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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking yesterday (April 20) at the Ministry’s quarterly press briefing, held at its offices, 21 Dominica Drive, in New Kingston.

Foreign Minister to Launch Diaspora Conference in the United States

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, will attend two Jamaica 55 Diaspora conference launches in Miami and New York on April 24 and 25, respectively. The Miami launch, set to begin at 6:30...

Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw (right), is in conversation with the team carrying out work to facilitate traffic and lane diversion along sections of the Mandela Highway, which take effect Saturday, April 22.

Mandela Highway Traffic Changes Take Effect Saturday

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP — Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Baseline Work for Special Security Operation Zones Underway, PM Holness

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (right), speaks with (from left): Nandi Hilton; President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Carlos Argüello (CA) Foundation and Studio C, Carlos Argüello. Occasion was the launch of the Creative Industries Education and Employment Programme (CIEEP), on April 19 at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium in New Kingston. The CIEEP aims to train persons in 3D animation for feature films.

Programme Launched to Train Persons in 3D Animation

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (centre), peruses a document with (from left) Director General, National Commission on Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison and Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council, Dr. Cliff Riley. Occasion was the launch of the Joint Call for Applications under the Jamaica/South Africa Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on April 19.

Gov’t Allocates $30 Million for Research Funding

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), listens to IBIS Management Associates Manager of Banking Compliance and Risk, Arthur Dania, at a seminar on ‘The Evolution and Future of Capital Adequacy Standards’, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on April 19.

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Microcredit Bill Being Finalised – Shaw

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says a Microcredit Bill, which aims to regulate the microfinance sector, is being finalised for tabling in Parliament shortly. “This is necessary as Jamaica seeks to expand formal financial inclusion that is consistent with international best practices of transparency,” Mr. Shaw said. He was speaking at a seminar hosted by the...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), interacts with attendees at a career expo staged by the International University of the Caribbean (IUC), at its Old Hope Road location in St. Andrew on April 20. Pictured in the front row (from left), are Chief Executive Officer of Patwa Apparel, Heneka Watkis-Porter; President of the IUC, Rev. Maitland Evans; and President, Good Deeds Foundation Jamaica, Kiddist McCoy.

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Students Urged to Explore Computer-Based Careers

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging students to explore careers in computer-based fields, which can create wealth for them. “There are so many people in Jamaica making millions now and they barely leave their home,” he pointed out. Citing for example the web-based profession of Social Media Manager, he noted that almost every company...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness met with members of the National Partnership Council yesterday (April 20).

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Partnership Council Sub-committee Working Group Members Named

The National Partnership Council has named the members of its three Working Group sub committees. The Working Group Committee to deal with Rule of Law and the reform of the justice system is chaired by Mr. Howard Mitchell. Other members of the committee are, Mr. George Overton, Mr. Horace Levy, Senator Lambert Brown, Rev. Burchell Taylor, Professor Anthony Clayton and...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (right), has a light moment with Managing Director, St. Jago Farm and Hardware Supplies Limited, O’Brien Johnson, at a ceremony for the rebranding of St. Jago Farm and Hardware Supplies Limited at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club, St. Catherine, on April 19.

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Supply Stores Urged to Partner with Gov’t in Assisting Farmers

Farm supply stores are being urged to partner with the Government to provide technical assistance to farmers in a bid to boost the country’s agricultural outputs. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, who made the call, said the “Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) alone cannot do the job”. “With 220,000 farmers (and) 120...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), unveils plaque to mark the renovation of the Curphey Home in Newport, Manchester, on April 19. Others (from left) are Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Sewell; Former Jamaica Teachers

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Prime Minister Says Renovation of Curphey Home is Opportunity to Give Back

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the decision to renovate the Curphey Home for war veterans in Newport, Manchester, is an opportunity to give back to those who have sacrificed so much for their country. Mr. Holness, who was giving the keynote address at the restoration ceremony on April 19, noted that the National Housing Trust (NHT), which...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), with air traffic controllers operating out of the recently commissioned state-of-the-art air traffic control tower at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston. They are (from left): Sherizah Gallow; Natrecia Goldbourne; Anna-Kay Belcher; and Vanessa Jackson. The Prime Minister was on an official tour of the facility on April 19. The tower and another at Sangster International Airport were constructed at a total cost of $2.57 billion

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Prime Minister Implores Workers to Give Quality Service

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is imploring workers to strive to provide the best quality service in the fulfilment of their duties. “Every single Jamaican in the public sector, or otherwise, who serves the public has a duty to ensure that the highest standards are maintained,” he said. The Prime Minister noted that this is a major problem,...

President of The Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock (2nd right), addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ yesterday (April 19). Others (from left) are: Director of Alumni Affairs, Sharon Bouges-Wolfe; Dean of Science and Technology, Albert Benjamin; and Senior Research Fellow and Chair of the Research Day Committee, Sandra Grey-Alvaranga.

9 years ago Education

Mico University College to Focus on Crime and Violence on Research Day

Crime and Violence and its impact on society will be the focus of The Mico University College’s Research Day 2017, which will take place on Wednesday, April 26. The event will be held on the campus of the university under the theme: ‘Education Re-imagined: Toward a Solution for Crime and Violence’. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’, yesterday (April 19), President...