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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir. Patrick Allen (right), is in conversation with Chairman of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) Committee, Rev. Dr. Stevenson Samuels, during the 37th staging of the NLPB at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday, January 19.

G-G Says Leaders Must Heal and Transform the Nation

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is reminding the country’s leaders of the significant role they must play in the healing and transformation of the nation. Addressing the 37th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB)...

Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Ansord Hewitt (2nd right), presents a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Kent Gammon (2nd left), while Chief Executive Officer of the CAC, Dolsie Allen (left), and General Counsel for the OUR, Cheryl Lewis, look on. The MOU, which was signed on January 19 at the CAC’s corporate offices in St. Andrew, aims to streamline the operations of the CAC and the OUR to achieve speedy redress for consumer complaints.

Lodge Complaints with Utility Providers First – OUR

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second left), looks on as Court Statistician, Dr. Denarto Dennis (right); and Data Entry Clerk from the St. Ann Parish Court, Shanique Davis (seated), demonstrate the use of the Case Management Statistical System, which has been implemented at parish courts across the island. Head of Development Cooperation at the High Commission of Canada, Walter Bernyck; and Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, also observe. Occasion was the official launch of the system on Saturday, January 21, at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices.

Case Management Statistical System Implemented at Parish Courts

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), is in discussion with Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, prior to the start of the sitting of Upper House on Friday (January 20).

Senate Approves GCT Regulations

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson, helps to prepare a plot for planting, during a tour of Irish Potato farms in Free Hill, St. Ann on January 19.

Farmers in St. Ann Urged to Participate in National Irish Potato Project

The Legal Aid Council Mobile Justice Unit that will be visiting locations to provide free consultations, advice and complete Court assignments for clients with criminal matters.

9 years ago Justice

Legal Aid Council Takes Mobile Unit to Flanker and Waterhouse

The Legal Aid Council (LAC), through its mobile justice unit, will continue its outreach services this week at locations in St. James and Kingston. On Monday (January 23) the unit will be at the open lot next to Warren’s Hardware in Flanker from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm. It travels to the Waterhouse Community Centre popularly known as Bagga Park...

President, Northern Caribbean University, Dr. Lincoln Edwards (centre), converses with Chief Executive Officer, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ), Denis Chung (left); and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds, at the launch of the fourth staging of the National Business Model Competition at the DBJ’s Oxford Road offices on January 19.

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$4 Million Up For Grabs in National Business Model Competition

Entrepreneurial teams from four tertiary institutions will compete for $4 million in cash prize in the National Business Model Competition (NBMC). The fourth staging of the competition, aimed at promoting the development of innovative enterprises in Jamaica, will take place at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston from March 23-24. The participating tertiary institutions are the Northern Caribbean University (NCU),...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks with a resident of the Manchester Golden Age Home during a tour of the facility on Friday (Jan. 20). A new female ward is to be built at the facility at a cost of $55 million.

9 years ago Local Government

Manchester Golden Age Home to Get New Female Ward

The Government has provided some $55 million to build a new ward to house the 43 female residents at the Manchester Golden Age Home. A doctor’s office, nurses’ station and store room are also to be constructed. The sum forms part of the $170 million allocated in the budget for work on three infirmaries across the island. The others are...

Deputy President of the Senate, Aubyn Hill, highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House, yesterday (January 20).

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Tax Relief Results in Greater Revenue Collection

Deputy President of the Senate, Aubyn Hill, says the Government’s move to increase the personal income tax threshold to $1.5 million is working as predicted, resulting in greater revenue collection. “This is exactly what has happened. In effect, lower the tax rate, give people more money to spend and collect more taxes. This is sound economics,” he said, while opening...

In this file photo, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right), is in discussion with National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (3rd right); and former Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (left), after a tour of the Montego Hills Police Station in St. James on Sunday (September 25, 2016). Others (from left) are: Deputy Superintendent of Police in charge of the station, Clinton Moore; Senior Superintendent of Police in Charge of St. James, Marlon Nesbeth; and Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Area One division, Warren Clarke. The Prime Minister toured several communities before addressing a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister’s Montego Bay office, where the outlined some crime fighting strategies for the parish.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Determined to Get a Handle on Crime Through Collaborative Approach – PM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that the government is determined to get a handle on crime. The prime minister said this will be done strategically, as the government moves to address the country’s crime problem. “We have to get a handle on crime. This government is determined to do it. We have learnt the lessons of the past and...

National Commercial Bank Foundation Director, Miguel Williams (second left) visits with students of the Majesty Gardens Infant School during a tour of the institution. The Foundation officially handed over renovated bathroom facilities valued at $450,000 to the school on January 18. Others (from left) are Chairman of the school, Greta Bogues; St. Andrew Parish Church Rector, Rev. Major Cannon Sirrano Kitson and NCB Hagley Park Road Branch representative, Lisa Wright.

9 years ago Education

Majesty Gardens Infant School Gets Renovated Bathroom Facilities

Students and staff at the Majesty Gardens Infant School in Kingston have been provided with renovated bathroom facilities, thanks to the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation. The Foundation granted $450,000 on the submission and approval of a proposal from the school requesting help. The money was used to retile the bathrooms, install new toilets and urinals for the students and...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, addressing Thursday’s (Oct. 13) joint press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) where details of a new three-year US$1.7 billion precautionary standby successor agreement for the existing International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which concludes in March 2017, were outlined. (FILE)

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Says Transformation is About Efficiency

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the public-sector transformation programme is about efficiency and economic wealth for Jamaica, and not people losing jobs. Addressing the Mayberry Investor Forum, held on January 18 at The Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston, Mr. Shaw said for the process of wealth creation to move forward, there must be...