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

More Women Interested in Farming

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson, says there are growing signs that more women are now gravitating towards farming. The Minister, who was speaking at the Hinds Town/Orange Park Farmers...

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

$695 Million to Enhance Energy Efficiency Programme in Public Sector

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

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

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.

Education Ministry Meets with Stakeholders Groups on Merger of Training Agencies

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.

Falmouth Being Repositioned as a Sustainable Tourism Destination

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...

In this file photo, Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, shakes hands with Chairman of the China Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hu Huaibang, following a signing ceremony for a framework cooperation agreement between the Government of Jamaica, CDB and the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Ministers in China for Signing of Highway Project Agreement

Finance Minister, the Honourable Audley Shaw, the Honourable Michael Henry, Minister of Transport and Works, Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the Honourable Daryl Vaz along with a team of special and technical advisors including Senator Aubyn Hill, Chief Technical Advisor to the Finance Minister left the island for a week-long visit to China....

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (2nd right), accepts a signed copy of the Sister Airport Cooperation Agreement from Acting General Manager of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Greg Richardson (left). Looking on are Jamaica’s Consul General to the Southern United States, Fanz Hall (right), and President of the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley Deidrick.|

9 years ago Transport

AAJ Signs Sister Airport Agreement with Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has signed a Sister Airport Cooperation Agreement with the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), airports in Jamaica and Hartsfield Jackson International will exchange ideas and information pertaining to cargo, passenger and traffic development. The agreement includes capacity building in aviation through training and talent development, as well as...

9 years ago Budget 2017/2018

Gov’t Divesting Norman Manley Airport and JPS Shareholding

The Government will commence the process of divesting the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) and its remaining shareholding in the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) during the 2017-18 legislative year, as part of the public sector transformation agenda. This was announced by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering the Throne Speech during last Thursday’s (February...

Transport Authority Western Regional Manager, Ralston Smith (4th right), symbolically opens the door to the agency’s new office at Dunbar Mall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on February 9, signalling the start of operations in that location. Among those sharing in the occasion are: Transport Authority Acting General Manager of Human Resource and Administration, Petra-Kene Williams (4th left); and General Manager of Operations, Colonel Audley Carter (5th left), as well as other staff and parish stakeholders

9 years ago Transport

Transport Authority Opens Branch in Westmoreland

The Transport Authority (TA) now has an office in the parish of Westmoreland. The agency had a soft opening of the facility, situated at Dunbar Plaza in Savanna-la-Mar from where it has started serving public passenger and commercial vehicle operators since February 9. Western Regional Manager, Ralston Smith, told JIS News that the new office forms part of the TA’s...