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In this file photo, Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), and Special Advisor, Robert Miller (centre), examine bulla cakes manufactured by Nutrition Products Limited, during a tour of the entity on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston on January 31. At left is Chief Executive Officer of Nutrition Products, Orville Lewinson.

$11 Million Allocated for Pilot Project to Strengthen School Feeding Programme

The Government has approved $11 million to commence the pilot project aimed at strengthening the School Feeding Programme. The funds are allocated in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Estimated at $60 million, the pilot...

Education Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), presents Paul Adams, Principal of Herbert Morrison Technical High School, with his Outstanding Principal Award on behalf of the Jamaica Teaching Council.

Outstanding Principal Credits School for Award

Director/Principal, Justice Training Institute in the Ministry of Justice, Karen Campbell-Bascoe.

Justices of the Peace Urged to Participate in Mediation Training

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson (centre), examines corn plucked from the field at the Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy in St. Elizabeth during a tour of the institution on Friday (February 10). Vice Principal of the School, Stevie Williams (left), and Principal, Milbert Miller, led the Minister on the tour.

Sydney Pagon STEM Academy to Produce Items for School Breakfast Programme

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson. (FILE)

More Women Interested in Farming

Energy, Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley. (FILE)

9 years ago Technology

$695 Million to Enhance Energy Efficiency Programme in Public Sector

The Government is to spend $695 million in the 2017-18 fiscal year to enhance Jamaica’s Energy Efficiency (EE) and Energy Conservation (EC) measures in the public sector. The money has been set aside in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Implemented by the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, it is anticipated that the measures...

Reggae icon, Jimmy Cliff, listens attentively to the tributes at his IRIE FM Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony in Somerton, St. James, on February 12.

9 years ago Entertainment

Minister Says Renaming of Street in Honour of Jimmy Cliff Long Overdue

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the proposed renaming of Montego Bay’s famed Gloucester Avenue (Hip Strip) in honour of reggae legend, Jimmy Cliff, is befitting and long overdue. In a message, read by Special Advisor to the Minister, Ali McNab, at the IRIE FM Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony in honour of the reggae singer...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), addresses staff of the National Youth Service (NYS), Jamaican Foundation for Life Long Learning (JFLL), the HEART Trust/NTA and the National Apprenticeship Board during a sensitisation session to discuss the upcoming merger of the entities, held on February 9 at Jamaica College in Kingston.

9 years ago Education

Education Ministry Meets with Stakeholders Groups on Merger of Training Agencies

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information held a sensitisation session with critical stakeholders to discuss the upcoming merger of the National Youth Service (NYS) and Jamaican Foundation for Life Long Learning (JFLL) with the HEART Trust/NTA. Addressing the session held on February 9 at the Jamaica College campus, Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the merger will...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), converses with Custos Rotulorum for Trelawny, Hon. Paul Muschette (left), during the Ministry’s ‘Falmouth Invasion’ sensitisation march and concert held at Water Square in the town on February 8. Looking on is Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson.

9 years ago Tourism

Falmouth Being Repositioned as a Sustainable Tourism Destination

The town of Falmouth in Trelawny is being repositioned as a Sustainable Tourism Destination under an Organization of American States (OAS) programme. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says under the Sustainable Destination Alliance for the Americas (SDAA) initiative, several activities, including the Ministry’s recent ‘Falmouth Invasion’ sensitisation march and concert, will be undertaken to boost civic pride among the town’s...

Chairman of the Transport Authority, Joseph Shoucair (centre), addresses a press conference at the offices of the Transport Authority in Kingston yesterday (February 13). Others (from left) are: Managing Director, Transport Authority, Cecil Morgan, and Senior Superintendent of Police, Calvin Allen.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Immediate Removal of Tints from Public Passenger Vehicles

Effective immediately, bus and taxi operators are required to remove tints from their public passenger vehicles (PPVs). “For motor cars, no tint will be allowed on the back windscreen, no tint will be allowed on the two front windows and no tint will be allowed on the (front) windscreen, except for a six-inch visor from the top,” emphasised Head of...

In this file photo, National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (centre), reviews Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recruits who were on parade during their Passing Out and Awards Ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ), in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine last year.

9 years ago Budget 2017/2018National Security and Peace

$103 Million Allocated for Police Facilities

A total of $103 million will be spent this financial year to undertake repairs on police facilities in the parishes of St. James and St. Catherine. The project, which falls under the Ministry of National Security, is being financed through the Consolidated Fund. This is contained in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. For this...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), attends the closing ceremony of the Early Childhood Commission’s (ECC) four-day retreat at the Iberostar Hotel, St. James, on February 9. At left is Sector Planner for the ECC, Maria Myers Hamilton.

9 years ago Education

Education Gets $5 Billion Increase in 2017/18 Budget

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the $5 billion increase in budgetary support to the education sector is a true reflection of the Government’s unwavering commitment to improving the system. An allocation of $98.7 billion has been made for education in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure from over $95 billion in 2016-17. Addressing the...