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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

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that the baseline work for the Special Security Operation Zones continues even while we await the enforcement of the Act. “I have met with the Commissioner of Police and emphasized the need for a programme...

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.

Microcredit Bill Being Finalised – Shaw

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.

Students Urged to Explore Computer-Based Careers

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

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

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.

9 years ago Agriculture

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

9 years ago Prime Minister

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

9 years ago Prime MinisterTransport

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...

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

9 years ago Local Government

Training for Local Government Personnel

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Ministry is working with the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) to develop a two-year programme of study on local government. He said the programme, which is being fine-tuned, will be offered to all local government personnel, including elected and administrative persons, who will be trained and certified....

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

9 years ago Education

Govt Allocates $300M to Help Needy Tertiary Students

The Government has allocated a total of $300 million to help financially-challenged Jamaican students at the University of the West Indies, University of Technology (UTech) and the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). In announcing the Government’s commitment to assist the students facing financial hardships, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid said the allocation to the UWI was conveyed...