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Visitors walking the streets in Ocho Rios.

Cruise-Shipping Season Begins on High

Chairman of the National Cruise Council (NCC), Michael Belnavis, is describing the start of the cruise-shipping season as phenomenal, noting that the island’s main ports have been seeing a huge increase in arrivals. According to Mr. Belnavis, the ports of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), looks at a document at the launch of the three-year upskilling and retooling project at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on November 18, 2016. He is flanked by Executive Director of HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left); and the entity’s Chairman, Maxine Wilson,.

Second in Series Upskilling Jamaica Training Courses Gets Under Way Monday

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)

Gov’t Allocates Funds to Complete FINSAC Report

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

Mayors, Councillors Urged to Know their Function

Leaders in Government and the wider society joined hands and hearts with members of the religious community to pray for the nation at the 37th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The event was held on Wednesday (January 19) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Children First to Benefit from Proceeds of National Prayer Breakfast

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares in a light moment with Chief Executive Officer of Mayberry Investments Limited, Gary Peart, at the Mayberry Investor Forum, held on January 18, at The Knutford Court Hotel, in New Kingston. Mr. Shaw was the guest speaker.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Can Have Productive Relationship with New US Government – Shaw

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says Jamaica can have a productive relationship with the incoming Administration in the United States (US). President-elect of the US, Mr. Donald Trump, will be sworn in today (January 20). Mr. Shaw said given Mr. Trump’s background as a businessman, Jamaica is likely to enjoy a similar relationship with the...

9 years ago Local Government

Local Government Ministry Collaborates with MIND

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development is in the final stages of collaborating with the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) for the training of local government officials. This was noted by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, in his address to mayors and councillors from Manchester, St Elizabeth, and Clarendon at the second in a series of sensitisation...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Bruno Pouezat sign an agreement for the UN Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework (UNMSDF) in Jamaica, at the Spanish Court Hotel in St. Andrew, today (January 19). Others looking on are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Wayne Henry.

9 years ago Foreign AffairsVision 2030

Jamaica to Benefit From UN Five-Year Initiative

Jamaica is among 18 countries in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean that will benefit from the United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework for the Caribbean (UNMSDF). The five-year initiative, which has a regional budget of US$197.9 million, will focus on four areas of priority – an inclusive, equitable and prosperous Caribbean; a healthy Caribbean; a safe, cohesive and just Caribbean;...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, highlights a point while addressing a press briefing at the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew yesterday (January 18).

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Surveillance Aircraft to be Acquired

The Government is to acquire a surveillance aircraft as part of a raft of new measures to strengthen the country’s border-protection system. This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, during a press briefing at his Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on Wednesday (January 18). He said the Government “has taken a very conscious decision that...

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, emphasises a point while addressing the commissioning of a Cessna aeroplane for the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), at the Caribbean Aviation Training Centre situated at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston on Friday, September 23. (FILE)

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Gov’t Hires New Forensic Pathologist

The Government has hired a new forensic pathologist to assist in reducing the backlog of autopsies. This was disclosed by National Security Minister, Robert Montague, during an interactive session with heads of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on January 17. In the meantime, Minister Montague said the Government continues to provide the...

Director/Principal of the Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC), Major George Benson (centre), provides details on the operations of the entity at a JIS Think Tank on January 13. He in flanked by acting academic affairs directors Wayne Vassell (left) and Tanisha Boothe.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

REDTRAC to be Expanded

The Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC), based at the National Police College in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, is to be expanded to meet the demand for additional space for training. Director/Principal, Major George Benson, said the project involves the addition of another floor in order to have more rooms. “When this is done, we will be able to...

Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (right), and Commissioner of Customs, Major (Rt’d) Richard Reese, engage in discussion shortly before the start of a press briefing held at the National Security Ministry’s Oxford Road Offices in St. Andrew, yesterday (January 18). The briefing was held to provide details on the MOU, which will see the establishment of three new marine bases in Jamaica. The document was signed by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) in December last year.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

More Marine Bases to Protect Borders

The Government’s effort to protect Jamaica’s borders will be bolstered with the establishment of three new marine bases along sections of the country’s coastline. To be located at Rocky Point in Clarendon; James Bond Beach, in St. Mary; and Little Ochi in St. Elizabeth, the bases will be jointly established and operated by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the...