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Vice-President of Tax and Accounting Business at Thomson Reuters, Donald Peele, explains the importance of technology in helping people access land titles, at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

NLA Leads The Way To Secure Land Titles For Citizens

Jamaica, through the National Land Agency (NLA), has led the world in demonstrating the power of technology to benefit society and citizens who don’t have secure land rights. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Vice-President of Tax and Accounting...

Ebola Key Facts and Answers

Mobile Business Clinics Roll Out In Mo’bay November 4

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Ebony Vale Community Access point (CAP), in Catherine, on October 30. Others (from second left) are: Social Development Officer of the National Housing Trust, Mr. Cherton DaCosta; Mrs. Margret Spooner of the Project Management Department of the National Housing Trust , and President of the Ebony Vale Citizens Association, Mrs. Avis Bryant-Tulloch.

Ebony Vale Gets CAP

Jamaican Foundation for Life Long Learning (JFLL) outstanding achiever, Joan Ellis-McCormack.

Successful Participants Hail Adult Education Programme

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), hands over a tablet computer to a student of the Cavaliers Primary School in rural St. Andrew, recently. Looking on are Member of Parliament for the area, Paul Buchanan and a member of the school’s administration.

11 years ago Technology

Skills of Students Should Be Harnessed – Minister Paulwell

The skills of students who breach the guidelines on the use of tablet computers, being issued under the Tablets In School Programme, should be harnessed, instead of the children being punished, says Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. It was reported in one of the island’s daily newspapers on October 29, that a schoolboy has beaten...

Justice of the Peace and author, Dr John McDowell (right), presents a copy of his autobiography, ‘When All is Said and Done’, to Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at a special meeting held at the Jewel Paradise Cove Beach Resort & Spa, Runaway Bay, on Thursday, October 30.

11 years ago Governor General

GG Urges JPs to Educate Citizens About Chik-V and Ebola

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is encouraging Justices of the Peace (JPs), in St Ann, to educate persons in their communities about the Chikungunya (CHIK-V) and Ebola Viruses. The Governor-General was addressing the JPs at a special meeting, held at The Jewel Paradise Cove Beach Resort and Spa, in Runaway Bay, on October 30. “I am...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), turns on water at the official commissioning ceremony for the Burnt Savannah/Knoxwood Water Supply System in Southern St. Elizabeth, on October 30. The project was carried out by the National Water Commission at a cost of $59.6 million and will see over 3,000 customers and schools receiving improved and reliable water supply. To the Minister

11 years ago Environment

Consumers Urged To Pay Water Bills

Consumers are being urged to pay their water bills and to report leaking water mains, by calling the National Water Commission (NWC) Leak Hotline. The call came from Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, at the commissioning of the $59.6 million Burnt Savannah/Knoxwood Water Supply System, in Burnt Savannah, St. Elizabeth, on October 30. Mr....

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (right), addresses members of the Jamaica-American Chamber of Commerce at a special luncheon, at the Three West Club in Manhattan, New York, this week.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Strict Rule of Fiscal Discipline Will Be Maintained – Finance Minister

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the Government will continue to maintain the strict rule of fiscal discipline, which is necessary to keep the country’s debt on a downward path. Addressing a special luncheon of the Jamaica-American Chamber of Commerce at the Three West Club in Manhattan, New York, this week, the Minister said that the...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (centre), examine a root of cassava, while in discussion with Project Manager at the St. Catherine based Red Stripe cassava farm, Damian Graham (left), during a recent tour of the facility.

11 years ago Agriculture

Government to Adopt Technology Used By Red Stripe in Cassava Production

The Government will be moving to adopt the technology used by Red Stripe in its large-scale cassava production, so that an islandwide cassava industry can be sustained. According to Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, who toured the farm in St. Catherine, recently, the technology being applied there is delivering the kind of yields that will...

Manager of Property Services at the National Land Agency (NLA), Peter Baker, gives details of the new Estate Management System (EMS) to be implemented at the NLA, at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

11 years ago Environment

NLA Implementing EMS to Improve Service

The National Land Agency (NLA) is implementing an Estate Management System (EMS), as part of its thrust to reduce turnaround time and improve service delivery to its customers. The EMS will be used to administer all information related to the 30,000 crown lands managed by the NLA in Jamaica, and will include the leasing, acquisition and disposition of crown lands....

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), having a light exchange with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster-Allen, during the official launch of Parents’ Month 2014 at the Office of the Prime Minister, on October 31.

11 years ago Education

Education Minister Urges Teachers to Join NPSC

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging teachers to offer their expertise to the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), to enhance the operations of the entity. “The Ministry of Education has identified hundreds of teachers who are not fully deployed...and we are hoping that we can encourage many of them to transfer into service with the Parenting Commission,”...