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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’

The children of several well-known local recording artistes will be afforded the opportunity to showcase their talents at the inaugural Kingston Reggae Night show, slated for the National Arena on August 5. It is one of several nightly events scheduled...

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.

Students Receiving Work Experience with Diaspora-Owned Technology Companies

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

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

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...

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (right), shares a light moment with (from left) Director General of the Antwerp Maritime Academy in Belgium, Captain Patrick Blonde, and Executive Director, Caribbean Maritime Institute, Dr. Fritz Pinnock, during the recent signing of a cooperation agreement between both institutions. The signing took place at the CMI

9 years ago Transport

CMI Signs Cooperation Agreement with Antwerp Maritime Academy in Belgium

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) has signed a cooperation agreement with Belgium’s Antwerp Maritime Academy (AMA) to develop a curriculum covering several key areas of study. Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, has lauded this collaboration which he said will facilitate capacity building and student and teacher exchanges between the institutions. Speaking at the recent signing ceremony at the...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), greets Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Regional Assessor of Health Governance, Ernesto Bascolo, at a PAHO/Ministry of Health forum on Health Sector Reform and Service Delivery, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on July 28. Looking on is PAHO Advisor on Quality in Health Systems and Service, Dr. Jonas Gonseth-Garcia.

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Cabinet Approves the Creation of 300 Additional Nursing Posts

Cabinet has approved the creation of 300 additional posts for nurses as part of moves to ease the personnel shortage in the public health system. This was disclosed by Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who says at least 2,000 established positions are required to alleviate the shortage. He was speaking at a Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)/Ministry of...