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Doctors and other health professionals of the New Jersey-based Help Jamaica Medical Mission, share a moment just before the start of a health fair at the Oak Glades Health Centre in South St. Andrew, during the group’s annual visit in September.

Help Jamaica Medical Mission Reaching Thousands

The New Jersey-based Help Jamaica Medical Mission has been providing free, quality, health care across the island for the past 16 years, reaching thousands of needy Jamaicans. For two weeks each year, the mostly Jamaican-born doctors and other health professionals,...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry.

Agri Ministry Looking to Extend Agro Parks to Western Jamaica

Sixty-five year old Vivienne Castro will receive the Badge of Honour for Long and Faithful Service to the National Insurance Scheme(NIS), at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony on October 20, at King’s House.

National Honouree Believes in Service

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

Education Minister Says Time Lost Will Be Recovered

Nation of Islam Spiritual Leader, Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan, delivers a brief statement during a welcoming ceremony hosted for him by the Government of Jamaica in the VIP lounge of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, on Wednesday (October 15), following his arrival from the United States for a five-day visit. Mr. Farrakhan is in the island to mark the 19th anniversary of the Million Man March, staged in the United States capital, Washington, D.C., on October 16, 1995, which he was instrumental in organizing.

Louis Farrakhan Marks Anniversary of Million Man March in Jamaica

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Landing Restriction Placed on Persons From Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

The Jamaican Government has issued an immediate travel ban against certain persons travelling directly or indirectly from or through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, in light of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This ban extends to persons ordinarily resident in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as well as persons who have travelled to or transited through Guinea, Liberia and...

Deputy High Commissioner, Mrs. Diedre Millis (right), in discussion with Poet Laureate, Professor Mervyn Morris, at a reception in his honour in Bristol.

12 years ago Tourism

Bristol Hosts Poet Laureate

The city of Bristol hosted a programme of Jamaican-themed events to celebrate the visit of the Jamaican Poet Laureate, Professor Mervyn Morris, OM, from October 10 to 11. The Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol hosted Professor Morris, along with three other Jamaican poets, Melville Cooke, Yashika Graham and Richard Dingwall. Included in the programme were a civic...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, presents a tablet to Sam Sharpe Teachers

12 years ago Technology

Tablet Computers Handed Out At Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College

Tablet computers were presented to 300 members of the faculty and student teachers at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Granville, St. James, on October 15, under the Tablets in Schools project. This project is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and E-Learning Jamaica, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Universal Service Fund...

Students of the Anchovy High School, in St. James, are joined by their Agricultural Science Teacher, Sean Thomas (right), in collecting a set of gardening tools from Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (left). Joining in the presentation, which took place on World Food Day, October 15, Dr. Jerome Thomas (second left), representing the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize.

12 years ago Agriculture

State Minister Says Research Needs to be Improved

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, says there is need for the research and developmental capabilities of countries, including Jamaica, to be improved. “They must be at a level that can generate the technologies, information and products which can cause our agriculture to be attractive, competitive and be bench-...

Chairman of the Board of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson (left), having a light exchange with (from second left), Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Ambassador Paola Amadei; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Stephen Wedderburn; and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Colin Bullock, at the official handing over ceremony for $34.7 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment to the BSJ, for its chemistry and microbiology laboratories, on October 15. The equipment has been provided under the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement.

12 years ago Commerce

EU Head Says Trade and Business Reforms Bearing Fruit

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Ambassador Paola Amadei, says the Government’s trade and business-related reforms are beginning to show positive results. With the ongoing improvements in business facilitation, which have resulted in increased price competitiveness and higher investments, Ambassador Amadei said the private sector will be better able to tap into the opportunities for...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev Ronald Thwaites, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 14. The Ministry of Education will be implementing interim measures to regulate the tertiary education sector.

12 years ago Education

Minister Thwaites Announces Interim Measures to Regulate Tertiary Education

The Ministry of Education will be implementing interim measures for the regulation of the tertiary education sector, pending the introduction of a new regulatory regime under the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC) Act. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 14. He noted that this decision...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), is conversing with United Nations Resident Coordinator, Dr. Arun Kashyap, during a workshop for the 3rd National Communication and Biennial Update Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), held on Tuesday, October 14, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

12 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironment

Minister Pickersgill Stresses Importance of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has underscored the need to intensify climate change adaptation and mitigation, in order to reduce its most devastating impacts on the society. “The science behind climate change is unquestionable. Given the number of records that have being broken every year for temperature, rainfall, drought, and tropical cyclones in many...