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Health Minister, Hon. Dr Fenton Ferguson (left), outlining plans for the earmarked upgrading of the Negril Health Centre in Westmoreland, to a world class Urgent Care Centre, under the Government’s proposed North to West Trauma Plan implementation, following a tour of the institution on February 13. Listening is Tourism and Entertainment Minister and Member of Parliament for Western Westmoreland, where the centre is located , Hon Dr Wykeham McNeill.

Five Public Health Institutions to Be Upgraded Under North to West Trauma Plan

Five public health institutions are to be upgraded as part of the Ministry of Health’s North to West Trauma Plan, the centrepiece of the Government’s thrust to become the Caribbean’s leader in Health Tourism. The earmarked institutions are: the Negril...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

Tourism Ministry Advancing Work on Public Beach Development Programme

General Manager at Self Start Fund, Sezvin Hamilton.

Fifty Per Cent Reduction in $40 Million Owed to the Self Start Fund

Health Minister, Hon. Dr Fenton Ferguson ((2nd left), and Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon Dr Wykeham McNeill (3rd left), discuss details of the planned renovation of the Grange Hill Health Centre in Westmoreland, with representatives of the Health Ministry and the institution, during a tour of the facility on February 13. Phase one of the renovations will be carried out over the next six months at a cost of $20 million, under the Health Ministry’s Primary Health Care Renewal Programme. Financing has been provided by the National Health Fund (NHF). Among those touring with the Ministers were: Deputy Chairman, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Calvin Brown (left); Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Khaushal Singh (centre); Public Health Nurse, Carol Smith Beharie (3rd right); WRHA Director, Wayne Vacciana (2nd right); and Special Advisor to Dr. Ferguson, Hurley Taylor.

$20M Renovation for Grange Hill Health Centre in Westmoreland

Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (3rd left), turns a switch to officially commission into service the rehabilitated six-million gallons per day, and new five-million gallons per day National Water Commission (NWC) water treatment plants at Martha Brae, Trelawny, on Friday, February 13. Work on the facilities was carried out by the NWC at a cost of approximately $1.6 billion, under the Jamaica Water Supply Improvement Project (JWSIP). Those sharing the occasion, include: Acting NWC President, Mark Barnett (2nd left); Falmouth’s Mayor, Councillor Garth Wilkinson (2nd right); and Attorney General and Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, where the facilities are located, Hon. Patrick Atkinson (right).

$1.6 Billion Upgrade for Martha Brae Water Systems in Trelawny

Executive Director, Betting, Gaming, and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Andral

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Betting, Gaming, and Lotteries Commission’s Town Hall Meetings Underway

The Betting, Gaming, and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has embarked on a series of town hall meetings, aimed at heightening public and stakeholder knowledge and awareness about new standards and regulations governing engagements for which the agency provides oversight. Five such meetings are scheduled, the first of which took place in Negril, Westmoreland, on February 12. Addressing participants, BGLC Executive Director,...

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre), and Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), are engaged in discussion by Chief Executive Officer, SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), John Gayle, during Tuesday’s (February 17) launch of SCJH’s “Navel String” tree planting project at the National Water Commission’s (NWC) artificial groundwater facility, at Innswood, St. Catherine. One million trees are earmarked to be planted over the next four years under the initiative, at a cost of over $25 million.

11 years ago AgricultureEnvironment

One Million Trees to be Planted Under Navel String Project

One million trees are to be planted over the next four years under the navel string project being undertaken by SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH). The project will be launched on Tuesday (February 17), at the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Artificial Ground Water Aquifer Recharge Facility, located on Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine. Several ministries and agencies as well as...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (front row, 4th left ); Lady Allen (front row, centre); and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (front row, 4th right), with members of the Diplomatic Corps, at the Annual Diplomatic Dinner held last night (February 12), at King’s House.

11 years ago Governor General

GG Hails Contribution of Int’l Partners

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has hailed the international partners for their invaluable contribution to the country’s development. “The Government and people of Jamaica deeply appreciate the invaluable assistance and cooperative spirit in which our partners support our efforts to build our economy, and improve the quality of life of our people,” Sir Patrick said. He...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is assisted by a student of Bois Content Primary School in south west St. Catherine, in cutting the ribbon to formally open the newly built flush toilet facility at the school, under the Ministry’s $100 million Primary School Sanitation Project. The initiative is being jointly implemented with charity organization, Food for the Poor, and the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation. Sharing the occasion are (from 2nd left): General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown; Chairman, Food for the Poor, Andrew Mahfood; and Member of Parliament, South West St. Catherine, Everald Warmington; along with other students of Bois Content Primary School.

11 years ago Education

Govt Undertakes $100 Million Primary School Sanitation Project

The Ministry of Education has embarked on a major $100 million project aimed at installing flush toilets at primary schools island wide, which currently use pit latrines. The Primary School Sanitation Project, which is being jointly undertaken with charity organization, Food for the Poor, will initially target 50 institutions, where renovations will be carried out over the next three to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents keys to proud homeowners, Kenneth and Carol Dacosta, who are among beneficiaries of the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Sandhill Vista housing development in Hellshire, St. Catherine. Some 60 solutions were handed over to beneficiaries today February 13).

11 years ago HousingPrime Minister

PM Hands Over Housing Solutions in Hellshire

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller today (Feb. 13) presented 60 proud homeowners with keys and possession letters to their brand new homes in the Sandhills Vista housing development in Hellshire, St. Catherine. They represent the first batch of some 226 families, who will benefit from new housing solutions constructed at a cost of $1.8 billion, under the...

Mr. Rodney Leon (second left), winner of the design competition, ‘The Ark of Return’, to be erected as a Permanent Memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, explains his concept to (from left), Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller; Antiguan Prime Minister, Hon. Baldwin Spencer and Jamaica

11 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

Monument to Victims of Slavery to Open at UN Headquarters in March

The permanent memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade is to be erected in March on the grounds of the United Nations headquarters in New York. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, who made the disclosure on Tuesday, February 10, said the UN initiative to erect the monument, entitled ‘The...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips. (FILE)

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Dr. Phillips Cautions Unions Against Unrealistic Expectations

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, has again given the Government’s commitment to doing “everything possible” to accommodate claims for salary increases to civil servants for the 2015 to 2017 contract period. He, however, cautioned unions that while there is a “good basis” for the increases being sought, they must recognise that “there has to be a...