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Minister with responsibility for Sport, and Member of Parliament for North Central St. Catherine, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, addresses the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the $5 million Deeside Multi-Purpose Court in the community on Friday (February 12).

Sports Minister Highlights Investments in Infrastructure

Recent investments in the country’s sporting infrastructure have placed it in a firm position to serve the training and development needs of the various professionals. According to Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, over the last four...

Head of Section, Economic and Social Development and Trade, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands, Achim Schaffert (left), in discussion with Senior Plant Quarantine Officer at the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Fitzroy White. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the Pest Risk Analysis Training, at the Alhambra Inn, today (February 15).

Pest Risk Analysis Training Feb. 15-19

Chief Inspector at the National Education Inspectorate, Mrs. Maureen Dwyer.

National Education Inspectorate Promotes Culture of Accountability

The Hon. Mrs. Justice Zaila McCalla OJ, Chief Justice of Jamaica

Justice Ministry congratulates Chief Justice Zaila McCalla

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, feeds baby Jahiem Bailey, who underwent emergency life-saving heart surgery at the Harley Street Clinic in London.

Jamaican Baby Receives Life-Saving Heart Surgery in London

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing Friday’s (February 12) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing and groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an infant academy for children with learning disabilities and other special needs, at the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, by charitable organization, the Rockhouse Foundation.

10 years ago Education

Education Ministry to Open More Centres for Children with Special Needs

The Ministry of Education will be establishing three additional diagnostics and therapeutic centres across the island to assist children at the early childhood level, who have learning disabilities and other special needs. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says these facilities will be located at Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, Manchester; Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Montego Bay, St. James;...

10 years ago CommunityEducation

School for Children with Learning Disabilities to Be Built in Westmoreland

An early childhood educational institution, catering to children with learning disabilities, is to be built on the campus of the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School, in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and opened at the start of the 2016/17 academic year, in September. An initiative of the Rockhouse Foundation, the non-profit charitable arm of the Negril-based Rockhouse Hotel in Westmoreland, the school will...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left, seated); and Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (right, seated), peruse their mobile devices after accessing the Jamaica Urban Transit Company

10 years ago Transport

Jamaica Urban Transit Company Launches Public Internet Service

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is slated to expand the provision of free internet access, currently offered to commuters travelling on some of the state entity’s buses, by the start of the 2016/17 academic year in September. This was disclosed by Managing Director, Colin Campbell, during Friday’s (February 12) launch of the company’s Wi-Fi Systems Pilot Project at the...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (centre), addresses the launch of Jamaica’s first Corporate Governance Code for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) at the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) head office in Kingston on Friday, February 12. He is flanked by PSOJ Chairman, William Mahfood (left), and Managing Director of the Development of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds. The Corporate Governance Code was developed through financial assistance of $1.73 million from the DBJ.

10 years ago Commerce

Minster Hylton Welcomes Corporate Governance Code for MSMEs

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has lauded the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) for the development and launch of a Corporate Governance Code, designed specifically to guide micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). He said the document is particularly appropriate at this time considering the Government’s push to position the MSME sector for sustained growth...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers
in Kensington, St James, where nearly 230 received fertilizer and plant
suckers on Thursday, February 11, under the Ministry

10 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry Provides Fertilizer, Planting Material for Banana Farmers in St. James

Nearly 230 banana and plantain farmers in St James, whose crops were affected by drought and diseases, have received fertilizer and plant suckers from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, to assist in resuscitating their farms and boosting production. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, made the presentations to the farmers, who are members of the All Island Banana Growers Association...

Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown (right), and Custos Rotulorum for
Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair (left), oversee completion of the formalities
during Friday

10 years ago Election 2016Local Government

Candidates in Hanover Sign General Elections Political Code of Conduct

All four candidates contesting the February 25 General Elections in Hanover, signed the Political Code of Conduct during a ceremony at the Tryall Hotel, on Friday, February 12. Those vying for the Western Hanover constituency are: Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change State Minister, Hon. Ian Hayles, for the People’s National Party (PNP); and the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Brian...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), converses with Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), George Quallo, at the official opening of the refurbished Negril Police Station in Westmoreland recently.

10 years ago National Security and Peace

More Police Stations to be Built and Upgraded

Work will continue this year to build and upgrade police stations across the island through a combined investment of $331 million from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), National Housing Trust (NHT), and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), George Quallo, made the announcement in his address at the official opening of the refurbished Negril Police...