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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), and President of the New Forest/Duff House Water Users Association, Conrad Murray, examine spray equipment. Occasion was the handover of plant material and equipment to farmers in South Manchester and South St. Elizabeth, who have been affected by the beet army worm, at the Water Users Association’s office in Manchester on May 31.

Gov’t Provides $17. 5 Million to Assist Farmers Affected by Beet Army Worm

Farmers in South Manchester and South St. Elizabeth who have been affected by the beet army worm, have benefited from $17.5 million in support from the Government. The farmers have lost some 150 acres of scallion, tomato, cucumber, callaloo, onion,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, holds a copy of a book highlighting the Ministry’s performance for the 2016/17 fiscal year, during her contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 30). At left is Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Gov’t Allocates $32 Million to Ward Theatre Restoration

Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson. (FILE)

MET Service Forecasts Above-Normal Hurricane Season

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

State Must Ensure Law Enforcement Agencies Create a Balance in the Use of Force

(Left to right): Teachers Racquel Ambersley from Mount Alvernia High School in St. James, Kerrion Palmer from Avocat Primary and Junior High in Trelawny, Kimoy Benjamin from Kellits Primary in Clarendon, and Margaret Muschette Phillips from Kingston College, display their awards at the Junior Achievement Jamaica’s fifth annual Champions for Youth Awards Banquet and Silent Auction, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on May 31.

Schools Ready to Offer Entrepreneurship Training

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), addresses the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, at the OAS headquarters in Washington DC, on May 31. At left is Jamaica’s Alternate Representative to the OAS, Mrs. Julia Hyatt and behind the Minister is Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the OAS, Her Excellency Audrey Marks.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Urges all Parties in Venezuela to Engage in Dialogue

The Government is urging all parties in Venezuela to commit to renewed dialogue and negotiation towards a comprehensive, political agreement with concrete actions and guarantees to ensure its implementation for the well-being of the country and its people. In a statement at the 29th Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs at the Organization of American States (OAS), in...

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

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Increases in Arrivals and Visitor Spending for January to March

Jamaica welcomed 1,217,870 visitors during the January to March 2017 quarter, who spent an estimated US$759. 3 million. Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the figures represent increases of 1.7 per cent and 3.7 per cent in arrivals and expenditure, respectively, over the corresponding quarter in 2016. He was speaking at the PIOJ’s quarterly media...

Director of Prayer 2000, Rev. Dr. Naila Ricketts, prays for children at the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Day of Prayer, held at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston, on May 31. This was the final activity in observance of Child Month (May).

9 years ago Youth

Day of Prayer for Children

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) wrapped up its activities for Child Month 2017 with a Day of Prayer on May 31, at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree Road, in Kingston. The month was observed under the theme ‘Take Action! Break the Chain of Abuse Against Children’. Children who attend schools in and around the Half-Way Tree area...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is in conversation with Mayor of Portmore, Leon Thomas (centre); and Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Portmore Municipal Corporation administrative building in St. Catherine on Wednesday (May 31).

9 years ago Local Government

Councillors Urged to Focus on Service

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is imploring councillors to put service at the centre of everything they do. “We want to take local government where the people not only respect you because of your political persuasion… (but) must also respect you because of the kind of representative that you are, the kind of service that...

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

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

1,185,700 Persons Employed as at January

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that 1,185,700 persons were employed as at January 2017, an increase of 21,900, relative to January 2016. The figure, contained in the Labour Market Survey for the month, represented a further decrease in the unemployment rate, which stood at 12.7 per cent. This was 0.6 per cent lower than for January 2016...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right foreground), speaks with Commissioner, Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Terrence Williams (left foreground), as they make their way into the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, for the inaugural staging of the Caribbean Use of Force in Law Enforcement Conference on Wednesday (May 31).

9 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Gov’t Working to Reduce Use of Force – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is working to address the over-reliance on the use of force in policing. He said the method has not been successful in maintaining the rule of law and public order. “So, I am totally seized of the importance of entering Jamaica into a new paradigm of engendering rule of law...

Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica and Jamaica Coalition on Tobacco Control Board Member, Deborah Chen (left) addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on the effects of tobacco addiction on low-income households. The forum was held at the JIS Head Office in Kingston on Wednesday, May 31, which was observed as World No Tobacco Day. Also pictured is Director, Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries Prevention, Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler.

9 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Coalition for Tobacco Control Concerned About Smokers in Low-Income Category

The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) is concerned about the debilitating effects of tobacco on persons from low-income households using it. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday, May 31, which was observed as World No Tobacco Day, JCTC Board member, Deborah Chen, explained that the majority of Jamaican tobacco users are from the lower socio-economic group. According...