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Heavy Rains in Northern Region

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising that continuous rainfall which has been affecting sections of the island has resulted in disruption to normalcy in the Northern region. The parishes of Portland and St. Mary have...

Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

Message from the Minister of Tourism & Entertainment for the start of the Winter Tourist Season 2014/2015

Grade 4 students of Chetolah Park Primary School (from left), Jamelia-Lyn Gregory, Eve Philburn and Patrice Forrester are intrigued as they read ‘Jamaican Folk Customs & Beliefs’, a publication recently presented to them, along with seven other books and heritage posters, by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS).

JIS Donates Books to Inner-City Primary Schools and State-Run Homes

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.

Delay in PATH Payments

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left), with Union Institute and University scholarship recipients, Adrian Stephenson (left), and Nyoka Taylor, from the St. Andrew based Haile Selassie High School. The scholarships valued at over $3 million, were presented today (December 13), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, at a teaching strategy symposium organized by the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), in collaboration with the University. At second left is former Dean at the University, Professor Michael Tredinnick.

PM Says no Student Will be Left Behind

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (5th right), cuts the ribbon to a two-bedroom model unit situated in the Hills of Boscobel development in St. Mary, to mark the official hand over of the units to their new owners during a presentation ceremony in that community on December 11. Also pictured (from right) are: Managing Director of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), H. Karl Bennett; Permanent Secretary in the Housing Ministry, Audrey Sewell; Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Joylan Silvera; and Chairman of the HAJ, Derick Latibeaudiere. During the ceremony long time occupants of land in the adjoining community of Boscobel View, were presented with titles to those properties.

11 years ago Works / Construction

Govt. to Assist in Completing Unplanned Developments

The Government is currently seeking to identify suspended unplanned developments that it can assist in bringing to completion. This should result in the regularisation of informal settlements and a higher standard of living for these residents who are mainly low income earners. Making the disclosure on December 11 at a key and land title presentation ceremony in the Hills of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Damion Crawford (2nd L), discusses aspects of the mitigation strategies to be implemented in the Bedward Gardens community with Research Analyst at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Christopher Gayle (L), and Councillor for the area Artnel McDonald (R). Occasion was the breaking of ground for the mitigation project on Thursday (Dec.11) in the community.

11 years ago CommunityEnvironment

$82 Million Landslide Mitigation Project Launched in Bedward Gardens

Ground was broken on Thursday (December 11) for an $82 million landslide mitigation project in the community of Bedward Gardens in rural St. Andrew. The project is aimed at reducing the community’s vulnerability to landslides, soil instability, flooding and falling boulders. It is part of a larger US$2.4 million Landslide Risk Reduction Mitigation programme encompassing four communities, which is being...

Director, Business Operations at Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Hecton Hemans, addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 9, at which he said that the JMB is developing a Housing Starts database.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

JMB Developing Housing Starts Database

Jamaicans will soon be able to benefit from a database of housing starts that is being developed by the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB). The Housing Starts Metrics will be used to provide information on, monitor and measure islandwide performance of housing starts. Housing starts is an economic indicator that reflects the number of privately owned housing units on which construction has...

Chief Executive Officer at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, gives Christmas shopping tips at a recent JIS Think Tank.

11 years ago CommerceJIS Think Tank

Christmas Shoppers Urged To Manage Spending

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is urging Christmas shoppers to now their rights and practise proper budgeting and good money management, as they make their purchases. Highlighting shopping tips at a recent JIS Think Tank, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CAC, Dolsie Allen, emphasises the need for consumers to “be more knowledgeable, discriminating and vigilant,” when making purchases, and...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Hon. Wykeham McNeill (right), cuts the ribbon to officially commission into service 10 automated immigration kiosks on Thursday (December 11), at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James. Looking on (from left) are: Director of Tourism, Paul Pennycooke; Chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCO), Maxine Henry Wilson; Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Senator Noel Sloley; President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Nicola Madden Greig; and head of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Jennifer McDonald.

11 years ago Tourism

Immigration Kiosks Installed At Sangster International Airport

Ten automated immigration kiosks have been installed at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, which is expected to significantly reduce the processing of airline passengers. The establishment of the 10 stations brings to 15, the number of automated immigration kiosks now in operation at the island’s two major international airports under a US$2 million project, which...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Hon. Wykeham McNeill, addresses a luncheon hosted by the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday, December 11, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, where he announced positive developments for 2015.

11 years ago Tourism

1.2M Airlift Seats Already Secured For 2015 Summer Season

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Hon. Wykeham, says that 1.2 million airlift seats have so far been secured for stopover arrivals for the 2015 summer season. He said all the main source markets are showing increases in airlift. “The United States is up 58,000 seats and there is an overall increase of approximately 163,000 seats to Jamaica,” he informed. Minister...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (2nd right), shakes hands with Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase (left), during the handing over of medical equipment by the Japanese Government to the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St. Andrew on December 11. Looking on is Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Andrei Cooke.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Japanese Government Donates Medical Supplies to Bustamante Hospital

The Bustamante Hospital for Children in St. Andrew has benefited from a $9 million donation of lifesaving medical equipment and supplies, from the Japanese Government. Provided through grant funding under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, the items include eight patient monitors; an esophagoscope; a mobile dental unit; an oscillator; six mobile blood pressure machines; one suction pump;...