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Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (left), points out a section of the Old Porus Road in Manchester, where rehabilitation work costing over $24 million is to commence by January 21. The State Minister was on a tour of the area on January 14. Others (from second left) are: Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Brenda Ramsey; Councillor for the Porus Division, Muriel Swaby; Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Michael Peart, and National Works Agency (NWA) Regional Director, Sadiq Mahabeer.

Old Porus Road to be Rehabilitated

Rehabilitation work costing over $24 million is to commence by January 21 on the Old Porus Road in Manchester. Apart from its importance to the residents of the area, including farmers, it serves as a bypass to the main road....

The PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) will launch its new website on January 19, 2015 and visitors will be invited to explore its content at petrocaribejm.com or petrocaribejm.org.

PetroCaribe Development Fund Launches New Website

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), and Founder and Executive Chairman, LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin, observe operations at LASCO Manufacturing Ltd’s liquid manufacturing plant in White Marl, St. Catherine, during a tour on January 14.

PM Portia Simpson Miller Commends Companies for Reducing Prices Amidst Oil Savings

Acting President, University of Technology (UTech), Ambassador the Hon. Burchell Whiteman (second right) and General Manager, Strategic Services, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Claudine Tracey (second left), exchange copies of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) they signed, which will see the development of U-Touch 2, a multimedia software designed to enhance the learning process for deaf and hearing impaired students. The signing took place today (January 14), at UTech’s Papine campus in St. Andrew. Also pictured (from left) are: Dean, College of Business and Management, UTech, Dr. Paul Golding; and Deputy President, Professor Colin Gyles.

DBJ Provides $7.3 Million to Develop Software for Deaf Students

Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson (left), who is clad in the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) new Digital Combat Uniform (DCU), symbolically hands over a uniform to Warrant Officer Class 1, Anthony Lysight. Occasion was the official unveiling of the uniform today (January 14), at the JDF Headquarters, Up Park Camp. The uniform, which replaces the Disrupted Pattern Material (DPM) camouflage, will become standard issue on January 15.

JDF Unveils New Uniform

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), listens as Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer, Barry O’Brien, makes a point to Bob Marley Group of Companies General Manager, Marie Bruce. Occasion was Tuesday’s (January 13) launch of month-long activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late Reggae legend, at Digicel’s regional headquarters, downtown Kingston.

11 years ago Tourism

Marley’s Contribution to Jamaica Priceless – Dr. McNeill

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has described as “priceless,” the contribution of late Reggae legend, Hon. Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley, to Jamaica’s music legacy. “I am often asked the value of Reggae music and…Bob Marley to Jamaica and Jamaica’s tourism, and I would say it is immeasurable…it’s not something that you can put a figure to,” he...

Chairperson of the National Youth Service (NYS), Maureen Webber (right), emphasizes a point as she addresses a recent JIS News Think Tank. Listening at left is Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith.

11 years ago Culture

NYS Introduces New Programmes to Empower Young People

The National Youth Service (NYS) has expanded its programme offerings to more effectively meet the needs of the country’s young people. Chairperson of the NYS Board, Maureen Webber, tells JIS News that a range of products were introduced in 2013/14, targeted at young entrepreneurs, persons with disabilities, and at-risk young people, among others. Among the new initiatives are the Entrepreneurship...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), takes a sample of LASCO’s new iCool flavoured water, during a tour of the company’s liquid manufacturing plant in White Marl, St. Catherine on January 14. Looking on are: Founder and Executive Chairman, LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin (right) and Managing Director, LASCO Manufacturing Ltd., Dr. Eileen Chin.

11 years ago Prime Minister

PM Hails Lasco’s Investment in Upgrading of White Marl Plant

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has lauded LASCO Manufacturing Ltd. for its investment of over $2 billion to upgrade and expand its White Marl plant. The completion of the state-of-art facility has seen the employment of some 300 Jamaicans. The Prime Minister, who was addressing the management and staff of LASCO, following a tour of the White...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Parliament

Parliament Prorogues February 17

Parliament will prorogue on Tuesday (February 17) to make way for the new legislative year on February 19. Prorogation marks the end of a Parliamentary session. It is the formal name given to the period between the end of a session of Parliament and the State Opening of Parliament that begins the next session. Leader of Government Business in the...

Minister of Investment, Industry and Commerce, the Hon. Anthony Hylton.

11 years ago Commerce

Green Paper on Special Economic Zones Tabled in the House

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has tabled a Green Paper on the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) which, he said, is aimed at creating a regime to grow local business and widen access to export markets. SEZs represent a wide variety of geographically demarcated areas that offer simple and efficient business regulations and procedures to investors. As...

The SDF head also informed that the new track, which has been contracted to the German company Berleburger Schaumstoffwerk, will cost some $168 million and should be completed by early May.

11 years ago Education

Work Begins February on New Running Track at G.C. Foster College

Work is set to begin next month on a new running track for the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in St. Catherine. This is according to General Manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Denzil Wilks, in an interview with JIS News today (January 14). “We are now finalising the contract and we are expected to begin...

Project Manager for the Ministry of National Security’s Unite For Change programme, Patricia Sutherland.

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Church Lauded for March Against Violence

Ministry of National Security is lauding the Kitson Town Seventh-day Adventist Church for its march and support of the Kingsland community of St. Catherine on Saturday, January 11. The church suspended its regular Sabbath service, and marched through the area that is grieving for two community members slain by gunmen on January 4. Head of the Ministry’s Unite for Change programme,...