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Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (centre), having a light exchange with (from left) Mayor of Kingston, Senator, Dr. Angela Brown Burke and General Manager, Caribbean Cement Company, Alejandro Vares, prior to the launch of a partnership among the Ministry of Health, Caribbean Cement Company Limited and the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), at the Spanish Court Hotel, in New Kingston, today (Jan. 19). The initiative will see Caribbean Cement providing $2 to employ 100 persons to carry out vector control activities in identified areas across Kingston and St. Andrew. The Ministry of Health will train the individuals, while the KSAC will supervise them.

Health Ministry to Intensify Vector Control Programmes

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, says the Ministry will be intensifying its vector control programmes, while ensuring that there is adequate supply of pharmaceuticals, among other necessities needed for the possible introduction of the Zika Virus (ZikV). “We will...

World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General, Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, is greeted by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (right), ahead of a round-table discussion between the WTO Director General and government Ministers at Jamaica House, in Kingston, on January 19. At centre is Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.

Revision of Foreign Trade Policy

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) ‘Investments and the Capital Markets’ Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston yesterday (Jan. 18). The three-day conference is being held under the theme: ‘Reaching Beyond Traditional Boundaries – Exploring and Partnering for Growth for all.’

GOV’T Focused on Investment-Led Growth

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna.

Youth Ministry Launches Personal Development Training for Young People

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (3rd right), and Chairman of the Police Officers Association, Superintendent Catherine Lord (2nd left), exchange signed copies of the two-year wage agreement at the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston on January 18. Looking on (from left) are: Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) St. George Jackson; Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Christopher Phillips; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, Stewart Saunders; and Superintendent of Police, Wayne Cameron.

Police Officers’ Association Signs Wage Agreement

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (right), engages in light conversation with Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ambassador Roberto de Azevêdo, just before the start of a public lecture on international trade on January 18 at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus. The lecture was delivered by Ambassador de Azevêdo.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Removal of Agricultural Export Subsidies will Boost Global Trade – WTO Head

Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ambassador Roberto de Azevêdo, says the decision to scrap subsidies for agricultural exports is a significant development, which will improve the global trading environment. He was speaking at a public lecture held on Monday (January 18), at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. At the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference held...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is greeted by Chairman of the EXED Board of Management, Professor the Hon. Barbara Bailey, at the Excelsior Education Centre’s Founder’s Day Thanksgiving Service, held today (January 19) at the Excelsior High School Auditorium, on Mountain View Avenue, in Kingston.

10 years ago Education

Education Minister Lauds Excelsior High School

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has lauded Excelsior High School for its outstanding contribution to the country’s education sector. Speaking at the institution’s Founder’s Day Thanksgiving Service, held today (January 19), at the Excelsior High School Auditorium on Mountain View Avenue, in Kingston, the Minister said the school’s founders were pioneers of universal education in Jamaica. “At independence time...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), converses with Executive Director of HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (centre), and Senior Director, Workforce Development and Employment, Denworth Finnikin. Occasion was a press conference held recently, at the agency’s corporate offices in Kingston.

10 years ago Education

HEART/NTA Launches MSME Support Programme

The HEART Trust/NTA has launched a multimillion-dollar support programme, which will benefit students of the national skills training institute as well as operators of Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME). Under the initiative, 60 students graduating with National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQJ) level 3 qualification will obtain funding to start their own businesses, while 20 existing MSME operators will...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Omar Davies

10 years ago Transport

Transport Minister Alarmed at Rising Road Fatalities

January 19, 2016 - Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Omar Davies is expressing shock at the number of road deaths since the start of the year. This, as 21 persons have been killed in road traffic crashes in 19 days. According to Dr. Davies, statistics from the Road Safety Unit within the Ministry reveal that there has been...

10 years ago CultureYouth

Ministry to Target Unattached Youth through YERP

The Ministry of Youth and Culture will be seeking to target unattached youth between 12 and 29 years of age, through its Youth Empowerment and Reintegration Programme (YERP). This was noted by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sherril O’Reggio Angus, in a report to the Human Resource Committee of Parliament, at Gordon House, today (January 19). The Permanent Secretary explained...

10 years ago Prime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Outlines Economic Programme for Jamaica’s Survival and Growth

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has provided a comprehensive report of Jamaica’s economic strategy, which she says has ensured the very survival of the country. The strategy has involved disciplined and prudent debt management, and a programme of aggressive investment expansion as the nucleus of the growth agenda, while maintaining emphasis on the social sector including health and education. The...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.

10 years ago Environment

Country Enters Dry Season – Jamaicans Urged to Conserve Water

As the country enters yet another dry period, citizens are being urged to begin implementing conservation strategies. Although the two reservoirs in St. Andrew (Mona and Hermitage) are at capacity, the National Water Commission (NWC) has begun instituting restrictions at nights, as a conservation strategy. The NWC issued a release at the end of 2015, in which it pointed out...