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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), looks on as Acting President of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation, Nelson ‘Chris’ Stokes (left), and Team Leader for the Shitamachi Bobsleigh Project, Junichi Hosogai (right), exchange copies of an agreement both parties signed for the provision of sleds for Jamaica’s male and female bobsleigh teams. Also looking on is Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano. The signing took place during a ceremony at the St. Andrew residence of Ambassador Nakano on Tuesday (July 5). Under the agreement, a group of Japanese manufacturers, Shitamachi Bobsleigh, are donating three new sleds to Jamaica’s male and female bobsleigh teams.

New Sleds for Bobsleigh Teams

By the end of December this year, Jamaica’s male and female bobsleigh teams will have in their possession three new sleds which Japanese manufacturers have donated. The equipment is expected to greatly boost the teams’ chances of qualifying for the...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness (right), addresses the press, following the closing of the 37th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, on July 6. Looking on are (from left) Director of Communications at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Robert Morgan; and Permanent Secretary, at the OPM, Elaine Foster Allen.

PHOTO: PM Hosts Press Conference in Guyana Following CARICOM Meeting

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. (FILE)

Government to Undertake Audit of Borders

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague

Gov’t to Implement Recommendations of WKCOE Report

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), addresses a post-Sectoral Debate press conference on July 6 at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. Also at the head table are (from left) President of the National Water Commission, Mr. Mark Barnett; and Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Audrey Sewell.

Housing Solutions for Persons with Special Needs

Eighteen-year old Shackoyla Crooks of Godfrey Stewart High School in Westmoreland, receives a congratulatory hug from Chairman, NCMC, Dr. Pauline Mullings. Shackoyla was the top student at the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) Youth Academic Achievement Award ceremony held recently, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

10 years ago Education

High Achiever Urges Students to Shine where they are Placed

“It is not the school that you attend that makes you who you are but it is what you do with the available resources; that is what counts,” says 18-year-old Shackoyla Crooks of Godfrey Stewart High School in Westmoreland. Shackoyla is a testament of her own words as through her drive, commitment and determination, she attained 10 Caribbean Secondary Examination...

Chairperson for the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer (centre), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 5. Others (from left) are Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Lisa Palmer Hamilton and Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Police Carl Berry.

10 years ago JIS Think TankNational Security and Peace

National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons calls for Global Study

The National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) is calling for a global and university-based study on the state of human trafficking. “We would like academia to engage with us as a Task Force to do Jamaica’s international study on what is happening around the world,” Chairperson for NATFATIP, Mrs. Carol Palmer, said at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), makes a presentation at a post-Sectoral Debate press conference at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on July 6. At right is Head of the Port Authority of Jamaica, Professor Gordon Shirley.

10 years ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

Government to Restructure HAJ

The Government is to restructure the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) as it relates to governance, as well as the overall direction of the organisation. Minister with responsibility for Water and Housing in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addressing a post-Sectoral Debate press conference yesterday (July 6) at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston, said...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education to Dr. Gilzene Fearon, during the awards ceremony at Jamaica House last year. (File)

10 years ago EducationPrime Minister

Dr. Gilzene Fearon – The Consummate Educator

Veteran educator, Dr. Gilzene Rose Fearon’s decision to become a teacher was influenced by, among other persons, those who taught her at Dollington Elementary School in her native parish, St. Mary. As a child, the 2016 Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation awardee was beset by challenges resulting from a physical defect affecting her left leg from birth. Consequently, she had...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), looks on as President of the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE), Dr. Derrick Deslandes (right), hands over a signed copy of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to Chief Executive Officer of Seprod, Richard Pandohie (2nd left). The MoU, which was signed on Tuesday (July 5) at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew, will see students from CASE benefiting from internships at Seprod. Others in attendance are Director at Seprod, Melanie Subratie (left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry (background left); and Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Dr. Fenton Ferguson.

10 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Seprod Signs $30-Million MOU with CASE

Students at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) are to benefit from practical training in dairy production under a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seprod. The $30-million agreement, which was signed on July 5 at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries in St. Andrew will, among other things, see Seprod offering internship opportunities to CASE...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. (FILE).

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSectoral Debate 2016/2017

Government to Address Sewage Treatment in Downtown Kingston

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says there is need for adequate sewage treatment in downtown Kingston. Making his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 5, the Minister emphasised that the sewage collection system in downtown Kingston is not only critical, but essential...

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, makes her presentation Representatives. (File Photo)

10 years ago JusticeSectoral Debate 2016/2017

Attorney General Proposes Radical Changes to Curb Crime

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the Government will be making “radical changes” in a bid to curb the country’s murder rate. “To successfully tackle the murder problem, some of the fundamental rights and freedoms which we have guaranteed to our people may have to be abrogated, abridged or infringed, because the evidence we are examining convince us that...