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Skills Training is a Valid Choice – Green

State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, has reiterated the call for more students to pursue studies in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Mr. Green noted that TVET training is an asset in...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), is shown the damage done to his scallion farm by the beet armyworm, by Ralden Bellanfante, when the Minister stopped at his farm in the Duff House/New Forest Agro Park in Manchester, on May 1.

Ministry to Assist Farmers Affected by Beet Armyworm

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), speaks with farmers attached to the Thompson Town Achievers Benevolent Society in Clarendon, at the Thompson Town Community Centre in the parish on April 28.

Gov’t to Roll Out Strawberry Production Programme

Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Parents Urged to Get Children Tested Early for Autism

Corporate Communications Manager at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Suzette Campbell (third left), outlining details of the 10th staging of the agency’s annual Small Business Expo & Conference, scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, under the theme ‘Think Big. Scale Up. Go Global’. Occasion was a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (May 1). Others (from left) are Manager, Marketing Services at the JBDC, Janine Taylor; Manager, Financial Support Services Unit, JBDC, Melissa Bennett and Manager, Business Advisory Services, JBDC, Althea West-Myers.

JBDC Stages Small Business Expo and Conference May 11

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, addressing the opening ceremony for a joint national border security training workshop at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew on May 1.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

73 Persons Before the Courts for Identity Fraud

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says 73 persons have been brought before the courts for identity fraud since the introduction of the facial recognition system at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) last year. He informed that 473 persons have been identified with multiple passports. He was speaking at the opening of a joint national border security...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, delivers address at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo, held on April 28 at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon. The event was held under the theme ‘Agri-preneurship: the Gateway to Sustainable Development’.

9 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Young People Should Lead Campaign for Healthy Diets – Hutchinson

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says young people should lead a campaign for healthy diets. The Minister said with Jamaica recording 12,773 deaths in 2014 due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the economy to lose up to US$17.2 billion in output over the next 15 years, there is an urgent...

Energy, Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley. (FILE)

9 years ago Technology

Computers for IOJ Junior and Cultural Centres

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has allocated a $14.5 million grant for the purchase of 31 computers for the Institute of Jamaica’s (IOJ) junior and cultural centres, to provide greater access to information and communications technology (ICT) for its users. Speaking at the commissioning of the IOJ computer labs and library virtual on April 28 at the East Street Junior...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), emphasises a point at a press conference at his Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on May 1. Others looking on are Senior Advisor to the Minister, Sharon Hay-Webster and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard.

9 years ago Education

Assistance for Students Preparing for CSEC Exams

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is collaborating with One-on-One Educational Services Ltd. to assist students in their preparation for the upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Based in Kingston, One-on-One provides personalised educational services and e-learning solutions to secondary-school students and corporate entities. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said that 4,500 access cards have been...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses community meeting in Water Square, Trelawny, on April 27.

9 years ago Local GovernmentTourism

Road to be Repaved and Renamed after World’s Oldest Living Person

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government will be spending $3 million to repave the road leading to the home of Mrs. Violet Mosse-Brown, the world’s oldest living person. Mr. McKenzie, who made the announcement at a function in Falmouth, Trelawny, on April 27, added that the road in Duanvale will also be renamed...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a press conference at the Courtyard Marriott, New Kingston, on May 1, to officially launch a partnership between the Ananda Alert Secretariat and Facebook for the recovery of missing children in Jamaica.

9 years ago Ananda AlertsYouth

Facebook Users to Receive Ananda Alerts

Starting Monday (May 1) Ananda Alerts will be delivered to Facebook users in Jamaica. This is under a partnership between the Ananda Alert Secretariat in the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) and the online social media and social networking service for the recovery of the island’s missing children. Ananda Alerts will be delivered to Facebook users’ newsfeeds in targeted...

Minister of National Security and Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Hon. Robert Montague, consoles widow of the late Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Dr. Delroy Gordon, at a remembrance service held on Sunday (April 30), at the Port Maria Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Mary.

9 years ago Culture

Hundreds Pay Tribute to Late JCDC Head

Hundreds of Jamaicans gathered at the Port Maria Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Mary on Sunday (April 30) to pay tribute to the life and work of the late Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Dr. Delroy Gordon. In a service that lasted approximately four hours, Dr. Gordon was remembered as a proud Jamaican nation builder, a...