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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, (3rd right), Minister of Education and Culture for the State of Quintana Roo, Jose Alberto Alonso Ovando (3rd left), Reggae singer Kymani Marley (centre) at unveiling of Bob Marley statue in Chetumal, Mexico. Also pictured is Jamaica's Ambassador to Mexico, Sandra Griffiths (2nd right).

Grange signs Cultural MOU with Mexican State, Unveils Marley Statue

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange is in Mexico where she signed a cultural cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Quintana Roo. According to Minister...

The Hon. Senator Ruel Reid, CD, Minister of Education, Youth and Information.

Grooming Standards to be in Place for Academic Year 2017/18

Chairman of the St. James Peace Management Initiative, (PMI) Rev. Everton Jackson (2nd left) outlines plans for Peace Day activities for the parish, which will be observed on Wednesday September 21. Seated from left are Manager of the Victim Support Unit in St. James Debbian Dalley, Head of the St. James Police Department, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth and Programmes Co-ordinator of PMI West, Sheila Pryce Brooks. Reverend Jackson was speaking at a press conference held at the St. James PMI office in Montego Bay on Friday September 9.

PMI to Observe International Peace Day in St. James

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, speaking at a Ministry of Justice sponsored Community Sensitizing Session at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James on September 8.

Gov’t to Expand Jurisdiction of the Court of Petty Sessions

A photograph of a Forest Reserve. The Forestry Department is reminding the public that hunting on Forest Reserves is prohibited

Hunting on Forest Reserves Prohibited

Twenty-four year old entrepreneur and Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) beneficiary, Edward Jackson (2nd right), stands with his employees Karon Ashmed (left), Kavar Barnaby (2nd left) and Lascelles Wright (right) at their graduation from the Career Advancement Programme in July at the St. Andrew Technical High School.

10 years ago Community

CSJP Beneficiary is Now a Proud Entrepreneur

Edward Jackson used his fortnightly stipend of $12,000 from the Citizen, Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) to fulfill his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Mr. Jackson’s stipend was to be used for transportation and to fulfill other immediate expenses incurred while he was doing his skills training at the HEART Trust/NTA, as well as internship at the Jamaica Defence Force...

Manager of the Ecosystem Management Branch at NEPA, Andrea Donaldson, addresses a JIS Think Tank session on September 9, where she gave details about the planned activities for International Coastal Clean-up Day to be observed on September 17.

10 years ago EnvironmentJIS Think Tank

NEPA to Clean Half Moon Bay

Some 1,000 volunteers are expected to participate in the National Environment & Planning Agency’s (NEPA) beach clean-up exercise at Half Moon Bay in Hellshire, St. Catherine, as part of activities for International Coastal Clean-Up Day (ICCD) on September 17. International Coastal Clean-Up Day is a global event initiated by Ocean Conservancy (OC) in 1986. Its aim is to engage citizens...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre, front row), on the steps of Vale Royal with high-school and university students who received laptop computers through a partnership with Lenovo and AMD Inc. Representatives from the international computer manufacturers are also pictured, including Corporate Vice President of the Lenovo Account at AMD Inc, Mr. David Bennett (second right, second row); and Director of Channel Sales at Lenovo, Michael Abplanalp (second right, third row).

10 years ago EducationPrime MinisterTechnology

PM Presents Computers to Students

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (September 9), handed over the first nine of 40 laptop computers to high-school and university students, which were donated through a partnership with Lenovo and AMD Inc. Mr. Holness, in a meeting at Vale Royal with representatives from the companies and local partners RMP & Associates, said the contribution fits well into...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, speaking at the installation ceremony for 35 new Justices of the Peace (JPs) for the parish of St. James on September 8, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

10 years ago Justice

Justice Minister Warns Lottery Scammers

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says once evidence is provided and extradition requests are made for lottery scammers, they will be granted. “When we find these lotto scammers they must be put away in jail for a good while. They must face the consequences of their actions,” the Minister emphasised. Mr. Chuck was addressing the installation ceremony for 35 new...

Acting President of University of Technology (UTech), Professor Colin Giles (2nd left) presents a certificate of recognition to Executive Officer, Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Dr. Iris Soutar. Occasion was the official launch of the U-Touch II multimedia software at the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf in Papine, St. Andrew, on September 8. Sharing the moment are Account Executive, Development Bank of Jamaica, Zelris Lawrence (left); and Dean of the College of Business and Management, UTech, Dr. Paul Golding.

10 years ago EducationTechnology

Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf Gets Updated Learning Software

Students at the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf are set to benefit from upgraded multimedia software, designed to enhance the learning process for deaf and hard of hearing students. The software ‘U-Touch II’ was developed by the University of Technology (UTech) and was launched during a ceremony held at the institution located in Papine, St. Andrew on September...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses a Community Sensitisation Session at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on September 8. (File)

10 years ago Justice

Work Advanced on Amendments to Plea Bargaining Legislation

The Ministry of Justice is looking to complete work on the proposed amendments to the Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiations and Agreement) Act by the end of September or early October. “The Legal Reform Unit in the Justice Ministry is now actively working on it,” said Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck. “I have given the direction to the Office of Parliamentary...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), cuts the ribbon symbolising the official commissioning of the Fluoroscopy Unit at Bustamante Hospital for Children at Arthur Wint Drive, on September 8. Others (from right) are Chairman, Bustamante Hospital for Children Foundation, Kenneth Benjamin; Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Phillip Armstrong; and Senior Vice President, Information and Communication Technology, National Health Fund (NHF), Granville Gayle.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Improved Diagnostic Services at Children’s Hospital

Diagnostic services at the Bustamante Hospital for Children have been improved with the installation of a new $68.5-million fluoroscopy unit. The unit, which is the second of its kind in the public sector and the first for children, is also expected to reduce the processing time for X-rays from 90 to 15 minutes. A fluoroscopy unit consists of a specialised...