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A section of a roof which is in need of repairs for the upcoming hurricane season.

Persons Urged to Make Preparation for Hurricane Season

With the June 1 start of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season only days away, Jamaicans are being urged to use the remaining time to check roofs and other installations and effect the necessary repairs. The appeal comes from President of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), in conversation with Deputy Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA), Patrece Charles (centre); and Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith. Occasion was the Ananda Alert Missing Children’s Forum at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Thursday (May 25).

500 Volunteers Trained to Search for and Rescue Missing Children

Acting Executive Director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, Dorrick Gray, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service ‘Think Tank’ on May 24.

Repairs Being Monitored at Ward Theatre to Maintain Heritage Value

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Central and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (third left), comforts Richard Dean (second left), grieving father of abduction victim, Ananda Dean, at the refreshed mural of the young girl on White Hall Avenue, Kingston 8, where Ananda attended a primary school. She was abducted and murdered in 2008. Occasion was a sensitisation session on child protection with members of the Whitehall Avenue community by representatives of several government and child-protection agencies, on May 24. Others (from left) are grandmother of Ananda, Darcy Williams; State Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green; Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey and three-year old sister of Ananda, Peyton Dean.

Residents Take Part in Child Protection Sensitisation Session

Senior Director, Division of Training, Technology and Technical Information at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Shaw, speaks about pest management at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Farmers Urged to Practise Integrated Pest Management to Control BAW

Bank of Jamaica Governor, Brian Wynter, addresses the Central Bank

9 years ago Finance & Public ServiceTourism

Tourism Poised for Increased Earnings

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Brian Wynter, says the tourism sector is poised for increased earnings this year, coming off a successful 2016/17 winter season. He noted that the winter period, from December 15 to April 30, was the best ever for the sector, with earnings of more than US$1 billion. “In a context where tourism usually earns...

High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, makes his presentation at the launch of the Jamaica 55 Steering Committee in London, recently.

9 years ago CultureForeign Affairs

Jamaica 55 UK Steering Committee Launched

The Jamaican High Commission will host the joint UK launch of Jamaica 55 celebrations and the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference on Thursday, June 1, in London. This was announced at the launch of the Jamaica 55 UK Steering Committee by High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan. The Steering Committee, which will be co-chaired by Business Consultant...

Wife of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre), joins residents in preparing a concrete mixture for the patching of roads in Dublin Castle on Labour Day, May 23.

9 years ago Culture

East Rural St. Andrew Residents Put Work into Labour Day

Residents of communities across East Rural St. Andrew turned out in large numbers to participate in Labour Day projects on Tuesday, May 23. Member of Parliament for the area, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, and members of her team were busy coordinating and participating in a number of the activities. She told JIS News that the projects were wide-ranging and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), paints a column at the entrance of the Central Police Station in downtown Kingston as part of this year’s Labour Day (May 23) activities. Among those looking on is Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. The police station was selected as one of the national projects for Labour Day 2017. The other national project was the Ward Theatre, also located downtown.

9 years ago Prime Minister

JCF to be Redefined as Protection and Service Entity

The Government is to develop a policy framework, which will redefine the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) as a protection and service organisation. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the policy is expected to be in place by November 2017. “That will become the launching pad for a discussion about what our new Jamaica protection and service institution will...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), conversing with University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Mona Campus in St. Andrew, Professor Archibald McDonald, during the launch of the Mosquito Control and Research Unit at the UWI.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Stakeholders Welcome Partnership on Vector Management Programme

Stakeholders have welcomed the Government’s timely decision to leverage the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) research capabilities to boost Jamaica’s integrated vector management programme aimed at curtailing the prevalence of mosquitoes and minimising the onset and re-emergence of diseases such as dengue fever; malaria; the Zika virus; and the Mayaro virus, which was recently detected in Haiti. The UWI’s...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), along with resident of Gordon Town in St. Andrew, Renechia Osbourne, paints playground equipment at the Mission House Methodist Basic School in the community during Labour Day activities on Tuesday, May 23.

9 years ago CommunityForeign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Ministry Renovates Basic School

The Mission House Methodist Basic School in Gordon Town, East Rural St. Andrew, is closer to securing Early Childhood Commission (ECC) certification following renovations carried out at the institution on Labour Day, May 23. The institution, which is affiliated with the Gordon Town Methodist Church, has already fulfilled 79 per cent of the certification requirements. Activities undertaken on Labour Day,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) paint the front of the Ward Theatre, North Parade, Kingston, as part of Labour Day 2017 activities on May 23.

9 years ago Culture

Minister Grange Lauds Support for Restoration of Ward Theatre

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has lauded the financial contributions from various public- and private-sector entities for the restoration of the Ward Theatre. She noted that support has come from the Ward Theatre Foundation, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), and the Tourism Enhancement Fund, among others. Minister Grange was speaking at a ceremony...