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Minister of Education, Hon Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), looks on as Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Health Professions, Dr. Harold P. Jones (left), presents a signed memorandum of understanding to President and Chief Executive Officer of Bioprist Holdings Incorporation, Dr . Guna Muppuri, for the establishment of a UAB campus at the Bioprist Knowledge Park (BKP) campus in Lucea, Hanover. The signing took place on Friday (February 19), at the BKP.

Health Training Institution To Be Established In Lucea

A health training institution is to be established at the Bioprist Knowledge Park (BKP) campus in Lucea, Hanover, which will cater to students from Jamaica and overseas. Officials from Bioprist, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the...

A section of the artificial groundwater recharge system at Innswood in St. Catherine. The National Water Commission (NWC) says the work is complete and the project is in the pre-commissioning stage.

Work Completed on Innswood Artificial Groundwater System

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna; and Chief Executive Officer of the Culture, Health, Arts and Education Fund (CHASE), W. Billy Heaven, enjoy a light moment at the official opening of the rehabilitated Rio Hoe Community Cultural Centre in Moneague, St. Ann on Thursday (Feb.18).

Make Good Use of CHASE-Funded Projects – Heaven

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (second left) discusses how a mosquito fogging machine is operated with (from third right) Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye, and Executive Director, Food for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica, David Mair. Looking on is Director, Environmental Health in the Ministry, Everton Baker. Occasion was a presentation ceremony for medication and mosquito fogging machines valued at $5.7 million at the FFP offices in St. Catherine. The FFP donated 6,000 bottles of paracetamol tablets and 19 portable mosquito foggers to the Ministry.

Health Ministry Gets Fogging Machines From Food For The Poor

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (seated 3rd right), signs $10 million contract for the building of a new block of classrooms at the St. James High School in Montego Bay, St. James, today (February 19). Also signing (from left) are: Shaulan Scott and Richard Downer of the contracting firm, Marken Construction; Chairman of the School Board, Rev. Conrad Pitkin; Regional Director of the Ministry of Education Western Region, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, and Principal, Joseph Williams.

New Classrooms To Be Built At St. James High

Grade 4 students from the Barracks Road Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James, perform during the opening of a new block of classroom at the institution, today (February 19).

10 years ago Education

Education Minister Opens New Block of Classrooms at Barracks Road Primary

A new block of classrooms at the Barracks Road Primary School, in Montego Bay, St. James, was officially opened today (February 19), by Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. The classrooms, which are accommodating students from grades 4 and 6 as well as those in a special literacy programme, were built at a cost of $25 million. In his address...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), presents Charlemont residents, Headley Graham and his daughter Tudyann Graham with their certificate of title, at a National Land Agency (NLA) land titling ceremony, held at the Charlemont Basic School, in North West St. Catherine, on February 18.

10 years ago Environment

Charlemont Residents Receive Land Titles

Residents of Charlemont, in North West St. Catherine, were presented with certificates of title and notices of allotment, at a ceremony in the community, on February 18, hosted by the National Land Agency (NLA). The documents were handed over by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NLA and Commissioner of Lands, Elizabeth Stair and Minister of Water, Land, Environment and...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left) and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second left), having a light exchange with Chief Executive Officer for Kingston Wharves Limited, Grantley Stephenson and Seaview Gardens community member, Denise Marshall-Miller, during the launch of the St. Andrew Workforce College, today (February 18), at the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, in New Kingston.

10 years ago CommerceEducation

Industry Minister Launches St. Andrew Workforce College

Residents of Seaview Gardens and surrounding communities are to receive training in a range of skills, to be offered by St. Andrew Workforce College, which was launched today (February 18), at the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, in New Kingston. The college, which is to be established in Seaview Gardens, West St. Andrew, will provide competency-based training and international...

Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown (2nd left), shares a moment with (from left): reggae artist, Dalton Harris; Producer, Penthouse Records, Donovan Germain; and Finance Director, Jamaica Reggae Industry Association, Junior Lincoln, after presenting them with copies of the Political Code of Conduct and Political Ombudsman (Interim) Act. The documents were handed over at a meeting with members of the music fraternity at the Office of the Political Ombudsman located at Duke Street, Kingston today (February 18).

10 years ago Election 2016Local Government

All Political Candidates to Sign Code of Conduct by Friday

Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown, says that candidates who have not yet signed the Political Code of Conduct are expected to do so by Friday (February 19). She was speaking at a meeting with members of the music fraternity at her Duke Street office today (Feb. 18). “Why this is important is that we have a few issues out there that...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), is in discussion with Vice President of the Lyndale Citizens Association, Mabel Silvera. Occasion was a ceremony to open a rehabilitated road in the Lyndale Housing Scheme in St. Mary on (February 17).

10 years ago Community

Port Maria to Get US$1 Million Fire Station

Construction will begin shortly on a new fire station in Port Maria, St. Mary at a cost of US$1 million. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, made the announcement yesterday (February 17), while addressing a ceremony to open a recently rehabilitated road in the Lyndale Housing Scheme in the parish. The fire station is one of...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De la Haye.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry Of Health to Lead Clean-Up Exercise in St. Catherine Communities on Saturday

Three communities in St. Catherine will benefit from a Ministry of Health-led national clean-up day on Saturday (February 20). The move comes as the country intensifies activities to cut down the mosquito population in light of the threat of the Zika Virus. Old Braeton and Reed’s Pen in Portmore, and Rivoli in Spanish Town, will be the focus of the...

Research Fellow of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Kesia Weise (left), and a member of the Nonsuch Primary Heritage Club, Hugh Wilson (second left), look at items in an exhibition on the Blue and John Crow Mountains (BJCM), which opened on February 16 at the library of the ACIJ/JMB, 12 Ocean Boulevard in the Kingston Mall, downtown, Kingston. The exhibition, titled: ‘Celebrating the BJCM – Jamaica’s First World Heritage Site’ is opened to the public until the end of March 2016. At rights is President of the Nonsuch Primary Heritage Club, Daynia Deans.

10 years ago Culture

Exhibition Opens On Blue and John Crow Mountains

An exhibition on the Blue and John Crow Mountains (BJCM) opened on February 16, at the library of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), 12 Ocean Boulevard, in the Kingston Mall, downtown Kingston. The exhibition titled: ‘Celebrating the BJCM – Jamaica’s First World Heritage Site’, is opened to the public until the end of March 2016. Director of...