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JMA President Hails Prime Minister’s Budget Presentation

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Metry Seaga, has hailed the Prime Minister’s 2016 budget presentation for addressing the needs of low income earners. Citing the Prime Minister’s announcement in the House on May 24 that some National...

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Dr. Warren Smith, addresses the 46th annual CDB Board of Governors meeting at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St. James on May 18.

Agriculture Can Transform Jamaica’s Economy – Dr. Smith

Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (right), having a light exchange with Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, in the House, yesterday (May 24). The Prime Minister made his contribution to the 2016/17 Budget Debate.

Gov’t to Identify Additional Assets for Divestment

Public Education and Public Relations Manager at the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Analisa Allen, speaking with JIS News, recently.

SLB Reminds Students to Apply for Loans by May 31

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), tries his hand at carving in the Ocho Rios craft market, during his visit on May 20. The Minister also addressed tourism stakeholders in the town.

Government to Invest in Hospitality School

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

CDB President Emphasizes Importance of Agriculture to Region

President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Warren Smith, says that agriculture can play a key role in spurring development, increasing food security, expanding export earnings, creating jobs, and improving livelihoods in the Caribbean. Addressing journalists at the end of the 46th annual meeting of the CDB’s Board of Governors, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St....

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Dr. Angela Brown Burke (2nd right), participates in digging a trench for construction of an earth drain at the St. Tekle Haimanot Early Childhood Development Centre in Taylor Lands, Bull Bay, St. Andrew yesterday (May 23). At right is Town Clerk, Robert Hill, while the school’s Principal, Garfield Bennett (left), captures the moment on his camera phone. The school was the main activity for the KSAC for Labour Day 2016.

10 years ago Local Government

KSAC Labours with Bull Bay Residents at St. Tekle Haimanot

Representatives of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) joined residents of Taylor Lands, Bull Bay in carrying out cleaning and beautification work at the St. Tekle Haimanot Early Childhood Development Centre yesterday (May 23). Work got underway early in the morning with the removal of bulky waste, re-painting of the exterior of the building and the perimeter wall, replacing old...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), paints a section of wall at the Allman Town Primary School, Downtown Kingston, on Labour Day, May 23. Others (from left) are: Vice President of Finance at Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Limited, Rohan Harrison, and Lasco Top Cop for 2015, Sergeant Ava Lindo.

10 years ago Works / ConstructionYouth

Renovation Carried out at Allman Town Primary

The Allman Town Primary School in Kingston, benefitted from some much needed renovation works yesterday (May 23), as part of Labour Day activities. The project was undertaken by Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Limited and included painting of all exterior areas of the school building; refurbishing of bathrooms; rewiring of some classrooms; installation of safety signs and rails along stairwells; and...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), assists in preparing an area for expansion of the vegetable garden at the Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew on Labour Day, May 23. Manager of the Home, Jean Duhaney (2nd right), and volunteers of the Scotiabank Foundation, participate in the work day.

10 years ago Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

Homestead Place of Safety gets Facelift on Labour Day

The Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, received a facelift as part of Labour Day activities yesterday (May 23). Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, joined representatives from the Child Development Agency (CDA) and Scotiabank Foundation in cleaning the dormitories, painting the building, cutting shrubs, and expanding a vegetable garden. Speaking...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 46th Board of Governors meeting, held from May 16 to 20 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

10 years ago Finance & Public ServicePrime Minister

CDB Leaders Have Left Indelible Mark – PM Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is an example of regionalisation that works and has been blessed with outstanding leadership over its 46 years of existence. “The CDB has had some great leaders, who have left an indelible mark on this institution,” Mr. Holness said. “Their leadership and vision have made the CDB...

Members of the Catherine Hall Citizens Association building one of three concrete skips in their community on Labour Day (May 23).

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Volunteers Work on Charles Gordon Market

Work on Labour Day in St. James and Hanover got off to an early start, with more than 50 projects receiving support from community volunteers. The Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay headed the list of 37 registered projects in St James. Work was completed on the vendors’ stalls, paved areas surrounding the market compound as well as the chain...

General Manager at Monumental Partners, Christopher Goulbourne (left), leads in painting the classrooms at the Abilities Foundation, in St. Andrew, yesterday (May 23). The group partnered with World Brands Services to give the institution a facelift as their Labour Day project. Others (from second left) are: Director, Monumental Partners, Kahlil Harris; Marketing Executive at World Brands Services,Tania Christie, and Managing Director at the Foundation, Susanne Hamilton.

10 years ago EducationLabour

Abilities Foundation gets Facelift

The 75 students and teachers at the Abilities Foundation are beaming after the institution received a major facelift yesterday (May 23), from over 60 volunteers attached to Monumental Partners and World Brands Services. From as early as 7:30 a.m. volunteers began painting the building located on Constant Spring Road, in St. Andrew, and planting various crops in the garden operated by...