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Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General's Department, Mrs. Deirdre English Gosse.

RGD Launches Mobile Bus Service Tomorrow

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will be launching its mobile bus service on Thursday, January 22, as part of efforts to ensure that Jamaicans across the length and breadth of the island, can access its various services. The launch will...

Acting Director of Public Relations at the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Natalee Cameron, outlines activities for Customs Week 2015 at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 20.

Customs Week to be Observed from January 25 to 30

The late former Executive Chairman of JAMPRESS, Ralston Smith.

Ralston Smith Described as Selfless

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivers the keynote address at the media launch of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Research Days 2015, held on January 20 at the St. Andrew campus.

Climate Change Policy and Action Plan to be Tabled this Month

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), converses with Girl Guides, Mellissa Reeves (2nd left), Britonny Benain (2nd right), and Shannier Boothe, who were among the many members attending the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica’s 100th anniversary church service at the Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Sunday (January 18). Rev. Thwaites brought greetings.

Girl Guides Urged To Get Into Primary Schools Early

Sam Sharpe Awardee and Principal of the Challenge Basic School in Montego Bay, St. James, Eileen McIntosh (centre), shares a light moment with members of her teaching staff. They are (from left): Terese Wilson, Brenda Bryan, Thelma Buddington, Lisa Black, Jennifer Cleghorn, and Eveleth Kerr.

11 years ago Education

Educator Overcomes Odds to Achieve Her Dream

Founder and Principal of the Challenge Basic School in Montego Bay, Eileen McIntosh, stands as an example of what can be achieved through perseverance, self-belief and faith in God. She overcame tremendous odds, including the death of her parents and interruption of her formal education, to achieve her dream of starting her own school and contributing to the development of...

Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

11 years ago Education

Education Ministry Confident Of Achieving Literacy Target

The Ministry of Education is expressing confidence in attaining its goal of 85 per cent of students in the grade four age cohort achieving mastery of literacy in 2015. An optimistic Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, notes that the country is now 7.6 per cent away from achieving this target. “The final measurement will be made at this year’s...

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell.

11 years ago Technology

Strong Take-Up of Renewable Energy Policy

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says Government’s policy shift on alternative energy, including the provision of incentives, is resulting in greater use of and investments in renewable options. Under the policy, Government is facilitating access to low interest rate loans for businesses and homeowners, to enable them to procure renewable energy systems, particularly for solar devices....

Ian Kelly, Chairman of Wigton Windfarm (second left) and Ricardo Chocarro, (third right) CEO for Europe & RoW, Gamesa, shake hands to seal the deal after signing contracts valued at US$40 million for the construction of Wigton III, a 24MW expansion to Wigton’s wind farm complex in Manchester. The agreement was signed recently at Gamesa’s headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Also present at the signing were, (from left) Earl Barrett, Wigton’s General Manager, Winston Watson, Group General Manager of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, (PCJ) as well as Gamesa Executives, Enrique Pedrosa, Director of Sales and Manuel Garmendia, Sales Manager for Latin America.

11 years ago Technology

Wigton Signs US$40 Million Contract for 24 MW Expansion

Wigton Windfarm Limited, a subsidiary of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has signed a contract valued at approximately US$40 million with the Spanish firm, Gamesa, for the construction of Wigton III, a 24MW expansion of its wind farm complex in Rose Hill, Manchester. Under the agreement, Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, will execute a turnkey construction...

Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (2nd right), is in discussion with (from left), Project Officer at the Sport Development Foundation (SDF), Donald McNaughton; Principal of Holmwood Technical High School, Paul Bailey; General Manager of the SDF, Denzil Wilks; and Member of Parliament for North East Manchester, Audley Shaw. Occasion was a tour of Holmwood Technical on Friday (January 16), where the Government will be spending $10 million to develop a sports field.

11 years ago Sport

$10M Sports Project for Holmwood Technical High School

The Government is to undertake development of an additional sports field at Holmwood Technical High School, in Christiana, Manchester, at a cost of $10 million. Minister with Responsibility for Sport. Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, who made the announcement during a visit to the institution on January 16, said the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) will fund the facility’s development, to be...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon Arnaldo Brown (right), engages Vice President, Trafalgar New Heights Rotary Club, Kerry Spencer, in discussion during the club’s weekly meeting at CRU Bar Complex, Lady Musgrave Road, St. Andrew, on January 15, where he addressed matters pertaining to the recently announced re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America, and Cuba.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Tourism Opportunities for Jamaica from U.S. Re-Engagement with Cuba

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, says the United States’ diplomatic re-engagement with Cuba and the resulting relaxation of travel restrictions announced by US President, Barack Obama, present an opportunity for significant tourism collaboration between Jamaica and the neighbouring Caribbean island. Speaking at the Trafalgar New Heights Rotary Club’s weekly meeting, at CRU Bar Complex,...

Minister Without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Dr Morais Guy (right), addressing residents of Paradise, one of 12 informal settlements in Central Westmoreland which he visited last week. Also pictured is Central Westmoreland Member of Parliament, Dwayne Vaz (centre), who accompanied Dr. Guy, and a resident of the community.

11 years ago Housing

Over 45,000 Land Titles Ready for Delivery

The Government is moving to distribute over 45,000 certificates of title which are ready for delivery to property holders, islandwide. Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, says the certificates, to be distributed under the administration’s National Titling Programme, have been prepared by several Ministries and state agencies. These, he informs, include: the Ministries...