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Sitting of House of Representative Postponed

Please be advised that in light of severe weather conditions, meetings of the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee and the House of Representatives will not take place today as previously announced. It is expected that normal activities will resume on Wednesday,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (3rd right), cuts the ribbon to officially commission into service an irrigation system to serve farmers in the Duff House/New Forest area of Manchester last Thursday (May 11). Others (in front row, from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth South East, Frank Witter; National Irrigation Commission (NIC) board member, Theresa Turner; Chief Executive Officer of Southside Distributors, Denise Palmer; Caretaker, Alligator Pond Division, Ian Harriott; and Acting CEO NIC, Victor Nembhard.

400 Manchester Farmers Benefiting from Irrigation System

Principal Director, Training, Technology and Technical Information Division, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marina Young (third left), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Friday, May 12. Others (from left) are Senior Director, Division of Training, Technology and Technical Information,RADA, Winston Shaw; Deputy Research Director, Crop and Plant Protection Unit, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood; and Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Specialist, Francine Webb.

Beet Army Worm to Impact Availability of Scallion

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), tries out the controls of one of the fire trucks donated to the St. Elizabeth fire service by the Japanese Government, while Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano, looks on. The four units were officially handed over during a ceremony held on May 12 at the Junction Fire Station.

Fire Stations to be Improved

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, and Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), shares in a light conversation with Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer (left); and Director of the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Centre for Tourism and Policy Research and Chairman of the GATFFEST Film Festival, Professor Ian Boxill. Occasion was the launch of GATFFEST on May 11 at the UWI Mona Campus in St. Andrew. The festival, slated to take place from June 15 to 24 at venues in Kingston and Montego Bay, is an initiative of the UWI Centre for Tourism and Policy Research.

Film-makers From 28 Countries For UWI’s GATFFEST

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

9 years ago InformationYouth

Govt Will Continue To Implement Measures To Recover Missing Children

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government will continue to explore additional measures to alert members of the public when a child goes missing in order to aid in their safe recovery. “In 2015, we had 1, 900 children going missing. We saw a reduction last year where we had 1, 700 children going...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (right), highlights a point to Commissioner of Police, George Quallo, during the Passing Out Parade and Awards Ceremony for 147 new recruits of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), held on May 12 at the National Police College of Jamaica Training Wing, Harman Barracks in Kingston.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

National Security Minister Urges JCF To Strengthen Community Policing

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montaguen is calling for a strengthening of community policing activities by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). He said that too many police officers are “locking themselves away in the stations,” and they need to go out into the communities to build relations with citizens. Such efforts, he said, will encourage a certain level of trust,...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with (from 2nd left) Pastor, Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Astor Carlyle; Human and Mission Resources Manager, United Church in Jamaica and Grand Cayman, Janet McConnell; and Child Development Agency Chief Executive Officer, Rosalee Gage-Grey, during a child abuse forum on Thursday, May 11. The forum was hosted at the church on Half-Way Tree Road in St. Andrew.

9 years ago InformationYouth

Committee Eager To Complete Deliberations On Revision Of Penalties

Parliament’s Joint Select Committee reviewing the Child Care and Protection, Sexual Offences, and Offences against the Person Acts is eager to wrap up its deliberations on the revision of penalties. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says while no timeline has been set for the conclusion of the Committee’s work, which started in 2014, the members...

Deputy Research Director of the Crop and Plant Protection Unit, Research Development Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 12, about the Beet Army Worm and its impact on farmers.

9 years ago Agriculture

Farmers Urged To Be Careful When Buying Plants

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is urging farmers to be careful when purchasing plants, to avoid the Beet Army Worm (BAW). Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 12, Deputy Research Director of the Crop and Plant Protection Unit, Research Development Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood, said farmers outside St. Elizabeth...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is in discussion with Executive Chairman, Guardsman Group, Kenneth Benjamin, during a security forum organised by Guardsman Group at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on May 11.

9 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Partnership with Private Security Industry Critical – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says as the Government pursues initiatives to improve citizen security and safety, partnership with the private security industry will be a critical part of the process. He said the private security sector is an essential component of the national security framework, serving as sensors that can passively detect criminal activity and threats, and...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, emphasises a point as he addresses the 3rd International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean at the Hilton Resort and Spa, St. James, on May 10.

9 years ago Education

Gov’t Placing TVET at Core Of Education System – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government is placing technical vocational education and training (TVET) at the core of the educational system in order to align training and education to market needs. He said that contrary to popular belief, it is the technical side of education that is driving the world economy, and...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), skillfully manages to keep the attention of students of Fundaciones El Centro, as he engages them in a reading session at the school’s location in Kingston, on Tuesday, May 9. (File)

9 years ago Education

Education Minister Reads for the Children

Students from two Corporate Area schools, on Tuesday, May 9, benefited from interactive reading sessions with Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. The Minister engaged attentive students from the Alpha Infant School, and at Fundaciones El Centro, where he also interacted in Spanish as he participated in Read Across Jamaica Day, which was being observed...