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Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (right) addresses a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday (August 1). Others (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; and Director of the Meteorological Services Division, Evan Thompson.

Flash Flood Watch in Effect for Eastern and Central Parishes

Press Release #1 - The Meteorological Service of Jamaica has issued a Flash Flood Watch for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St. Catherine, Clarendon, Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Thomas, Portland, St. Mary and St. Ann. The advisory is effective...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, addresses a sitting of the House of Representatives on October 25.

Persons who Breach Petroleum Industry Laws to Face Harsh Penalties

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

Cabinet Approves National ID Policy

The Ministry of Education’s main office, 2 National Heroes Circle.

High Schools Adequately Funded – Senator Reid

Restorative Justice 1: Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), is in discussion with National Mathematics Coordinator at the Education Ministry, Dr.Tamika Benjamin. Occasion was a Mathematics and Literacy Education Forum for Board Chairpersons and Principals in regions five and six at the Kendal Conference Centre in Mandeville on October 25.

Primary Schools to be Equipped with ICT

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

10 years ago Sport

Grange: Outstanding Alia Brings Glory with World Record Swim

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has sent congratulations to Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson who broke the world record in the 50 metres short course breaststroke event in Tokyo, Japan yesterday (Wednesday). Minister Grange said: “What a joy it is to receive this great news and to see the wonderful headline across the world — ‘Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson breaks world record’....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno (right), share a moment with IDB Local Innovator awardee Dr. Henry Lowe (centre), at the 19th Forum for Markets Innovation and Capital (FOROMIC) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on October 24.

10 years ago Commerce

Dr. Lowe Receives IDB Innovator Award

Renowned Jamaican scientist Dr. Henry Lowe, is the recipient of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Local Innovator Award for his work in the development of novel medicinal and other products from the Jamaican Ball Moss. The presentation was made on Monday (October 24), at the IDB’s 19th Forum for Markets Innovation and Capital (FOROMIC) at the Montego Bay Conference Centre...

Buses will be available for tours after the official opening ceremony at 10:00 a.m. at the IOJ’s offices, 10-16 East Street, downtown Kingston.

10 years ago Culture

IOJ Offers Bus Tours Oct. 28

Several bus tours to historical sites in Kingston will be part of the Institute of Jamaica’s (IOJ) annual Heritage Fest 2016, scheduled to take place on Friday, October 28. Buses will be available for tours after the official opening ceremony at 10:00 a.m. at the IOJ’s offices, 10-16 East Street, downtown Kingston. The event, under the theme ‘Our Heritage, Your...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

10 years ago Agriculture

Fisheries Management Fund in Healthy Position

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Fisheries Management and Development Fund is “quite healthy”, and at the end of the conch season, it is likely to be close to $64 million. Speaking in the Senate on October 21, Mrs. Johnson Smith said the amount in the Fund should help to ensure the “sustainability...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley.

10 years ago Technology

Compensation for Motorists Affected by Bad Gas

The Government has commenced discussions with petroleum marketing companies and other players within the industry regarding compensation for motorists who were affected by contaminated gas last year. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, in a statement to the House of Representatives on October 25. Dr. Wheatley said while the final report...

Additional classrooms constructed at the Discovery Bay All-Age School, to remove the institution from the shift system. They were built through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme. (File)

10 years ago Labour

JSIF Has Spent $18.6 Billion on Social Development Projects

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has spent some $18.6 billion on social development projects in the country over the past 20 years, resulting in some two million persons being impacted. Chairman of JSIF, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the fund carried out 594 education projects, which include school construction and provision of equipment; constructed 60 community spaces; and built, rehabilitated...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith (third left), listens as Tourism Specialist at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mrs. Beverly Stewart (left), gives highlights of tourism projects being undertaken by the Fund, during a tour of exhibitions at a launch ceremony for the Fund’s 20th anniversary at Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on October 25. They are accompanied by JSIF Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (right) and Park Ranger from the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, Herma Dawes (second left). The 20th anniversary is being observed under the theme ’20 years of investing for community growth and development’.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

JSIF Urged to Adopt New Approaches to Social Development

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith, has challenged the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to adopt new approaches to social development to meet the changing needs of the community. Addressing the launch of JSIF’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations and Annual General Meeting at Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston, yesterday (October 25), Mr. Smith, representing...