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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. (JIS File Photo).

First Independence Village in Western Jamaica

Jamaicans in the western part of the island will celebrate ‘Jamaica 55’ with their own Independence Village from August 4-6 at the Closed Harbour Beach (Dump Up Beach), Montego Bay, St. James. The event, organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. (File)

Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Programme Hailed

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the launch of the Jamaica Independence Festival at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on June 14. (File)

Local Recording Artistes’ Children to Perform at ‘Kingston Reggae Night’

Chief Executive Officer of marketing and communication agency in Canada, Brand EQ, Nadine Spencer, speaking at the recently concluded Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference.

Diaspora Member Establishes Worldwide Brand

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a meeting of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on July 28.

Tourism Minister Calls for More Investment in EP Hotels

Lead, Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture and Technology Task Forces, Kimone Gooden (centre), shares a light moment with Adjunct Professor, Seminole State College, United States of America (USA), Professor Dwight Elliot (left), and Chief Information Officer, GraceKennedy, Simon Roberts, at the recently held Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.

9 years ago Diaspora

Students Receiving Work Experience with Diaspora-Owned Technology Companies

Twelve software engineering students are receiving practical job experience by working with international companies over the summer. This is under the ‘Calico Open Source Software Development Project,’ which is being undertaken by the Diaspora Technology Task Force in the United States in partnership with the Palisadoes Foundation. Task Force member, Kimone Gooden, told the JIS News that the initiative, introduced...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Emancipation Day 2017 Message by Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Fellow Jamaicans, As we celebrate yet another Emancipation Day, let us continue to remind ourselves of the hard-fought struggles which led us to achieve that momentous victory over oppression. Let us never take for granted the heroic efforts waged by our forebears, particularly Sam Sharpe, to secure the foundation of freedom on which we stand. Our ancestors stood valiantly against...

Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition.

9 years ago Opposition

Emancipation Day 2017 Message by Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips

My fellow Jamaicans: I greet you in the spirit of the freedom that we now celebrate annually on Emancipation Day. This celebration is a timely reminder of the struggles waged by our forebears against plantation slavery for over two centuries. Freedom is a fundamental right of human existence and is also the essential first step in the march of any...

German Ambassador to Jamaica, Joachim Christoph Schmillen; Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; and Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, pay keen attention as a student explains how to repair a weed whacker. Occasion was the recent launch of the Sugar Transformation Unit’s (STU) skills training programme at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Training and Production Centre in Clarendon.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

EU Providing Support for Sugar-Dependent Areas

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, says that since 2013, the union has provided over Euros 30 million for programmes aimed at improving the livelihood of people, who reside in sugar-dependent areas. The support has been provided under the EU’s Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol Countries, Jamaica (AMS 2013) Project, which is being implemented...

Motorists travel along the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine, which is being widened from four to six lanes. The US$64-million project is funded through the Major Infrastructure Development Programme.

9 years ago Transport

Mandela Highway Expansion on Track

Work on the expansion of Mandela Highway is on track to be completed by August 2018. The two-year project, which got underway at the end of August 2016, is aimed at transforming the highway into a more efficient carriageway. The upgrading will include increasing the number of lanes from four to six between Six Miles and the ‘On and Off’...

9 years ago Culture

Jamaica Festival Song Competition to Return in 2018

The annual Festival Song Competition, one of the highlights of Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence celebrations, will return in 2018. This was announced by Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, who indicated that in the absence of this year’s staging, the Ministry is producing a commemorative album featuring a compilation of past entries not making it to the...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton emphasises a point during a Pan American Health Organisation/Ministry of Health forum on Health Sector Reform and Service Delivery, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on July 28.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

NHF Drug List Being Revamped

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the National Health Fund’s (NHF) Vital, Essential and Necessary (VEN) drug list is being revamped as part of cost saving measures. He said the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will assist the agency, which falls under his portfolio, to develop a benchmark that guides the purchasing of the requisite quantity of medications...