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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

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Mrs. Audrey Sewell, says the establishment of a ‘Women in Maritime Association in the Caribbean’, will play a major role in redefining the role of women in the development of...

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.

Achieving Gender Equality Major Plank of Development Process – Senator Falconer

Update: Fire at Westbrook Avenue

Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

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

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...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left), in conversation with South African High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Mathu Joyini (right), at the inaugural Phenomenal Women Breakfast, hosted by the International Women’s Forum (IWF) Jamaica, today (April 10) at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston. The Minister addressed the function.

11 years ago Information

Women Leaders Urged To Mentor Others

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is urging the country’s women leaders to encourage other women to play a more active role in national development. “We have to encourage women to participate a little more. They are going to need more support. It is more difficult for women to get financial support in politics and we...

Deputy Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, provides an update on the Government of Jamaica Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP) at a JIS Think Tank on April 2, 2015.

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Adaptation Fund Programme Building Climate Change Resilience

The Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP), implemented in 2013, is significantly helping to build the country’s resilience to climate change. Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, says the programme, funded to the tune of US$10 million, has been pivotal in “helping local communities and institutions...

11 years ago Senate

Senate Passes Administrator-General’s (Amendment) Bill

The Administrator-General’s (Amendment) Bill, which aims to speed up the estate administration process in Jamaica, was passed, with two amendments, in the Senate on Friday, April 10. The Bill seeks to amend the Administrator-General’s Act to establish a framework for the Administrator-General (AG) to efficiently administer multi-generational estates and intestate estates (where the owner dies without leaving a valid will)...