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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

Youth Minister to Interact With Young People March 20

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, will interact with young people at a ‘pon di corna’ reasoning session, scheduled for Friday, March 20, at the Half-Way Tree Transportation Centre, beginning at 3:00 p.m. The session, organised by the...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, has imposed an immediate import restriction on poultry products from North America the main source from which Jamaica imports poultry products.

Agriculture Ministry Imposes Restrictions on Poultry Imports

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), and St. Thomas farmer, Gary McLean (second left), lift bags of recently harvested onions, during a tour of the Yallahs Agro Park in the parish. Also sharing in the moment are: Advisor to the Minister, Phyllis Mitchell (left, background), Zonal Director, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Percival Shaw (right), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Don McGlashan.

1.1 Million Kilograms of Onions to be Reaped

Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Andrei Cooke, is reminding members of the public that persons in areas affected by smoke from the Riverton Disposal Site should cover their nose and mouth with a mask or a damp cloth.

SERHA Urges Persons Affected by Smoke to Use Masks

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), participates in the cutting of the ribbon to officially open the new Fellowship Hall Police Post, in Hill Run, St. Catherine, on March 18. Also taking part are Director of Caribbean Broilers Group (CB), Lori-Ann Lyn (centre), and Head of the Police Area Five, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Derrick Knight. The facility was constructed at a cost of $10 million.

New Police Post Opens in Hill Run, St. Catherine

Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, examines items on display at the Caribbean Food Safety and Security Conference, held from March 17 to 18, at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay. Mr. Fulton addressed the conference on March 18. The conference was held under the theme:

11 years ago Agriculture

RADA CEO says Food Security is National Priority

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, has emphasised that food security and safety has become a national priority. Addressing participants at the 7th Caribbean Food Safety and Security Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort, in Montego Bay, on March 18, the CEO said that priority is very significant, as economic and...

11 years ago Local GovernmentOffice of the Prime MinisterRiverton Landfill

Update Riverton City Fire: ODPEM Continues to Support Operations

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) continues to support the efforts of the Jamaica Fire Brigade in the extinguishing of the Riverton fire. Additional resources have been acquired to aid in the cooling down operations and steady progress is being made. The public is advised that as these operations persist, the surrounding communities of the Riverton Disposal...

Industry Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), converses with Senior Manager for Americas Policy and Advocacy, United States Chamber of Commerce, Reuben Smith-Vaughan (right), during Wednesday’s (March 18) Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) Initiative public forum, hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Jamaica (AmCham) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Mr. Smith-Vaughan is also Executive Director of the American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America. Listening keenly is AmCham Jamaica’s Executive Director, Becky Stockhausen.

11 years ago CommerceUS President Visit

Minister Hylton to Discuss SOCA with US President

Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has given an undertaking to seek the inclusion of the Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) Initiative in discussions between the Government and United States President, Barack Obama, during his State Visit to the island on April 9. This, he says, is with a view to lobbying the President’s support for the initiative,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses the opening ceremony of the recently concluded Jamaica Investment Forum 2015, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

11 years ago Commerce

Jamaica to Lead Reform of Int’l Laws on Ganja

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says Jamaica intends to lead a charge in the United Nations to effect changes to the international treaties concerning marijuana. The aim is to change the schedule class of marijuana in light of scientific studies that have proven its therapeutic benefits and medicinal value. “We believe that the schedule in which...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), laughs at a comment from General Manager, the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, Koen Hietbrink (2nd left); at a special Tourism Linkages Speed Networking Meeting hosted by the Ministry’s Tourism Linkages Council on Tuesday (March 17), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association (JHTA), Nicola Madden-Greig; Project Manager, Tourism Linkages Hub, Carolyn McDonald Riley; and Executive Director, JHTA, Camille Needham.

11 years ago Tourism

Local Suppliers Market Goods and Services to Tourism Sector

Some 40 local suppliers of goods and services yesterday (March 17) marketed their products to operators in the tourism sector at a special Tourism Linkages Speed Networking Meeting. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment’s Tourism Linkages Council, the session, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, entailed 15-minute meetings throughout the day between executives of supplier...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (right); and Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Yvonne Hall (2nd right), listen to a comment from Dr. Elizabeth Johnson of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), at Tuesday’s (March 17) opening ceremony of the 7th International Food Safety and Security Conference, at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay.

11 years ago Commerce

Jamaica Meeting Int’l Food Safety Standards

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says Jamaica has been making critical advances in meeting international food requirements. This includes training crucial stakeholders, providing funding for the upgrading of laboratories and ensuring that such facilities are accredited to international standards. The State Minister, who was addressing Tuesday’s (March 17) opening of...

Truck transporting soil used to cover sections of the Riverton Disposal Site on March 16, 2015.

11 years ago Local GovernmentRiverton Landfill

60% of Burnt Site Covered

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that as of today (March 18) at 12 noon, approximately 60 per cent of the burnt area at the Riverton Disposal Site has been covered. The ODPEM says steady progress continues to the southern side of the site which is currently the primary source of the smoke affecting sections...