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Beijing Bound: PICA staff getting ready to leave the island from the Norman Manley International
Airport for a cultural training programme in Beijing, China. They are (l-r): Suzette Rookwood, Orlando Williams,
Stephan Latty and Sarah Oban-Hunter. — Beijing Bound: PICA staff getting ready to leave the island from the Norman Manley International Airport for a cultural training programme in Beijing, China. They are (l-r): Suzette Rookwood, Orlando Williams, Stephan Latty and Sarah Oban-Hunter.

PICA Staff Receive Training in Chinese Culture

Four staff members from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) are currently participating in a seminar entitled Chinese Culture & Economy for Government Officials from Developing Countries in Beijing, China. The four are among 25 participants from several developing...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Morais Guy, gives his remarks as he opens the debate on the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Road Traffic Act in the House of Representatives on June 9. Looking on is Member of Parliament for Western St Mary, Joylan Silvera.

House Committee Recommends Affixed, Hands-Free Devices While Driving

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, makes a point as he closes the debate on the Copyright (Amendment) Act, which was passed in the House of Representatives on June 9.

House Approves Amendments to Copyright Bill

Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.

Islandwide Celebrations to Mark Emancipation and Independence

Manager of Communications and Research at the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Jana Bent, outlines measures undertaken to increase public awareness of the amendments to the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act. Ms. Bent was speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday, June 4.

Lotteries Commission Increasing Awareness about New Standards and Regulations

Medical Entomologist in the Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley-Jones, provides details about the Integrated Vector Management Control Programme, during a JIS Think Tank on June 10.

11 years ago Health & WellnessLocal Government

Govt Implements Integrated Vector Control Programme

As the country prepares for the possible arrival of the Zika Virus, the Ministry of Health has implemented an Integrated Vector Management Control Programme to contain the breeding of the Aedes Egypti mosquito, which transmits the disease. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (June 10), Medical Entomologist in the Ministry, Sherine Huntley-Jones, said that there are five strategies...

Minister with responsibility for Housing in the Ministry of Transport Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy.

11 years ago Transport

Summary of The Road Traffic Bill 2014

OVERVIEW OF The Road Traffic Bill 2015 BACKGROUND Mr. Speaker, the current Road Traffic Legislation was enacted in 1938. Since the promulgation of the Road Traffic Act and Regulations 1938, there have been phenomenal developments in the design of motor vehicles thus rendering various descriptions and requirements contained in the legislation obsolete. Additionally, in its present form the...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), engages in a light exchange with (from left): Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley; and Chair of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), Ileana Martinez. Occasion was a ceremony held to commemorate World Accreditation Day at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel in St. Andrew, on June 9.

11 years ago Commerce

Accreditation Ambassadors Programme Lauded

Chair of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), Ileana Martinez, has lauded Jamaica’s Accreditation Ambassadors Programme as an excellent means of building awareness about this vital certification process, and suggested its replication in other countries. “I think all countries need to raise awareness of the importance and the benefits of accreditation. (The Accreditation Ambassadors Programme is) a very clever way of...

Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (2nd right), emphasises a point to Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Hiromoto Oyama (left), during Tuesday’s (June 9) launch of new drainage infrastructure guidelines for buildings and sub-divisions, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Dr. Davies was the keynote speaker. Also sharing in the discussion are: Minister without Portfolio (Housing), Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right); and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Resident Representative in Jamaica, Kenji Tobita.

11 years ago Housing

Drainage Infrastructure Guidelines Completed

Work on the new drainage infrastructure guidelines for the approval of building and subdivision applications, has been completed. Development of the guidelines was undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing; National Works Agency (NWA); Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Water Resources Authority (WRA), in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, and...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addressing the opening of a three-day energy forum, today (June 9), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston.

11 years ago Technology

REP Gets New Name and Mandate

The Government has changed the name and mandate of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), to the National Energy Solution Company Limited (NESCL), with an expanded role to achieve energy efficiency. Making the disclosure, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, said the company, while bringing electricity to the 2.5 per cent of the island that is without...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba. (FILE)

11 years ago Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Deportees to Meet With Immigration Lawyers at Diaspora Day of Service

Immigration lawyers from Jamaican Diaspora groups will be meeting with deportees to determine whether they have any legal recourse to return to their respective places of origin. The meeting is part of the highly anticipated Diaspora Day of Service at the staging of the sixth Biennial Diaspora Conference, scheduled for June 13 to 18 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre,...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second right), with key stakeholders involved in the administration of the Ministry’s four-year $2.8 billion (€22 million) European Union (EU)-funded Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), following the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, for the training of over 1,000 health workers attached to primary and secondary health institutions islandwide, under PROMAC, over the next six months. The training will be administered by American health organization, Footprints Foundation. Others (from left) are: Health Specialist, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Denese McFarlane; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey; PROMAC’s Coordinator, Dr. Simone Spence; Minister Counsellor/Chargé d’Affaires of the European Union Delegation in Jamaica, Jesus Orus Baguena; and Chief Executive Officer, Footprints Foundation, Lorna Owens.

11 years ago Health & WellnessVision 2030

PIOJ Welcomes Training Programme for Primary Healthcare Workers

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Health Specialist, Denese McFarlane, has welcomed the Ministry of Health’s implementation of a six-month training programme targeting over 1,000 primary and community healthcare workers and aides. The project will be rolled out this month under a four-year $2.8 billion (€22 million) European Union (EU)-funded Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC). The...