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Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, the Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses a press briefing on the 2015 Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF) being held March 10 to 12 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

Jamaica Poised To Benefit from Investment Forum – Hylton

Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says Jamaica is poised to reap success from the second staging of the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), as a result of significant strides being made to ensure that the country is...

British High Commissioner to Jamaica and the Bahamas, His Excellency David Fitton (left), greets Customer Service Sales Representative for the College of Insurance and Professional Studies, Karen Lynford (right), at the UK Higher Education and Skills Fair, held today (March 3) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Looking on is General Manager for the College of Insurance and Professional Studies, Annette Robotham.

UK Qualifications Being Offered Through Partnership

A section of a roadway leading to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), at Palisadoes Park, Kingston. (FILE).

Azan Urges Motorists to Reduce Speed

Principal, Papine High School, Leighton Christie.

Papine Targets Higher Achievement in Traditional Subjects

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), listens to a point being made by National Consultant for a regional climate change resilience project, Una May Gordon (right), during the opening ceremony for a national workshop on the project, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, today (March 3). Also pictured is Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Jacinto Buenfil. The US$6 million project, dubbed ‘Building climate resilience of urban systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)’, seeks to increase the climate change resilience of vulnerable urban communities in three medium-sized LAC cities in Jamaica, Mexico and El Salvador.

Jamaica to Benefit from Climate Change Resilience Project

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Creig Smith (left), cuts the ribbon to display the computers, printers and uninterruptible power supplies that were given to the Jamaica Library Service for the purpose of assisting in the search and rescue of children who go missing. The handing over ceremony was held at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston, on March 3. Looking on (from right) are: Director General of the Jamaica Library Service, Mrs. Karen Barton; Child Protection Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund, Jamaica, Janet Cupidon Quallo and Political Officer, Embassy of the United States of America, Rebecca Molinoff.

11 years ago EducationYouth

OCR Hands Over Computers to JLS

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) on Tuesday, March 3, handed over six computers to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), to assist in the search and rescue of children who go missing. The handing over ceremony was held at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston. The computers along with the printers and...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (second left), having a light exchange with (from left), Director, Energy Economics and Planning in the Energy Division of the Ministry; Yvonne Barrett-Edwards; Principal Director, Energy Division, Fitzroy Vidal and Energy Technical Consultant ,Eaton Haughton, at a recent energy workshop, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston.

11 years ago Technology

Minister Calls for Change in Use of Energy

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is urging Jamaicans to change the way they consume energy, particularly electricity. Delivering the keynote address at a recently held sensitization workshop for the introduction of a tool kit for media practitioners, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, the Minister informed that the country currently spends some US$2 billion...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016HousingTourism

Houses to Be Built in Belle Air III, St. Ann

Employees in the tourism industry are to benefit from the construction of some 100 two bedroom units in Belle Air III, St. Ann, under the Jamaica Economical Housing Project, this year. To this end, Government has allocated just over $1 billion in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, which will go before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament tomorrow (March 3)....

Minister without portfolio with responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (2nd right), makes a presentation to Damion Provost of France (2nd left), the number one seeded male player at the Jamaica Winter Table Tennis Championships. Occasion was the closing day of the two-day tournament held on March 1, and the Montego Bay Community College’s auditorium in St. James. Sharing the moment are President of the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA), Godfrey Lothian (left); and General Manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Denzil Wilks.

11 years ago Sport

Inaugural Winter Table Tennis Championships a Major Success – Neita Headley

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, is hailing as a major success, the inaugural staging of the Jamaica Winter Table Tennis Championships. The two-day event ended on March 1 at the Montego Bay Community College auditorium in St. James. Speaking on the closing day of the tournament, Minister...

Minister Without Portfolio with responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, addresses the 2014/15 awards presentation of the Westmoreland Football Association, held on March 1 at Sandals Whitehouse Resort in the parish.

11 years ago Sport

Western Jamaica Ideal Sports Tourism Destination – Minister Neita Headley

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, is challenging members of the sporting fraternity in Western Jamaica to start focusing on positioning the region as a prime destination for sports tourism. She noted that the parishes of Westmoreland, St. James and Hanover are situated in the nation’s tourism belt,...

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, and Chairperson, National Taskforce Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Mrs. Carol Palmer officially hands over surveillance equipment to Head of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Clifford Chambers, on February 26, at the Ministry, in Kingston. The surveillance equipment is expected to improve the intelligence gathering process and the quality of evidence in undercover operations.

11 years ago Justice

Equipment Handed Over to Anti-Trafficking in Persons Vice Squad

The Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Intellectual Property Vice Squad has received surveillance equipment, aimed at increasing prosecution of persons involved in human trafficking and reduce dependence on victims for evidence. “These covert pieces of equipment will improve the evidence that the police will be able to garner and reduce the dependence on victims to cooperate. [Currently]...we are totally dependent on...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Land Agency (NLA), Elizabeth Stair, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

National Land Agency Delivers Efficient and Quality Service

Past winner of the 2008/2009 Public Sector Customer Service Competition, the National Land Agency (NLA), is keeping abreast of new technology to improve its service delivery. The NLA has recently agreed to two important Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) initiatives - the International Property Measurement Standard (IPMS) and the Valuer Registration Scheme. Commissioner of Land Valuations at the NLA,...