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Interim Executive Director at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Orville Hill (left), presents a trophy to Juliet Johnson Clarke, who received the Noteworthy Writer award, at the Jamaica Creative Writing Competition and Exhibition awards ceremony held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on August 15.

JCDC Recognises Amateur and Professional Writers

More than 70 amateur and professional writers who entered their works in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) creative writing competition were recognised during an awards ceremony held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on August 15. Among the...

National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin.

Maths Coaches and Specialists to Attend Training Workshop

Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley.

No Shortage of Gasolene

Employment at All-Time High

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), emphasises a point to Operations Manager, Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), Norman Williams (right), at a press conference at Jamaica House on August 15. Also pictured is Senior Vice-President of Finance, Port Authority of Jamaica, Elva Williams-Richards.

KFTL Working to Achieve Turnaround Time of 45 Minutes

Member of Parliament, East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), hands out school supplies to children during a back-to-school treat held at the Harbour View Primary School in St. Andrew yesterday (August 15).

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Scores of Children Receive Back-to-School Supplies

Scores of children from Harbour View and Bull Bay in East Rural St. Andrew received educational supplies and free health checks at separate back-to-school-treats hosted by Member of Parliament the Most Hon. Juliet Holness. The students, who will be attending basic, primary and high schools in September, received knapsacks and lunch bags, notebooks, pens, pencils, rulers, sharpeners, and book vouchers....

Assistant Pastor at the Bethel Baptist Church, Reverend Norman Mills (left, back row), and Executive Director of the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), Pauline Gregory-Lewis (7th left, second row), with the organisation’s 2017 bursary awardees, at a ceremony held yesterday (August 15), at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in Spanish Town. Twenty students were presented with educational grants totalling $300,000.

9 years ago

20 Students Receive Bursaries from PAEF

Back-to-school preparation has been made easier for the families of 20 high-school students in the parish of St. Catherine with bursaries totalling $300,000 presented by the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF). The children were presented with the educational grants today (August 15), at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in Spanish Town. Executive Director...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (at podium), addresses a press conference about operations at Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), at Jamaica House on August 15. Also pictured is Senior Vice-President of Finance, Port Authority of Jamaica, Elva Williams Richards.

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Normal Operations Expected at KFTL this Week

Normal operations are expected at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) during this week as efforts continue to clear the backlog of containers at the port. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, during a press conference at Jamaica House on August 15. “The interruption (in the...

9 years ago National Security and Peace

National Security Council Must Get Report on ZOSOs

The National Security Council is expected to receive a 10-day report on the happenings in areas designated Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs). National Security Advisor, Major General Antony Anderson, explains that the report is a requirement under the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act. “It is not something you fire and forget... ....

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, delivers the keynote address at the Atlanta Jamaican Association Independence Gala and Scholarship Awards on Saturday (August 12), at the Sheraton Hotel, downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica on Path to Economic Independence – Marks

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says Jamaica is firmly on the path to attaining the true national mission of this generation, that of achieving and establishing economic independence. Delivering the keynote address at the Atlanta Jamaican Association Independence Ball on Saturday night (August 12) at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Ambassador Marks said the...

Manager of the Inspectorate at the Commission of Strata Corporation, Ainsworth Norton.(Mark Bell)

9 years ago Housing

Strata Corporations Urged to File Annual Returns

Proprietors of strata corporations are being urged to file their annual returns with the Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC) in order to avoid delinquency. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, the CSC’s Inspectorate Manager, Ainsworth Norton, said that there has been a worrying trend of non-compliance in the filing of the documents. He said that only 23 per cent...

Members of Zones of Special Operations (ZoSo) Task Force, comprising representatives of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and Jamaica Defence Force, in attendance at Friday’s (July 21) penultimate day of the five-day ZoSo Human Rights and Social Development training at the JDF Directorate of Training and Doctrine, Up Park Camp, Kingston.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Human Rights will be Protected in Zones of Special Operations

National Security Advisor, Major General Antony Anderson, says the protection of human rights will be guaranteed in the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO). Speaking in an ‘Issues and Answers’ interview recently, Mr. Anderson informed that human rights training for the security forces is a requirement under the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act....