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Vendors from the Coronation market, in downtown Kingston, transacting business with buyers, during the farmers’ market inside the Independence Village, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on Emancipation Day, Saturday, August 1.

Coronation Market Vendors Hosted at Independence Village

Vendors at the Coronation Market, in downtown Kingston, were hosted at a one-day farmers’ market at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on Emancipation Day, Saturday, August 1. The market was one of several scheduled activities slated...

Tourism and Entertainment, Hon Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), basks in the glow of newly installed lights along Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor with, from left: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B. Smith; Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris; State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams; and Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon Noel Arscott, following the official commissioning ceremony, on July 30. A total of 797 state-of-the-art L.E.D. lights were installed along the 27-kilometre corridor, stretching from the Sangster International Airport round-a-bout to Iberostar Hotel, in Lilliput, St. James, at a cost of $272.1 million, with funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).

Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor ‘Lights Up’

Deputy Governor-General, Hon. Steadman Fuller (left), is presented with a pimento plant by General Manager, AGRO GRACE, Olive Downer Walsh (centre), during the first day of the 63rd Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, at Denbigh showground, May Pen, Clarendon, on Friday, July 31. Mr. Fuller represented Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. Assisting Ms. Downer is Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President and Denbigh Show Committee Chairman, Senator Norman Grant.

Jamaica Agricultural Society Proposes the Creation of ‘Denbigh City’

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second right), is updated on the progress of the National Water Commission’s (NWC) artificial groundwater system project, at Innswood, South Central St. Catherine, by Senior Engineer at Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), which is supervising its implementation, Peter Clarke (2nd left), during a tour of the development, on Friday, July 30. Looking on, from left, are: South Central St. Catherine Member of Parliament, Dr. Andrew Wheatley; and Managing Director, Water Resources Authority (WRA), Basil Fernandez. The 15-month project, which commenced in August 2014, is being funded at a cost of just over $1 billion, by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

$1B Innswood Groundwater System on Course for November Completion

Deputy Governor-General, Hon. Steadman Fuller (right), presents Director, Customer Solutions, Digicel, Patrick King (left), with an award for the company's longstanding contribution to the the development of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Food Show. The presentation was made during the opening ceremony for the Show’s 63rd staging at Denbigh showground, in May Pen, Clarendon, on Friday, July 31. Mr. Fuller represented Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. Sharing in the proceedings is Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President and Denbigh Show Committee Chairman, Senator Norman Grant.

Governor-General Lauds Jamaica’s Farmers

) Minister with responsibility for the Public Service, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), is presented with a signed copy of the agreement formalizing the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) provision of approximately $11.7 million (US$100,000) in grant funding support for the Ministry’s Change Management Programme, by UNDP Country Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Arun Kashyap. The signing and presentation took place at the Ministry’s head office in Kingston, on Friday, July 31.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Receives $11.7m Grant from United Nations Development Programme

The Government has received approximately $11.7 million (US$100,000) in grant funding support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to implement the Finance and Planning Ministry’s Change Management Programme, as part of its Transformation Programme. The Change Management Programme aims to enhance and strengthen the Ministry’s capacity to ensure efficiency in its business processes and regulations, and delivery of its...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), makes a point during a meeting of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the organisation’s Union Street offices on Thursday (July 30). Listening attentively (from left) are: Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, Senator Noel Sloley; Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris; and Chamber member, Sonia Clarke Bowen.

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Measures Being Put In Place To Address Murder Spike In St. James – Bunting

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, is assuring the business community of Montego Bay that the Government and members of the police force are working hard to address the high level of murders in St. James. He said policing measures and other interventions are being rolled out, which will result in a decline “in short order”. Minister Bunting, who was...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is engaged in conversation with Chief Financial Officer of the state oil refinery, Petrojam Limited, Delroy Brown, during the entity’s 2015 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awards luncheon, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Friday, July 31. Rev. Thwaites was the keynote speaker.

11 years ago Education

Education Ministry Moving To Strengthen Student Homework Programme

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry will seek to assist schools to either implement or strengthen homework programmes for students, where necessary, when the 2015/16 academic commences in September. He also encourages schools whose students are deemed delinquent in completing homework assignments, to seek the Ministry’s intervention, in order to find the best solution. “If you need...

11 years ago Culture

Jamaicans Proud and Free for Independence

As islandwide Independence celebrations move into high gear, Jamaicans are expressing pride in the country’s achievements over the last 53 years. In a vox pop carried out by the JIS recently to garner the public’s views on the Independence theme: Proud and Free!’, Jamaica 53,’ persons said there is much for which Jamaicans can be proud. They point to the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (2nd left), participates in the breaking of ground for the construction of the new municipal building for the Westmoreland Parish Council at the project site in Savanna-La-Mar on Wednesday (July 29). Others (from left) are: Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar and Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council, Bertel Moore; Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dwayne Vaz; and Member of Parliament for Eastern Westmoreland, Hon. Luther Buchanan.

11 years ago Local Government

Work To Get Underway On New Westmoreland Parish Council Building

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, on Wednesday (July 29), broke ground for work to get underway on the new building to house the Westmoreland Parish Council. The modern two-storey structure, to be constructed on lands at the intersection of Murray and Great George streets in Savanna-la-Mar, is slated to cost $74.8 million. The new building...

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Clifford Chambers, gives a presentation at a World Day Against Trafficking in Persons discussion forum at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) in Kingston on June 30.

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Trafficking in Persons Report On Jamaica Unfair – SSP Chambers

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in charge of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Clifford Chambers, has rejected aspects of the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report on Jamaica as unfair and unfounded. The report, published by the United States State Department and was released on July 27, maintained Jamaica’s Tier 2 Watch List...

Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

11 years ago Education

Minister of Education Undergoing Tests in Hospital

Minister of Education the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is currently undergoing tests in hospital, following a fall at his farm earlier today. However preliminary assessments indicate that Minister Thwaites did not suffer any serious injury. Updates on his condition will be provided if the need arises. Minister Thwaites thanks everyone for their concern and well wishes.