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Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis.

JBDC Preparing MSMEs for Logistic-Centered Economy

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has been spearheading the thrust to make the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) business-focused and ready to take advantage of the opportunities to emerge from the Logistics Hub Initiative. Speaking with JIS News,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Roads and Works, Hon. Richard Azan (3rd right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the refurbished Land Top main road in Hanover on July 10. Joining Mr. Azan for the opening are Project Director of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), Carolyn Gardner (centre); Lucea’s Mayor, Councillor Wynter McIntosh (4th left); as well as representatives of the National Works Agency (NWA) and members of the community.

Chester Castle Residents Get Improved Roadway

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), greets Head of Cooperation at the European Commission, Jesus Orus Baguena, at the ground breaking ceremony in Braes River, St. Elizabeth, on July 9, for the rehabilitation of 14 kilometres of cane roads at a cost of $89.1 million. Money for the project has been provided by the European Union (EU), through the Sugar Transformation Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Refined Sugar Cess To Fund Transformation – Minister Kellier

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second left), shares a light moment with (from left): Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol; Fund Portfolio Manager, Global Funds for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Giulia Perrone; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey. Occasion was a press briefing held on July 13 at the Terra Nova Hotel to announce grant funding for the National HIV/STI Programme.

National HIV/STI Programme Gets Us$15 Million from Global Fund

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), and Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Senator Norman Grant, peruse an application form for the farm work component of the Government’s Overseas Employment Programme, during the JAS’ 120th Annual General Meeting (AGM), at the Denbigh showground, in May Pen, Clarendon, on July 8.

JAS to Restructure Training Programme at Denbigh

Educator and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell, delivers the keynote address at the recent school leaving exercise of the Kitson Town All Age School in St. Catherine, held recently at the Kitson Town Baptist Church.

11 years ago Education

Students Urged to Make Good Use of Secondary School Education

Educator and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell, is imploring students, who will be attending high school in September to make the best of their secondary education. She urged them to dedicate themselves to their studies, and display exemplary behaviour. “Do not pressure your parents to buy things that are not important; let education...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, highlights plans for the 63rd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, during a recent JIS Think Tank. (FILE)

11 years ago Agriculture

JAS Reports $443 Million in Net Assets

The Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) net assets grew by 20 per cent over the last 12 years, to value $443 million at the end of the entity’s 2014/15 financial year on March 31. This figure, according to JAS President, Senator Norman Grant, represents an average annual growth of approximately 1.7 per cent on the asset base, which stood at $370...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, addresses the 62nd Annual General Meeting of the Cattle Breeders Association, held at Woodstock Farms in Ashton, Westmoreland on Thursday (July 9).

11 years ago Agriculture

Govt Committed To Strengthening Livestock Sector

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, says that the Government is committed to strengthening the livestock sector, to ensure its sustainability and enhance food security for citizens. “We will therefore continue to strengthen our research and development capacity to support production, by providing genetic material, and enhance multiplication techniques for herd...

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), congratulates Senator Norman Grant, who was returned as President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), at the association’s 120th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held recently, at the Denbigh showground in May Pen, Clarendon. Looking on in the background is 2014 National Farm Queen, Tishauna Mullings.

11 years ago Agriculture

Minister Kellier Hails Country’s Farmers

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has lauded the contribution of Jamaica’s over 220,000 farmers to significantly reducing the country’s food import bill by approximately $5 billion (US$43.6 million) in 2014. This figure, he said, represents a 4.5 per cent decline over 2013, and is the largest recorded since 2009. He noted that despite the challenge of...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

CARICOM Considers Debt Relief Proposal

CARICOM is considering a proposal for the region to pursue gradual write-off of its multi-lateral debt as a means of economic prosperity. The debt relief strategy was put forward by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the 36th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, held recently in Barbados. United Nations...

Director of Probation Services at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Janet Davey, says National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) prison survey will influence national rehabilitation strategy.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

NCDA Prison Survey to Inform National Rehabilitation Strategy

The findings of the regional prison survey conducted by the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) will influence the National Rehabilitation Strategy being drafted by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The 2014 survey was conducted in Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis. It explored the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), signs a contract for the staging of a summer camp in Tivoli Gardens, West Kingston, while Member of Parliament for the area, Desmond McKenzie (left); and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, also affix their signatures. Occasion was the signing of contracts for the staging of 24 JSIF-organised camps across the island, at the Caribbean Palms Estate community centre in South West St. Andrew.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

2,175 Children and Young Adults to Benefit from JSIF Summer Camps

The Government of Jamaica is investing $29.7 million in a series of summer campus, targeted at low income youths in seven parishes. A total of 2, 175 children and young adults, age six to 30, will benefit from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)-organised camps, which will be held throughout July and August. Among the beneficiaries are unattached young people,...