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Update 16 : Riverton City Fire

The daytime operations at the Riverton City Disposal Site today yielded much success. The Jamaica Fire Brigade was able to focus its attention on the last two remaining areas of concern. They have reported that based on the achievements of...
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Lt. Col. (Ret
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Lt. Col. (Ret'd) Oral Khan (right, head table), leads a technical consultation on the draft Rural Water Supply Development Strategy at the St. James Parish Council in Montego Bay in February. Beside Lt. Col. Khan is Senior Director for the Water Policy and Monitoring Division in the Ministry, Patricia Snow-Young.

Parish Councillors Sensitised About Rural Water Supply Development Strategy
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), along with (from left): Director-General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Major Clive Davis; Regional Operations Manager, Metropolitan Parks and Markets, Adrian Grant, and Supervisor, Riverton City Disposal Site, Larel Thomas observe the work being done to extinguish the fire at the Riverton City disposal site, during a tour of the facility on Friday, March 20.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), along with (from left): Director-General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Major Clive Davis; Regional Operations Manager, Metropolitan Parks and Markets, Adrian Grant, and Supervisor, Riverton City Disposal Site, Larel Thomas observe the work being done to extinguish the fire at the Riverton City disposal site, during a tour of the facility on Friday, March 20.

Local Government Minister Says Fire at Riverton Will be Put Out by Sunday

Update: Riverton City Fire – Significant Progress to Date
Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel.
Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel.

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell, addresses a press conference on Wednesday (March 18), at the Royalton White Sands Resort in Trelawny.
Transport

Motorists to Pay for Damage to Road Furniture

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is moving to recover from motorists, money that is being expended to replace guardrails and other road furniture that are damaged during road crashes. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Audrey Sewell, told journalists at a media briefing at the Royalton White Sands Resorts in Trelawny on Wednesday (March 18) that the National Works...
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Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Mico University College, Professor Bermadee Briscoe, addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently.
Education

Mico University Stages Research Day March 25

Scores of secondary and tertiary level students and teachers from across Jamaica are expected to participate in the Mico University College Research Day activities on Wednesday, March 25, at the institution’s campus in Kingston. The campus will be transformed into a Mathematics hub, depicting the Day’s theme: ‘The Transformation Power of Mathematics for National Development’. “Research Day 2015 is a...
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Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.
Education

Arrangements in Place for GSAT Sitting Next Week

The Ministry of Education has disclosed that a total of 38,470 students are confirmed to sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27, 2015 in 1112 centres across the island. There are 18,492 female and 16,804 male candidates, while 3174 registered and eligible students have deferred sitting the examination this year. Chief Education...
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Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Dr. Mark Richards (centre), addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 19. Others (from left) are: Commercial Department Manager at the NIC, Mrs. Lorraine Geddes-McDonald and Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the NIC, Mr. Milton Henry.
Agriculture

NIC Provides Water for 36,066 Hectares across the Island

With a major focus on advancing irrigated agriculture, the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) is operating 10 irrigation schemes that cover 36,066.20 hectares in the eastern, central and western regions of Jamaica. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 19, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NIC, Dr. Mark Richards, said the Commission has been given the mandate to manage, operate,...
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President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s St. James Association of Branch Societies, and Mayor of Montego Bay , Councillor Glendon Harris, announces that the 32nd staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St James, on Easter Monday (April 6), will be dedicated to the memory of the late Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke. He was speaking at the press launch of the show in Montego Bay on March 18.
Agriculture

Montpelier Show Dedicated To Memory of Roger Clarke

The 32nd staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St James, on Easter Monday (April 6), will be dedicated to the memory of the late Roger Clarke, former Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) St. James Association of Branch Societies, Mayor Glendon Harris, made the announcement at a press launch of the...
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