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Lights along Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor were turned on to facilitate the requisite checks and adjustments by technicians and engineers on July 24. The installation of lights along the 17-kilometre thoroughfare was undertaken with funding by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF)

Lights Installed along Mo-Bay’s Elegant Corridor

Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor is now brightly lit, following the installation of lights along the thoroughfare. This was done under a contract which the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) signed with Y.P Seaton & Associates last year. LED lamps, which have...

Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, emphasises a point while speaking on the Electricity Bill, which he piloted in the Senate today (July 24). The Bill was passed.

Senate Approves Electricity Bill

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), congratulates Director of the Culture in Education Programme in the Ministry of Education, Amina Blackwood Meeks (right), while presenting her with a certificate for successfully completing a three-day climate change workshop. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the training workshop for educators, held on July 22, at the Grand Port Royal Hotel in Port Royal.

Teachers Benefit from Climate Change Training

President of the Clarendon Parish Youth Council, Jonoi Edwards (centre), interacts with some of the participants at an Organisational Management and Employability Workshop held at the Youth Information Centre in May Pen on Wednesday, July 22.

JPC Targets Youth As It Promotes Productivity Culture

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Finance and Planning’s Financial Investigation Division (FID), Robin Sykes, is in discussion with Chairman of the Jamaica Association for Micro Financing (JAMFIN), Dr. Blossom O’Meally-Nelson; and Branditise.com Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Marsh. Occasion was JAMFIN’s quarterly meeting held on July 22 at the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Commerce Training Room in Kingston.

Regulation of Microfinance Firms Will Protect Sector against Money Laundering

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (at podium), addresses a Sugar Industry Delegates Conference at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on Thursday (July 23). Also pictured at the head table is Executive Chairman of the Sugar Producers Federation of Jamaica, Deryck Brown.

11 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t Committed to Sugar Sector – Buchanan

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, is assuring that the Government will continue to work with sugar industry stakeholders to ensure that the sector remains sustainable. “The Government has an undying commitment to the success of the agricultural sector and specifically to the success of the sugar industry, which is the largest subsector; largest employer...

Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (2nd left), listens to comments during Thursday’s (July 23) Trade Facilitation Task Force (TF2) meeting held at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce. Others (from left), are: TF2 Chair, Patricia Francis; Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and State Minister, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams.

11 years ago CommerceFinance & Public Service

Improving Trade Facilitation Critical – Dalley

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, says improving trade facilitation is critical in achieving the levels of economic growth that the country requires. He was speaking against the background of the World Bank’s recent Doing Business study, which states that Jamaica could record growth averaging five per cent per annum, if the country’s...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (left), is in light discussion with (from left): Scotiabank

11 years ago Commerce

SMEs Play a Key Role in Economic Development – Ffolkes Abrahams

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, has reiterated the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the development of the local economy. “For Jamaica, SMEs provide approximately 80 percent of new employment created. This group is the key driver of innovation, employment and growth for the economy as a whole. We...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), is greeted by Custos of Westmoreland, the Very Reverend Hon. Cannon Hartley Perrin, on his arrival for the Governor-General’s Achievement Award ceremony for the County of Cornwall, on July 23, at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. Others (from left) are: Custos of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair; Custos of St. James, Hon. Ewen Corrodus and Custos of Trelawny, Hon. Paul Muschette (partly hidden).

11 years ago Governor General

GG Says Law Abiding Citizens Must Not Despair

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says despite the difficult situations facing the country, particularly crime, there are enough good people in Jamaica to cause law abiding citizens not to despair. Addressing the 2015 Governor-General’s Achievement Award ceremony for the County of Cornwall on July 23, at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, he said...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says Emancipation and Independence celebrations will kick off with Church Services across the Island this Sunday (July 26). She was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Friday, July 24.

11 years ago Culture

Church Services Islandwide for Emancipation and Independence

National Emancipation and Independence celebrations will begin this Sunday (July 26), with Church services across the island. Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, said the Church services will formally begin a week of celebrations that showcase the theme: ‘Proud and Free! Jamaica 53’. “There are a number of activities this year and we want to get people really...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (left), and Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, walking on the newly constructed Tryall pedestrian bridge, during a tour of the area on July 23. State Minister Azan along with Members of Parliament in St. Mary and officers from the National Works Agency (NWA), visited several road rehabilitation projects in the parish.

11 years ago Transport

Roadway in Hamilton Mountain, St. Mary, to be Repaired Soon

The Government is assuring residents of Hamilton Mountain in St. Mary, that work will get underway within two weeks to repair a damaged roadway in the community. State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, said the technical assessment of the project has resulted in a delay of the project, but the contract has been...

A proud University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus student, Jerome Johnson (centre), accepts his Governor-General’s Achievement Award from Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen during a ceremony held at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on July 23. Looking on (at right) is Custos of St. James, Hon. Ewan Corrodus. Mr. Johnson was among 13 persons from the County of Cornwall who were presented with plaques.

11 years ago Governor General

13 Persons from the West Receive Governor-General’s Achievement Award

Thirteen persons from the County of Cornwall, who have been making outstanding contributions toward the development of their parishes and Jamaica, have been presented with the Governor-General Achievement Award for Excellence. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, handed out the awards during a ceremony at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on July 23. The...