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Minister Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

Government Pursuing Organic Agriculture

The Government is pursuing the development of organic agriculture as part of the economic growth agenda. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says they are “serious about it” and “will be extending ourselves fully in that area.”...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, delivers remarks during the launch of a trafficking in persons study and database at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on July 28.

Justice Ministry to Train Key Stakeholders in Combating Human Trafficking

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (4th right, second row), shares a moment with the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Chief Executive Officer, Donna Marie Rowe (5th right), and staff outside the agency’s head office in Kingston recently. Ms. Grange visited the JIS to view displays mounted as a part of the ‘Spirit of Independence’ competition organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).

Minister Grange Calls on Jamaicans to Show ‘Spirit of Independence’

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), and Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant (centre), examine a rabbit that was on display at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on Saturday, July 30. Looking on is JAS First Vice-President, Donald Berry.

Denbigh Showground Proposed to House Youth In Agriculture Programme

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right, foreground), meets with vendors inside a section of the Old Harbour market in St. Catherine on July 29.

Discussions Underway to Renovate Old Harbour Market

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Denzil Thorpe (right), introduces Japan

10 years ago Local Government

NSWMA Undertakes Plastic Bottle Recycling Project

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will undertake a $7.5-million recycling pilot project in three communities, beginning in August. The ‘Waste Reduction through Waste Separation, Waste Diversion and Recycling Project’ aims to reduce the high volume of plastic bottles at the Riverton disposal site. It will involve partnership with various stakeholders in the recycling of plastic containers. Approximately 2,000...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd left), shows off her batting skills during a press conference hosted by the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) on July 27 at Sabina Park in Kingston to launch the second Test match between West Indies and India. Sharing the moment are Second Vice-President of the JCA, Mark Neita; Charge d’Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Jamaica, Subbalaskshmi Mohan; and Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Paul Pennicook. The match will be held from July 30 to August 4 at Sabina Park.

10 years ago CultureSport

Gov’t Ready to Increase Support for Youth Cricket – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government stands ready to provide support to get more young people engaged in cricket. She noted that the success that the region enjoyed in the sport did not happen overnight but because “our young people were so socialised”. “So, let us strengthen and restore what we do best;...

Members of a combined children’s choir performing during a previous National Emancipation and Independence Thanksgiving Service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Kingston.

10 years ago Culture

Pentecostal Tabernacle to Host National Emancipation and Independence Church Service

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, heads the officials who will attend Sunday’s (July 31) National Emancipation and Independence Thanksgiving Service at the Pentecostal Gospel Tabernacle on Windward Road in Kingston, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Holness, who will read the First Lesson, will be accompanied by Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange. Also slated to...

Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Hugh Cross.

10 years ago EducationTechnology

USF Provides $430 Million for ICT Infrastructure Development in Tertiary Institutions

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has provided nearly $430 million in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure development support for several tertiary institutions over the past four years. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Hugh Cross, says this entailed the installation of broadband Internet service and state-of-the-art equipment, among other key inputs. He tells JIS News that the University of the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (standing, left) and General Manager, Country Department, Caribbean Group, Inter-American Development Bank, Therese Turner Jones (standing, right), observe as (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds; General Manager, JN Small Business Loans, Gillian Hyde; and Programme Manager, Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), Allison Rangolan McFarlane sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project at Jamaica House, in St. Andrew, on July 28. Under the initiative, US$7.2 million will be made available to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism and agricultural sectors to finance climate-change adaptation initiatives islandwide.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

US$ 7.2 Million to Boost Climate Change Resilience

A total of US$7.2 million will be made available to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism and agricultural sectors, to finance climate change adaptation initiatives islandwide. The money, which will be in the form of loans and grants, is being provided under the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project, a component of the Pilot Programme for Climate...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry.

10 years ago Transport

Industrial Zone to be Established in St. Elizabeth

Jamaica is poised to benefit from the development of an industrial zone in St. Elizabeth by Chinese firm, Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCo), at a cost of more than US$2 billion. The integrated development, to be rolled out over the next three to five years, will focus on mining, manufacturing and power generation, and will incorporate operations at the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros (right), ahead of a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, May 22. The briefing followed bilateral talks between the two countries on trade, energy and culture. The Venezuelan President was on a working visit to Jamaica.

10 years ago PetroCaribePrime MinisterTransport

PetroCaribe Trade Compensation Mechanism Activated

Cabinet has approved a reactivation of the trade compensation mechanism, up to a value of US $4m, under bilateral arrangements in place with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The PetroCaribe Agreement provides that loan repayments to Venezuela may be made by way of goods and services, valued at preferential rates under the Trade Compensation Mechanism. This is to promote the exchange...