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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna making her contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 20, 2014. (FILE)

Ministry of Youth and Culture Builds Out Capacity

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna has announced that the Ministry has made strides in its restructuring efforts with the establishment of the Children’s Affairs Division and the building out of the Youth and Adolescents Division....

Executive Director of Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Carey Brown (left) and Manager of Anti-Doping Initiatives, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), Kerine Henrie (right), respond to a question at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

JADCO Head Says Partnership is Vital to Anti-Doping Programme

Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Savanna-la-Mar General Hospital in Westmoreland, Camile Lewin (centre), accepts two of 10 wheelchairs handed over to the institution by Roman Catholic Bishop of Montego Bay, the Most Reverend Burchell McPherson (left), at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, in Montego Bay on February 2. At right is Reverend Baldwin Powell, representing Food for the Poor, the entity which donated the wheelchairs to the Western Regional Health Authority (WHRA).

Hospitals Receive 50 Wheelchairs

Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Community Integration Manager, Lisa Golding (right), hands over the key for the new garbage compactor to Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Garth Wilkinson (left) and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Regional Manager, Eiffert Daley, on Friday, January 30 in Water Square, Falmouth. The compactor, which is valued at $20 Million, is part of the UDC’s Falmouth infrastructure development and beautification project.

Garbage Compactor Handed Over in Falmouth

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba. (FILE)

UK Diaspora Gearing Up For Jamaica Conference

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan (centre), speaking at the launching ceremony for the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) Enterprise Assistance Programme on February 2. The launch was held at the Council’s offices in downtown Kingston. Others are (from left): Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, and Chief Executive Officer, Mint Management and Katalyxt Business Development, Winsome Minott. The initiative, which is aimed at facilitating economic development within the Municipality, includes three components: financial assistance; training and development; and mentoring/technical support.

11 years ago Local Government

KSAC Implements $2 Million Economic Development Programme

Persons between 18 and 29 years old who live or have business interests in Kingston and St. Andrew, can now benefit from a $2 million economic development programme being implemented by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Dubbed the ‘Enterprise Assistance Programme’, the initiative, which is aimed at facilitating financial growth within the Municipality, includes three components: financial assistance;...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Carey Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank today (January 30), at the JIS head office in Kingston.

11 years ago Sport

Students to Learn About Anti-Doping Via Curriculum

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has indicated plans to introduce anti-doping to students via the school curriculum, as it places emphasis on preventative education as part of its focus areas. Executive Director of JADCO, Carey Brown, said “the idea is to train [junior athletes] early, so that instead of them wanting to try a prohibited substance or method, they will...

Minister of Education Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) is assisted by Principal, Aabuthnott Gallimore High School, Mrs. Eloise Panton
(right) to cut the ribbon to officially open the six new classrooms constructed by the Ministry of Education at a cost of $24 million. This was during a ceremony held at the Aabuthnott Gallimore High School on Friday, January 30. Looking on are (from second left) Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, Keith Walford, students from Aabuthnott Gallimore High School and Chairman of the Board of Management, Pastor Omar Oliphant (second right).

11 years ago Education

Six New Classrooms for Aabuthnott Gallimore High

Six new classrooms constructed at a cost of $24 million, were handed over to the Aabuthnott Gallimore High School in St. Ann during a ceremony held at the institution on Friday, January 31. The classrooms which are able to accommodate 300 students were handed over by Minister of Education Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. Construction was undertaken as part of the...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (2nd left), responds to a question posed during a media briefing on Monday (January 26) at Jamaica House. Listening keenly are: Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left); Financial Secretary, Devon Rowe (2nd right); and Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Inter-Ministerial Committee to Oversee Poverty Alleviation Programmes

An Inter-Ministerial Committee is to be created to oversee the implementation of the Government’s poverty alleviation programmes. The establishment of the National Poverty Alleviation Committee was among measures coming out of last Thursday’s (January 22) Cabinet Retreat. Addressing a special press briefing held earlier this week at Jamaica House, Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, said...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill addresses a public consultation with stakeholders held at the Negril Community Centre on Friday January 30. The Minister announced that he will shortly be signing a new development order for the Negril/Green Island area which will allow for the construction of buildings up to 4 floors high.

11 years ago Environment

New Development Order for Negril/Green Island

A new Development Order will soon be signed for the Negril/Green Island region of Westmoreland and Hanover. This was disclosed by Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill at a consultation with stakeholders at the Negril Community Centre on Friday, January 30. Under the new Order, developers will be allowed to construct commercial buildings of up...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), signs an agreement to provide grant funding of $12.2 million to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) to renovate its Dairy Unit. Waiting to afix his signature to the document, is Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right). Also pictured at the head table (from left) are State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Luther Buchanan and CASE Board Chairman, Ambassador Derrick Heaven. The agreement was signed during a ceremony at the school

11 years ago AgricultureEducation

Government Provides $12.2 Million in Grant Funding to CASE

The Government has provided $12.2 million in grant funding to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) to renovate its Dairy Unit. Making the announcement, Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said this intervention is in keeping with the administration's thrust to bolster the Ministry's dairy development programme. "Our dairy farmers are ageing and it...

11 years ago Sport

JADCO to Introduce Blood Testing

Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Carey Brown, has indicated that the agency is well to its way to introducing blood testing by the end of the 2014/15 fiscal year. He made the announcement at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ today (January 30) at the agency’s head office in Kingston. “We are targeting before the end...