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

Azan Urges Motorists to Reduce Speed

State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, is appealing for motorists to observe the speed limit on the roads, in order to reduce crashes. Speaking at a ceremony to officially open the rehabilitated roadway...

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.

OCR Hands Over Computers to JLS

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.

Minister Calls for Change in Use of Energy

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,...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier presents a certificate of possession to Ms. Avril Vernon (right) during the official handing over ceremony for Certificates of Possession to residents of Hertford/Morass Lane in Westmoreland on February 27. Ms. Vernon was among
100 persons who received their certificates.

11 years ago Labour

100 Residents Receive Certificates of Possession for Land in Westmoreland

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, on Friday (February 27) presented some 100 residents of Hertford/Morass Lane in Westmoreland with official certificates of possession for lands they have been living on for decades. The handing over ceremony was held at the Hertford New Testament Church of God, Petersfield, Westmoreland. The presentation of certificates forms part of...

Member of Parliament for North East St Ann, Shahine Robinson (left) greets Police Superintendent, Steve Brown at the community launch of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), at the New Testament Church of God, Steer Town, St. Ann on Friday, February 27. Over the next two to three months, JSIF will be in consultation with the community to determine the ICDP priorities for the 5 year project.

11 years ago CommunityDevelopmentVision 2030

ICDP Project Launched in Steer Town

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) on Friday (February 27) launched its Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) in the community of Steer Town in St Ann. The project was launched during a ceremony held at the New Testament Church of God, Steer Town Clarendon. Steer Town is among 18 similar communities across six parishes in which projects promoting institutional strengthening,...