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

Local Government Ministry to Hold Town Hall Meetings to Improve Tax Compliance

In a bid to increase property tax compliance, the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, will be holding a series of town hall meetings right across the island to sensitise citizens and to answer their questions. The first will...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. (File)

New Unit to Deal with Diaspora Affairs

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Continental Baking Company Limited, Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson (left) discusses the importance of good packaging and product labelling as demonstrated by the samples on display, with (from second left): Marketing Consultant, Virginia Burke; President and CEO of Point Global Marketing Limited, Javette Nixon; and Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Point Global Marketing Limited, Ewan Campbell. Occasion was a packaging and labelling workshop hosted by the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew on April 21.

Export Programme to be Developed to Improve Global Competitiveness of Businesses

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), speaks with Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh (left), following his official tour of the state-of-the-art air traffic control tower (pictured in the background) at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston, on April 19. The tower and a newly constructed tower at Sangster International Airport were completed at a cost of $2.57 billion.

Jamaica to Receive International Aviation Award

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre) raises a point with Director of Corporate Services at Sandals Resort International, Jeremy Jones (second right), at the launch of the Sandals Under 19 Cricket Competition and Academy Programme, at Sabina Park in Kingston, on April 21. Looking on (from left) are Sponsorship & Events Manager at WISYNCO, Jermaine Brown, General Manager of Rainforest Seafoods, Jerome Miles and President of the Jamaica Cricket Association, Wilford Heaven.

Sandals Resort International and Rainforest Seafoods Sponsor Under-19 Cricket Programme

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, symbolically cut the ribbon to handover six Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulances at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. In the background is Manager of the EU Unit at the Panning Institute of Jamaica, Dianne Davis.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Work on Upgrading of May Pen Hospital This Year – Dr. Tufton

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says work will be undertaken this year to upgrade the Type C May Pen Hospital to a Type B facility. “We’ll be sending the architects and the other professionals and we’re going to find the budget. We’ll be doing the work to upgrade the hospital. This will mean added rooms, added infrastructure and...

9 years ago Local Government

Review Being Done on Role of Municipal Police

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says a review is currently being undertaken on the role and function of Municipal Police personnel. “We have put a stop on recruitment, for the time being, to reassess the present crop and to see how best they would fit into the new dispensation,” Mr. McKenzie said during his post-Sectoral...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, tries out one of the six ambulances provided to the health sector by the European Union (EU), during a ceremony at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. Sharing the moment is Head of Delegation, EU to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.

9 years ago Health & WellnessTransport

May Pen Hospital to Get Erin Radiology Centre

Patients at the May Pen Hospital, in Clarendon, will benefit from the establishment of an Erin Radiology Centre as of May 1. Making the announcement, Transport and Mining Minister, and Central Clarendon Member of Parliament, Hon. Mike Henry, said the centre’s establishment will not cost the Government. “It will provide (among other services) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service...the only one...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses students at the launch of the 39th Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) All-Age and Junior High Athletic Championships on April 20 at the National Stadium in Kingston. The championships will be held from April 26 to 28 at Stadium East.

9 years ago Sport

Insports Provides $500,000 to Assist Schools Preparing for All-Age and Junior High Champs

The Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) has set aside $500,000 to assist schools in their preparations for the All-Age and Junior High Athletic Championships. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the support is part of a programme to re-engage and encourage participation in the event. She noted that there has been a decline in the number...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addresses an agricultural forum at the Duckenfield Primary School in St. Thomas on April 21.

9 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry to Establish Six School Gardens in Eastern St. Thomas

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be setting up school gardens at six institutions in eastern St. Thomas. Minister without portfolio, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says that produce from the gardens will go towards breakfast programmes at the schools. The gardens, he said, will be overseen by a broad-based committee comprising the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, past student associations,...

General Secretary of Education International, Fred van Leeuwen (right), addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s (JTA) 16th annual Education Conference at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel & Spa in St. James, recently.

9 years ago Education

Govts Urged to be Wary of Private Education Interests

General Secretary of the global teachers’ advocacy organisation, Education International, Fred van Leeuwen, has cautioned Governments against the outsourcing of education to private interests, noting that this could undermine the foundation of public schooling. “In too many places portions of our public school systems are being carved out and outsourced to private businesses. In too many places, market principles determine...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), listens as Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon. (FILE)

9 years ago Local Government

SDC Seeking to Expand LEDSP

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is seeking to expand its Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), says the agency’s Executive Director, Dr. Dwayne Vernon. Speaking at a post-Sectoral Debate press conference at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, on Hagley Park Road, yesterday (April 20), Dr. Vernon said the SDC has been having tremendous success in terms of...