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PM Urges DBJ to Fast Track Harmony Cove Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness is urging the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to fast track the Harmony Cove project, which will see the development of a casino resort in Trelawny. Addressing the DBJ’s Strategic Planning Retreat for...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), assist two students of the Charles Chin Loy Basic School, in Kingston, with planting a tree, today (October 7), in observance of National Tree Planting Day 2016.

Education Minister Encourages Schools to Plant Trees

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (centre), shares a light moment with Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA) President, Hanif Brown (left), and Vice President of Marketing and Agricultural Supplies of the Hi-Pro Division of the Jamaica Broilers Group, Conley Salmon. Occasion was the JPFA’s 14th annual general meeting , held recently, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville.

Pig Farmers Commended for Improvements in Industry

Work teams from the National Water Commission (NWC) and the National Works Agency (NWA) are working overtime to repair a damaged section of roadway along Constant Spring Road in St. Andrew.

NWC and NWA Repairing Collapsed Sewer Line on Constant Spring Road

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), explains the importance of trees to students of the Seaward Primary and Junior High School during a National Tree Planting Day exercise at the school on Olympic Way, St. Andrew today (October 7).

PM Urges Jamaicans to Plant Trees

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Karlene Henry (at podium), speaking at the 15th annual Customs Seminar of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Seated at table (from left) are Chairman of the JCC Customs, Tariff and Port Users Committee, Lazarus Bucknor; and Director of Policy Planning and Development in the Ministry of Health, Howard Lynch.

10 years ago Commerce

JCA Prepares for Christmas Season

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is preparing for the upcoming 2016 Christmas season, so as to efficiently process items entering the country’s airports and seaports. To deal with the anticipated increase in goods coming in, the JCA will be providing additional staff at the ports as well as increasing the complement of customer-service agents to assist with queries from customers....

Executive Director at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lillyclaire Bellamy, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

10 years ago Commerce

JIPO Hosts Advanced Patent Training

More than 30 persons completed advanced patent training with the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) in September. The sessions, which focused on training individuals in identifying characteristics that make inventions viable for patents, were held over four days on September 19 and 20; and September 29 and 30. Executive Director at JIPO, Lilyclaire Bellamy, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’...

10 years ago Commerce

Government Commended for Commitment to Logistics Hub

The Government has been commended for its continued commitment to establishing a logistics hub in Jamaica by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingston Wharves Ltd., Grantley Stephenson. “We are heartened by the early indications that the current Government remains committed to building a competitive business environment through the Global Logistics Hub Initiative and continues to support growth-inducing economic activities that...

A failure on a section of the roadway in the vicinity of Market Place on Constant Spring Road due to a broken sewer line. The section of the roadway collapsed yesterday (October 6).

10 years ago Local Government

NWC to Repair Sewer Line which Damaged Section of Constant Spring Road

The National Water Commission (NWC) commenced work last evening (October 6) on a sewer line that caused a breakaway on a section of the roadway in the vicinity of the Market Place on Constant Spring Road. In an interview with JIS News, Corporate Public Relations Manager at the NWC, Charles Buchanan, said the agency’s engineers and waste-water specialists visited the...

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

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Expansion of Economy Expected in Medium Term

The Government is projecting that the country’s macroeconomic outlook will remain positive, with an anticipated expansion in the economy over the medium term. This is according to an interim report of the 2016/17 Fiscal Policy Paper tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, on September 27. The Paper states that...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left) and Commissioner, Jamaica Fire Brigade, Errol Mowatt (second right) sign the contract for the acquisition of two fire trucks during a ceremony at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston, yesterday (October 6). Looking on (from left) are Director, Rosenbauer, and Chief Executive Officer, National Safety Limited, Julian Templer; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe.

10 years ago Local Government

Jamaica Fire Brigade to Get Two New Trucks

The Government has signed a US$987,822 contract with Rosenbauer for the acquisition of two new trucks for the Jamaica Fire Brigade. The units, which are slated to be in the island by next year, will be built in Minneapolis, United States, at the facilities of Rosenbauer America. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Commissioner, Jamaica Fire...

British Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations, the Rt. Hon. Baroness Anelay, addresses the annual Chevening Lecture Series, held on October 5, at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, in New Kingston.

10 years ago Environment

Major Contributors to Air Pollution Commit to Low-Carbon Future

There is a real sign that the major contributors to air pollution are now committed to a sustainable and low-carbon future, says British Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations, the Rt. Hon. Baroness Anelay. She pointed out that countries, including the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gasses (China and the United States), have agreed to act...