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Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Homer Davis (centre), cuts the ribbon to open a designated garbage disposal area in the community of Norwood, St. James, on August 30. He is flanked by Regional Operations Manager for Western Park and Market Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmonson (left); and Councillor for the Norwood Division, Joshua Cummings.

Garbage Disposal Site Opens in Norwood

Residents of Norwood in St. James now have a designated area to dispose of their garbage, where it can be collected and taken to the dump site. The St. James Municipal Corporation, in conjunction with the National Solid Waste Management...

Director of Communications at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Robert Morgan; Superintendent of Police, Stephanie Lindsay; and Civil Military Cooperation and Media Affairs Officer, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major Basil Jarrett, field questions during a press conference at the Office of the Commissioner of Police on Thursday (August 31) to announce the Media Protocol for the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO).

Media Protocol for Special Zones Outlined

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (lectern), addresses a press briefing at Jamaica House on Friday (September 1), where he declared Mount Salem in St. James as the first Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO). Others (from left) are: National Security Advisor, Major General Antony Anderson; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security Dianne McIntosh; Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck; Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifford Blake; Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, and Chief of Defence of Staff, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Rocky Meade.

PM Declares Mount Salem First Zone of Special Operations

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company, Dr. Andrew Spencer, outlining plans for the expansion of the Team Jamaica Programme during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on August 29.

TPDCo to Establish Craft Development Institute

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), enjoys a light conversation with President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Michael Buckle (centre), and Past President, Michael Fennell. Occasion is the Rotary Club's luncheon held on August 31 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

35,000 Pieces of Furniture Being Distributed to Schools

Executive Director, Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.

9 years ago Justice

Legal Aid Council Ensuring Access to Justice for All

The Legal Aid Council is committed to ensuring that all Jamaican citizens have access to quality legal representation regardless of their financial resources. Executive Director of the Council, Hugh Faulkner, in making the declaration on the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) ‘Issues and Answers’ television programme recently, said the perception that the legal service offered by the State is inferior needs...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) greets a scholarship recipient, Alyssa Boothe (right), at the Betting, Gaming & Lotteries Commission Education Fund Meet and Greet at the Commission’s Head Office on August 30. Looking on are scholarship recipients Brittney Walters (2nd left) and Glason O’Connor (3rd left).

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister wants Self-Financing Public Bodies to Provide Scholarships

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be recommending the institution of a policy that will encourage self-financing public bodies to establish scholarship funds for the nation’s students. “If every self-financing public body were to take on this project, it would be a great addition to the educational plant in Jamaica,” he contended. Minister...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), addressing the press briefing on the Tourism Enhancement Fund/EXIM Bank loan facility at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston on Wednesday, August 30. Looking on is Managing Director, National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM), Lisa Bell. The loan facility, which was launched in September 2016, will allow operators of small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMTE) to access loans.

9 years ago Tourism

TEF Provides Additional $350M for EXIM Bank Loan Facility

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has allocated an additional $350 million to the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Jamaica to continue the provision of loans to the operators of small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMTEs). The allocation represents the second tranche of the $1-billion TEF/EXIM Bank Jamaica loan facility, which was launched in September 2016 with an initial $300 million...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addressing a sensitisation session for lay magistrates and justices of the peace on the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act at the Ministry

9 years ago JusticeNational Security and Peace

First Zone of Special Operations to be Declared Within Days – Chuck

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the first zone of special operations should be declared in a matter of days. He said a great deal of work is being done to ensure that all is in place for the successful operation of the zone. "For the last six weeks, I can assure you that we have been planning and...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), emphasises a point while speaking during the Teachers Colleges of Jamaica professional development workshop at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Wednesday, August 30. Looking on is Jamaica Teachers’ Association President, Georgia Waugh Richards. The two-day workshop, held from August 29 to 30, was staged for administrators at the island’s eight teacher-training institutions.

9 years ago Education

Gov’t Targeting Increased Use of Technology in Education

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is moving to optimise schools’ outputs through greater use of information and communications technology (ICT) in teaching. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Ministry and its stakeholder partners are exploring several options to ensure that trainee teachers are equipped with computer skills as part of their core competencies. He was...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

PIOJ Head Optimistic Country will Recover

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, is optimistic that the economy will recover from setbacks caused by flood rains between March and June this year, to generate higher growth than the 0.3 per cent out-turn recorded for the April to June quarter. Speaking at the PIOJ’s quarterly media briefing at the agency’s New Kingston...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (FILE)

9 years ago Culture

Jamaica to Officially Commemorate Kendal Train Crash on September 1

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has announced that from this year, September 1 will be observed as the date on which the nation officially commemorates the Kendal Train Crash. September 1, 2017 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Kendal Crash which happened at Kendal in Manchester, central Jamaica on Sunday, September 1,1957. “This...