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Programme Manager with the Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue (CCELD), Karen Henderson, speaking at a sensitization breakfast forum, held today (April 14), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston.

Jamaica to Host Closing Ceremony of CCELD This Year

Jamaica will host the closing ceremony of the Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders Dialogue (CCELD), between September 30 and October 4, this year, under the patronage of Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, Princess Anne. The Dialogue, which commences on September 20,...

Minister of Labour & Social Security and Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Derrick Kellier. (FILE)

Frequently Asked Questions: Flexible Work Arrangements

Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses the opening of the five-day Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference, which opened today (April 13), at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. Others (from left) are: Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Retired), Peter Brady; Vice President of Human Resources and Administration at the Port Authority of Jamaica, Belinda Ward; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell.

Gov’t Focused On Growing Maritime Sector

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Mrs. Audrey Sewell, speaking at the opening of a conference on the establishment of a ‘Women in Maritime Association in the Caribbean’, on April 13 at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. Mrs. Sewell expressed delight that following the formation of the Caribbean Association, the region will join an elite group of regions that have women associations.

Importance of Maritime Association for Women Highlighted at Conference

Members of the Errol Rattray Evangelistic Association (EREA), Sam Cooper (left), and Heather Rattray (2nd left), look on as President and Chief Executive Officer of the EREA, Evangelist Errol Rattray (centre), shakes the hand of Co-founder of the Free Wheelchair Mission, Dr. Eric Blum (2nd right), at the handing over of 500 wheelchairs for the disabled, today (April 13) at the Christian Fellowship World Outreach Church in Kingston.
The other Co-Founder, Dr. Tony Angelo (right), looks on. — Members of the Errol Rattray Evangelistic Association (EREA), Sam Cooper (left), and Heather Rattray (2nd left), look on as President and Chief Executive Officer of the EREA, Evangelist Errol Rattray (centre), shakes the hand of Co-founder of the Free Wheelchair Mission, Dr. Eric Blum (2nd right), at the handing over of 500 wheelchairs for the disabled, today (April 13) at the Christian Fellowship World Outreach Church in Kingston. The other Co-Founder, Dr. Tony Angelo (right), looks on.

550 Wheelchairs for Persons with Disabilities

Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses today’s (April 13) opening of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) five-day Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference, being held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay.

11 years ago Gender AffairsInformationVision 2030

Achieving Gender Equality Major Plank of Development Process – Senator Falconer

Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says the Government has intensified its push towards achieving gender equality as a major plank of the development process. “The achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment are accepted development goals in Jamaica’s quest to become a developed country by 2030. As such, the gender perspective is an important component of our...

11 years ago Local Government

Update: Fire at Westbrook Avenue

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is urging persons in and around Riverton City to exercise the necessary precautions to safeguard health and safety as efforts continue to extinguish a blaze. Earlier today, the Jamaica Fire Brigade deployed six fire engines in response to a fire at Westbrook Avenue in Riverton City. The fire emerged from a stack...

Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister to Co-Chair G20 Working Group in Washington DC

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillip is now in Washington, D.C., to attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF present a forum for discussion among the institutions’ Ministers of Finance, Governors of Central Banks and other high-level authorities of member countries...

Senior Director, Technical Services, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), and Chairman, Bamboo and Indigenous Materials Advisory Committee (BIMAC), Gladstone Rose (left), and Managing Director, Janitorial Traders Limited (JTL), Roger Chang, discuss product packaging on a bag of Jamaica Jeems Products organic bamboo charcoal. Mr. Rose observed the packaging of the product for export on April 10, at the JTL’s facility on Stanton Terrace, Kingston.

11 years ago Commerce

9,600 Pounds of Organically Certified Bamboo Charcoal To Be Shipped Tomorrow

Jamaica’s first major supply of internationally certified organic bamboo charcoal, totalling 9,600 pounds, is scheduled to be shipped to the United States (US) on Tuesday, April 14. The charcoal, valued at approximately $551,904 (US$4, 800), will be transported from Kingston to Houston, Texas aboard a vessel, scheduled to dock in Jamaica on Monday, April 13, and is expected to arrive...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivering the keynote address at the launch of the US$3.9 million Yallahs and Hope River Watershed Project, held on April 13, at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew.

11 years ago Environment

US$3.9 Million Watershed Project Launched

The Government has launched a US$3.9 million project to protect the Yallahs and Hope River areas from degradation, and improve water resource management. The five-year project, which is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the Global Environment Facility, will also seek to achieve institutional strengthening and capacity building for integrating biodiversity into watershed management. Delivering the keynote address...

Chief Executive Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight.

11 years ago Local Government

Riverton Not On Fire

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising that the Riverton City Disposal Site is not on fire. Chief Executive Officer at NEPA, Peter Knight, told JIS News that a blaze started earlier this morning (April 13) at a private tyre shop adjacent to the disposal site that is unrelated to the National Solid Waste Management (NSWMA)-run facility. “It...

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding. (FILE)

11 years ago Justice

Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 to Come Into Effect April 15

The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 was passed by both Houses of Parliament in February this year. The Ministry of Justice wishes to advise as follows: (1) Notification of the Governor General’s assent to the Act has been published in the Gazette; and (2) The Minister of Justice will bring the Act into operation, by a notice published in...