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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

First Phase of HOPE Programme to Focus on Employment – PM Holness Says This is Not Emergency Work

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme is not emergency work but instead is a one year engagement for unattached youths. He says it is aimed at building character and providing opportunities to develop...
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), greets Child Development Agency Chief Executive Officer, Rosalee Gage-Grey (left) ), during Sunday’s ( May 7) National Child Month Church Service at Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston. Others (from 2nd left) are Fellowship Tabernacle Pastor, Rev. Merrick ‘Al’ Miller; Stanley Dunwell, husband of Custos of St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell; and Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings (2nd right).
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), greets Child Development Agency Chief Executive Officer, Rosalee Gage-Grey (left) ), during Sunday’s ( May 7) National Child Month Church Service at Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston. Others (from 2nd left) are Fellowship Tabernacle Pastor, Rev. Merrick ‘Al’ Miller; Stanley Dunwell, husband of Custos of St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell; and Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings (2nd right).

Adults Urged to Take Action Against Child Abuse
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), activates one of two air-conditioning units at the Mountainside Primary School in St. Elizabeth on May 5. Others (from left) are Vincent Dennis, father of Junior Mayor, Brandi Dennis; her mother, Luciane Henry; and His Worship the Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), activates one of two air-conditioning units at the Mountainside Primary School in St. Elizabeth on May 5. Others (from left) are Vincent Dennis, father of Junior Mayor, Brandi Dennis; her mother, Luciane Henry; and His Worship the Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster.

Mountainside Primary Gets Air-Conditioning Units
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (File)
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (File)

Country’s Presence at Trade Shows Critical – Bartlett
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) engages in conversation with Head of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Rickman, during the official launch of the initiative on Monday (May 8) at the Office of the Prime Minister. The HOPE initiative aims to provide educational and job opportunities for young people, aged 18 to 24, who are not employed or enrolled in school or programme of training.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) engages in conversation with Head of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Rickman, during the official launch of the initiative on Monday (May 8) at the Office of the Prime Minister. The HOPE initiative aims to provide educational and job opportunities for young people, aged 18 to 24, who are not employed or enrolled in school or programme of training.

PM Launches HOPE Programme

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In previous years, the Gebbers Farms workers made donations to the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home in Kingston, the Garland Hall Memorial Children’s Home in St. James and the Hanbury Children’s Home in Manchester.
EducationLocal Government

Clarendon Students Get Grants from Gebbers Farms and Workers

Thirteen students from Clarendon have received grants for their education from Gebbers Farms employers in Washington, United States, and farmworkers. Last Friday (May 5), the students were each presented with a grant of $50,000 at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in Kingston. The students are among the top performers at their schools and are...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. (FILE)
Agriculture

Coconut Imports Cess for Industry Development – Minister Samuda

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the revenue generated from the cess imposed on imported coconut products will be used to develop the sector. According to the website of the Coconut Industry Board (CIB), which falls under the Ministry, a cess of eight cents per pound is levied on coconut products and some substitutes. Speaking at...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Tourism

Jamaica Poised to Benefit from Starbucks’ Local Operations

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the establishment of operations in Jamaica by American Coffee Company, Starbucks, will serve to strengthen the country’s appeal to international visitors. Mr. Bartlett told JIS News that “alliances with international brands, such as this, do well to drive the marketing of Jamaica.” He indicated that Starbucks would be utilizing Jamaican Blue Mountain and High...
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Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of Delegation, EU Jamaica.
Foreign Affairs

EU Delegation Celebrates Europe Day

Today (May 8) the European Union Delegation in Jamaica is celebrating Europe Day and the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties, which heralded the birth of a united Europe. Europe Day is a celebration of the Declaration delivered on 9th May 1950 by then French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman - five years after the end of the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon., Andrew Holness (second left), breaks ground for 150 serviced lots being developed by the National Housing Trust (NHT) at Chateau Gardens in Birds Hill, Clarendon on Friday, May 5. Others (from left) are: May Pen Mayor, Councillor Winston Maragh; NHT Chairman, Ambassador, Dr. Nigel Clarke; Transport and Mining Minister and Central Clarendon Member of Parliament, Hon. Mike Henry; State Minister for Finance and the Public Service and South East Clarendon Member of Parliament, Hon. Rudyard Spencer; and NHT Managing Director, Martin Miller.
Community

Ground Broken for Chateau Gardens Housing Development in Clarendon

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday, May 5, broke ground for 150 serviced lots being developed at Chateau Gardens in Birds Hill, Clarendon. The lots comprise the first of the development’s two phases being undertaken by the National Housing Trust (NHT) to provide 565 housing solutions at a cost of $593 million. Friday’s ground breaking marked the...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left) signs a contract for the lease of 247 hectares of lands in St. Catherine to Red Stripe for the mass production of cassava to be used in the company’s beverages. The signing took place Friday (May 5) at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. Other signatories are Managing Director of Red Stripe, Ricardo Nuncio (left) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), Wentworth Charles. Looking on (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of SCJH, John Gayle; Project Manager for Local Raw Material Business Development, Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; Legal Officer, SCJH, Debbie-Ann Scott; and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson
AgricultureDevelopment

Gov’t Leases Land to Red Stripe for Cassava Cultivation

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has signed a 25-year agreement with brewery giant Red Stripe for the lease of 247 hectares of land for the mass production of cassava to be used in the company’s beverages. This is in addition to the Government’s provision of an initial 156.5 hectares of land for the period 2014 to 2016...
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