Head of Development Cooperation, Canadian High Commission in Jamaica, Walter Bernyck, addresses a regional workshop on drug treatment courts at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 6).

9 years ago Justice

Jamaica to Benefit from Support for Drug Treatment Courts

Jamaica is among six countries that will benefit from an additional CAN$833,000 in financial support from the Government of Canada for the monitoring and evaluation of drug treatment courts. The other countries are Barbados, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama and the Dominican Republic. The funding, which is to be provided over the next two years, will also help the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), skillfully manages to keep the attention of students of Fundaciones El Centro, as he engages them in a reading session at the school’s location in Kingston, on Tuesday, May 9. (File)

9 years ago Education

September 8 is International Literacy Day

Jamaica will join other countries in celebrating this year’s 51st commemoration of International Literacy Day on Friday, September 8 under the theme ‘Literacy in a Digital World’. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) promotes the day to underline the significance of literacy in the development and advancement of all nations globally. In keeping with the Ministry of...

Late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou).

9 years ago Culture

Jamaica Pays Tribute to Miss Lou Today

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is planning several activities to honour the life and work of the late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called Miss Lou. The events will take place today (September 7) to mark the 98th anniversary of her birth, and are free and open to the public. JCDC Parish Manager, Kingston and St. Andrew Parish...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

9 years ago Education

Ministry Allocates $698 Million for School Upgrading Projects

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says $698 million is to be disbursed for infrastructure improvements at several primary and secondary schools across the island. “We have been able to carve out of our budget funding that is now going to be able to stretch right across the island,” he informed. “We have a programme...

Gender Specialist, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Cordia Chambers-Johnson’. delivers a presentation to participants in a recent household energy-conservation and -efficiency workshop in Greater Brown’s Town, Kingston. The workshop was jointly staged by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP) and the Ministry of National Security’s Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP III).

9 years ago Justice

Householders Benefit from USAID/CSJP Energy Conservation Workshops

Participants in two pilot household energy-conservation and -efficiency workshops in Waterhouse and Greater Brown’s Town in Kingston are hailing the initiative as an effective undertaking, and have expressed the hope that strategies being introduced will significantly reduce their electricity bills. The workshops, which were staged by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP) in...