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Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillips Paulwell (left), looks on as Managing Director, Padero Solar Jamaica, Benjamin Daley (2nd right), points out features of Wisynco Group’s $200 million solar plant, following the commissioning service on September 24 at the company’s corporate offices in Lakes Pen, St. Catherine. Others from second left, are: Wisynco’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Mahfood; and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton.

Wisynco’s $200 Million Solar Plant In Keeping With Gov’t Policy – Paulwell

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has hailed Wisynco Group on its investment of $200 million in a one megawatt solar plant. He said the plant, which has realised energy savings of approximately J$118,950 (US$1,000) per day,...

Children playing table tennis at the Canaan Heights Community Centre in Clarendon.

Canaan Heights Poised To Become A Model Community

Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left); along with Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) office in Jamaica, Denise Herbol (2nd left); and Chairman, Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA), Dr. Mortimer Neufville (2nd right), view photo displays being highlighted by Youth Empowerment Officer in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Gihon Mitchell, during the second annual Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) Youth Climate Change Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 25. The photos were submitted by secondary school students for a competition staged during the conference, which was attended by approximately 1,000 youngsters.

High Attendance At Youth Climate Change Conference

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be extending its e-waste pilot collection project to October 25.

NSWMA to Extend E-Waste Pilot Collection Project

Governor-General, His Excellency, The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, speaking at the launch of the Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness Programme’s Sponsor a Child project, at King’s House, on Friday, September 25.

Jamaicans Encouraged To ‘Sponsor A Child’

Grade Six student at Rousseau Primary School in Kingston, 11-year-old Te-John Bailey (left), who is the first beneficiary of the Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness Programme’s Sponsor a Child initiative, speaks during the launch at King’s House, on Friday, September 25 at Kings’ House. Listening keenly is Executive Chairman of Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness, Evangelist Errol Rattray.

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Educational Support Programme Launched For Inner-City Children

Twenty-eight primary and secondary school students from inner-city communities across Kingston and St. Andrew will receive educational funding support under the Hands across Jamaica for Righteousness Initiative, beginning January 2016. The provisions are being made under the 20 year old non-profit Programme’s Sponsor a Child project, which, initially, targets the 28 youngsters, deemed less fortunate, who will be shortlisted from...

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillips Paulwell (centre), is assisted by Chief Executive Officer, Wisynco Group Limited, Andrew Mahfood (2nd right), to perform the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise, during Thursday’s (September 24) commissioning of a $200 million solar plant at the entity’s head office in Lakes Pen, St. Catherine on September 24. Others participating in the function are Managing Director of Padero Solar Jamaica, which executed the project, Benjamin Daley (left); Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hilary Alexander (3rd left); Wisynco’s Chairman Emeritus and Director, Joseph Mahfood (3rd right); and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton (right).

11 years ago Technology

Paulwell Invites Applications for Petroleum Licenses

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, said the Ministry is prepared to grant additional licenses to accommodate new petroleum marketing companies and retailers, thereby, increasing the number of operators in Jamaica. This move, he said, is aimed at boosting competition among industry stakeholders, which would yield significant benefits for consumers, in terms of product quality and prices....

Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, emphasises a point while speaking on the Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act, 2015, which he piloted in the Senate on Friday, September 25, where it was passed.

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Senate Passes Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act, 2015

Persons breaching stipulations under the Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act, 2015, will now be fined up to $1 million under the revised legislation, which was passed with two amendments in the Senate on Friday, September 25. The Act, which was debated and approved in the House of Representatives earlier this month, establishes standard mechanisms for weighing and measuring equipment, and...

Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks.

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$4M Grant Aid for Persons with Disabilities

Nearly 30 persons with disabilities, islandwide, are to receive empowerment grants, totaling approximately $4 million, from the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). The funds are being provided to assist persons who have either started a business or in the process of doing so, to further develop their engagements. Additionally, the recipients will receive training in book keeping and...

Minister of Justice, Senator Mark Golding (right); and Chief Justice of Jamaica, Hon. Zaila McCalla, are greeted by Custos of St.
James, Hon. Ewen Corrodus. Occasion was the opening of the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers, on Thursday (September 24), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James.

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Judicial Officers Urged to Set High Standards for Justice Delivery

Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, has called on judicial officers throughout the Caribbean to commit to setting high standards for the delivery of justice. “There is an ever closing gap between the people and the law in the pursuit of equality and justice, amidst the realities of the various social, economic and cultural norms. We therefore must set high standards…...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (2nd left), listens as Farm Manager at the Orange River Agricultural Research Station in St. Mary, Zavier Gray (right), explains the germination process of the pond apple, one of several plants grown at the station’s nursery. Minister Kellier was on a tour of drought affected areas in the parish on Thursday (September 25). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; and Director of the station, Adrian Burke.

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Drought Affected Farmers in St. Mary to Get Assistance

Farmers from drought affected areas of St. Mary are to benefit from a $3 million mitigation programme to help with the recovery of their crops. The programme, which takes immediate effect, was announced by Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, yesterday (September 25), following a tour of the worst affected areas of the parish. “(The Government)...

Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Sheila Roseau, discusses the issue of adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean, at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank held today ( September 25) at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

11 years ago Community

Framework Developed to Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean

The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean has developed an Integrated Strategic Framework for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy across the region. Director of the Sub Regional Office, Sheila Roseau, made the disclosure during a Jamaica Information Service Think (JIS) Tank held today (September 25). “The goal of this framework is to reduce adolescent pregnancy by...