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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda.

New Fisheries Bill to be Tabled in Parliament

A new Fisheries Bill, aimed at further safeguarding the local sector, is to be tabled in Parliament shortly. The Bill, which will replace the Fisheries Act of 1976, will establish the legal and regulatory framework that creates the enabling environment...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles, Jr. (FILE)

State Minister Emphasises Importance of Eradicating Corruption

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang

Potential of Breadfruit Emphasised at Agricultural Show

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Assessment of Flood Damage Under Way

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (left), is greeted by Founder and Executive Chairman of LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin, at the 2017/2018 LASCO Police Officer of the Year awards ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 24.

JCF to Intensify Recruitment Drive to Fill 3,000 Spaces

New Chairman of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Advisory Board, Mrs. Gail Abrahams (second right), listens keenly as Manager for JIS’s Research and Publications Department, Celia Lindsay (left), explains the operations of that office. Mrs. Abrahams, along with other Board members, were on a tour of the agency’s Half-Way-Tree Road head office, today (April 25). Also pictured (at third left), is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe. Board members (from second left) are Sharon Hay-Webster; Novelette Howell; and Garfield Higgins. Prior to the tour, the Board held their first meeting with JIS’s management team.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

New Chairman of JIS Impressed with Performance

New Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Gail Abrahams, says she is impressed with the remarkable talent, outstanding performance and superior work ethic of the agency’s staff. “They are meeting their targets, and in some areas, I realise that they have surpassed them,” she said, in an interview with JIS News, following a tour of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for the Olympic Gardens Infant School yesterday (April 25). Others participating (from left) are Chairperson of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Trisha Williams-Singh; Chairman of the National Education Trust (NET), Nicholas Scott; Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid; the People’s Republic of China Ambassador to Jamaica, NIU Qingbao; State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Floyd Green, and Councillor-Caretaker of the Molynes Division, Glendon Salmon.

9 years ago EducationPrime Minister

Prime Minister Breaks Ground for Early-Childhood Institution

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, broke ground yesterday (April 25) for the construction of an early-childhood institution in his West Central St. Andrew constituency. Under a grant-funded project by the Government of China worth J$803 million (CNY43.12 million), two schools are to be constructed – the Olympic Gardens Infant School in St. Andrew and the Morant Estate Infant...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (2nd right), in discussion with (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry; President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Norman Grant, and Sales Representative, Paul Thompson, of Hi-Pro, during a tour of the Hi-Pro booth at the Montpelier Agricultural Show in St. James, on April 17.

9 years ago AgricultureEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Minister Highlights Role of Agriculture in Country’s Economic Development

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says agriculture continues to play a critical role in the country’s economic development. Dr. Chang, who was speaking at the annual Montpelier Agricultural Show in St. James on April 17, added that, along with tourism, agriculture represents one of the best foundations for growth...

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Honourable Daryl Vaz

9 years ago Sectoral Debate 2017/2018

Contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate by Hon. Daryl Vaz

Mr. Speaker, it is with humility and gratitude, and with a sense of great responsibility that has been entrusted in me, that I rise to deliver the accomplishments and plans for the portfolio areas to which I am assigned in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. Last year, I announced some of the measures that we would be...

An enthusiastic Grace Baston, Principal of Campion College and Dr. Peter Ruddock , Manager, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) watch as third form students Azariah Jones and Noel Ellis assess the model of a solar powered water pumping system designed by their schoolmates which won first prize in the 16 - 19 age group in the Science category of the 2016/17 PCJ Schools Energy Competition. The Campion College Team earned a $500,000 grant from the PCJ for the implementation of the prize winning project at their school. The contribution was handed over at a general assembly which was held at the school auditorium on Old Hope Road this morning (Tuesday, April 25, 2017).

9 years ago EducationEnergy

PCJ Pumps $500,000 into Implementation of Solar Powered Water System at Campion College

PRESS RELEASE - Campion College has received a grant of $500,000 from the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) for the implementation of a student designed energy solution at the school campus. The funding was part of the prize package that the PCJ awarded to Campion students who topped the 16 to 19 age group in the science category of the...

Members of the Ophthalmology Medical Mission and personnel of the Mandeville Regional Hospital. The team performed 257 cataract surgeries from April 8 to 10. In the front row (from left) are CEO of the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Alwyn Miller; sponsor of the medical mission, Dr. Kiran Patel, and co-founders of Mind Body and Soul Health Ministry, Hillary and Horace Morgan.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaican Couple Teams with American Philanthropist to Give Back

Horace and Hillary Morgan, a Jamaican-born couple based in Florida, have teamed up with Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel to help hundreds of Jamaicans access critical eye surgeries. The Morgans, through their Foundation, Mind Body and Soul Health Ministry (MBSHM), have been supporting residents of St. Ann for several years through medical and evangelical missions. Mrs. Morgan is a native...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, who is on tourism business overseas.

9 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Could Have Five Million Visitors Earlier than Projected

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says there are strong indications that Jamaica could reach its goal of five million visitors in a single year, earlier than previously projected. Mr. Bartlett, who is currently in Asia as part of a two-week overseas trip, which includes stops in Addis Ababa, Dubai and Bangkok, added that the country seems poised to make...