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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left), signs the contract for the completion of a business case plan for the establishment of a Craft Development Institute (CDI), at the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) office in New Kingston, on July 11. Seated (from left) are Vice-President of Academic and Technical Studies at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), Carol Hamilton; TPDCo Executive Director, Dr. Andrew Spencer; and Zyacom Team Leader, Wesley Vanriel. In the background (from left) are Project Director of the CDI, Carol Rose Brown; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith.

Craft Development Institute for St. Ann’s Bay

Three entities have signed a contract for the completion of a business case plan for the establishment of a Craft Development Institute (CDI) in St. Ann’s Bay. They are Zyacom Limited, the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), and the Edna...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

Minister Says Jamaica Can Learn More in Retention of Tourist Dollar

Prime Minister Andrew Holness met with Cabinet Ministers today (July 11) to discuss and review the issue of communication costs and high phone bills.

Cabinet Ministers Take Responsibility to Clear Up their Cell Phone Bills

Director General at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (right), gives details of an upcoming workshop for producers and users of statistics to be held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel from July 18 to 20, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 7. At left is Senior Statistician at STATIN, Shelly-Ann Chambers.

Workshop for MDAs Involved in Production of Statistics

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton and former Head Boy of Manchester High School (left), receives an award from Clover Hunter-Moodie, a member of the Planning Committee for the school’s Class of 1987 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner and Dance, held at the Golf View Hotel on Saturday, July 8. Minister Tufton was one of five outstanding past students who were honoured by their colleagues. The others were Attorney-at-Law and Solicitor General, Nicole Foster-Pusey; Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks; Consultant Neurosurgeon and Medical Chief of Staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Carl Bruce, and Founder, President and CEO of PCN-Kids, Garth Abiola.

Jamaicans Urged to Include Physical Exercise in Daily Regime

Saffron Jackson poses with her creation, ‘Toya’, the first-ever patois-speaking doll.

9 years ago

Patois-Speaking Doll Promotes Jamaica and Culture

“Wha gwaan…Weh yaa seh… mi come from the beautiful island of Jamaica…wi have the best beaches and sunshine all through di year…nuff respect…to di worl,” are some of the sentiments ‘Toya’ utters to her playmates at the press of a button. She is the first-ever Patois-speaking doll and is the brainchild of Saffron Jackson, a Jamaican living in the United...

Chairman of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Board, Norman Brown (centre), speaks with Norwood resident, Dorothy Headley, during a land title presentation ceremony held at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. James on July 9. At left is Chief Executive Officer of the HAJ, Gary Howell.

9 years ago Housing

HAJ to Deliver 19,000 Titles

Chairman of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Norman Brown, says the entity has some 19,000 land titles in its possession, which it will be handing over in short order. “In our vault in Kingston, we have about 19,000 titles. Instructions are that we are to embark on a programme to get the titles into the hands of the landowners…a...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), presents a land title to Norwood resident, Marcia Small. More than 100 residents of the St. James community received their titles during a ceremony held on Sunday (July 9), at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church.

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

More than 100 Norwood Residents Get Land Titles

More than 100 residents of Norwood, St. James, have received land titles for the property that they occupy. The presentation ceremony, under the Housing Agency of Jamaica’s (HAJ) land-titling programme, was held on Sunday (July 9) at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who handed...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), makes a presentation to Alicia Morgan Jarrett of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in recognition of the local authority’s performance in the collection of property tax. Occasion was a luncheon at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in St. James on July 7 for members of the all-island property tax collection team.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Property Tax Collection Strong for First Quarter

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is reporting an increase in property tax collections for the first quarter of 2017/18, with $3.7 billion garnered for April to June. The figure is $400 million higher than the $3.3 billion raked in for the similar period of 2016/17, when the county collected a record $7.62 billion in property...

Local Raw Material Business Development Manager for Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney (right), shakes hands with Director of the Office of Environment and Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Sara Buchanan (left). This was shortly before the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Red Stripe and the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change II (Ja REEACH II) Project for the provision of technical support to boost commercial cassava production under Red Stripe’s Project Grow initiative. The signing ceremony was held on Friday, July 7 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Looking on are board member of Ja REEACH, Mortimer Neufville (2nd left); and Chairman of the Desnoes and Geddes Foundation, operating company for Red Stripe, Noel DaCosta.

9 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Red Stripe to Engage More Farmers in Cassava Cultivation

Red Stripe will be engaging an additional 200 farmers to cultivate cassava under its Project Grow initiative. They will add to the 103 farmers who have already been contracted by the company to grow the crop as a source of raw material to substitute for the imported high-maltose corn syrup used in the production of its world-famous Red Stripe Beer....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Nt’l Security Council Reviews Accountability Framework for Security Forces in Special Zones of Operation

Prime Minister Andrew Holness chaired a meeting of the National Security Council on Sunday, July 9 to review the provisions of the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operation) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act. In particular, the accountability framework for the Jamaica Defence Force and the Jamaica Constabulary Force in Special Zones of Operation was discussed. The Prime Minister...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson. (FILE)

9 years ago Agriculture

Agro-Economic Zone for Hanover

The Government is looking at establishing an agro-economic zone in Hanover to assist farmers with marketing their produce. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, notes that the zone will enable farmers in Hanover, Westmoreland and St. James to “have a ready market for their produce”. Mr. Hutchinson was speaking at a...