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High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan and his wife, Dr. Lola Ramocan (seated), with church, business and community leaders at a special luncheon during his recent visit to Birmingham.

High Commissioner Visits Birmingham

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, made his first official visit to Birmingham recently. He met with the Deputy Lord Mayor, other UK officials, as well as Councillors of Jamaican descent, including the first...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

Health Minister Emphasises Importance of Screening at Ports of Entry

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents Dr. Peter Phillips with the Instrument of Appointment as Leader of the Opposition, during a ceremony at King’s House, yesterday (April 3).

Dr. Peter Phillips is Leader of The Opposition

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), hands a drum cover to Kitson Town resident, St. Catherine, Carla Watson during the Health Ministry’s Operation Mosquito Search and Destroy public education initiative in the West Central St. Catherine community on April 1.

Public Education Key in Mosquito Eradication – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, tries out the controls of one of the six new garbage trucks acquired for three of the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) regional offices. Occasion was the handover ceremony at the NSWMA’s head office in Kingston on April 3. Looking on are Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (left); and Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon.

Six New Garbage Trucks for NSWMA Regional Entities

Accountant General, Carlene Murdock, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank about the move to introduce biometrics to identify pensioners.

9 years ago Social Security

AGD to Introduce Biometrics in Identifying Pensioners

Paper-based life certificates may soon become a thing of the past as the Accountant General’s Department (AGD) looks to implement biometrics as a means of identifying pensioners. Accountant General, Carlene Murdock, said the Department is actively working towards implementing this feature. “What this will mean … is that the old order of the life certificates as we know it will...

Health Minister, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), converses with Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus in St. Andrew, Professor Archibald McDonald, following last Friday’s (March 31) launch of the Mosquito Control and Research Unit, which is based at the tertiary institution.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica can Assist Region in Developing Mosquito Control Programmes

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica has the capacity to assist other Caribbean countries in developing effective mosquito control programmes. He noted that the country has the benefit of the intellectual resources of the Ministry and other stakeholders, such as the University of the West Indies (UWI), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and Jamaica Red Cross, among...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (foreground), on a tour of the Monymusk Sugar Factory, in Clarendon, on March 31. Occasion was the official reopening of the factory.

9 years ago AgricultureIndustry

Government to Ensure Effective Management of Sugar Industry

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government’s involvement in the sugar industry is to ensure effective management in the short term. According to Mr. Holness, the intervention at the Clarendon-based Monymusk Sugar Factory has informed him that once effective management of the industry’s culture, money and technology is in place, sugar can survive. The Prime Minister, who...

Veteran journalist and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne (left), in discussion with Chairperson of the Committee of Management, Excelsior Community College, Patricia Sinclair McCalla (right). At centre is the school’s Assistant Chaplain, Rev. Moses Benguche. Occasion was the institution’s 4th annual Ted Dwyer Lecture which Mr. Boyne delivered at its location in Kingston on March 30.

9 years ago CommunityCulture

Jamaicans Urged To Embrace Positive Values and Attitudes

Jamaicans are being urged to embrace positive values and attitudes in order to mend the moral fabric of the country and thereby contribute to economic development. The call comes from veteran journalist and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne. “Our values and attitudes are central to any meaningful quest to economic development,” Mr....

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Kamina Johnson Smith (right), addresses the Senate. To the Minister’s right is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, and in the background is Senator Kerensia Morrison.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Legal Authority Given For Collection of Telephone Call Taxes

Members of the Senate approved two pieces of legislation on March 31 giving legal authority to the Government to collect taxes imposed on certain telephone calls since 2012. The Bills, the Telephone Calls Tax Act, 2017 and the Telephone Calls Tax (Validation and Indemnification) Act, 2017, were piloted by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (third left), presents a trophy to Personal Development Teacher at Ardenne High School, Kamika McKellop (second left), after the school emerged winner of last year’s Best School Spirit, at the staging of the Success Conference for Teens 2017, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on March 31. Others (from left) are Conference Chairperson and Founder of the Children Upliftment Restoration Foundation, Dr. Velma Brown-Hamilton, and Custos of Kingston, Steadman Fuller.

9 years ago EducationYouth

Students Urged to Research Career Choices

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is encouraging students to learn about their preferred career choice as well as to develop sound moral values. “Read, research and study as much as you can about your choice of career, about new developments and available opportunities that will enable you to pursue your goals. You should also consider...

Students of the Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf in St James perform “A mother’s Love” at the opening of the Deaf Dance Festival at the Little Theatre in Kingston on Thursday, March 30.

9 years ago Community

Deaf Dance Opens National Finals of Performing Arts Competition

The National Finals of the Performing Arts Competition got under way on Thursday (March 30) at the Little Theatre in Kingston with the Deaf Dance Festival. The opening of the two-day finals saw inspiring and arousing dance pieces from various deaf institutions across the island under the theme ‘Empower to Elevate: Happy Children. Brighter Future’. Executive Director of the Jamaica...