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Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P. — Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

PM Receives Update on Ebola and CHIKV

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller this afternoon (October 1) convened a special meeting at Jamaica House to review the threat of the Ebola virus and assess the government’s response to the outbreak of the Chikungunya virus. The Ministry of Health...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (at podium), addressing a meeting of the Hanover Lay Magistrates’ Association on September 30, at the Grand Palladium Resort, in the parish.

JPs Must Play Their Role as Purveyors of Peace – G-G

Senior Director at the Procurement Asset Policy Unit, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Cecile Maragh (right), conversing with Advisor to Minister with responsibility for the Public Sector, Hon. Horace Dalley, Shelley-Ann Lewars, at a regional consultation forum, held recently at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in St. Andrew.

CCJ to Provide Protection Under New Procurement Regime

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is greeted by Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kalpana Kochhar (right), when she arrived at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on September 30 to participate in the IMF’s seminar on ‘Women, Work and the Jamaican Economy’. Also pictured is IMF Resident Representative for Jamaica, Dr. Bert van Selm.

Government Committed to Empowerment of Women – PM

Acting Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse engages Holly Lee, one of the panelists at a Ministry of Health Breastfeeding Forum and Mrs. Sharmaine Edwards, Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health in conversation. Also pictured is the infant daughter of one of the many attendees.

Mothers Urged to Breastfeed for Six Months

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), presents newly appointed land surveyor, David Gordon (centre), with his Instrument of Commission, during a brief presentation ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday (September 30). Mr. Gordon was one of four newly commissioned land surveyors presented with instruments at the ceremony. Looking on is State Minister, Hon. Ian Hayles.

12 years ago Environment

Minister Highlights Importance of Land Surveyor’s Work

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has underscored the importance of the work carried out by land surveyors, particularly in the process of sustainable development, incorporating land utilization. “Your role is basic to all planning and development activities and covers all facets of the interdependence between people and their surroundings. Your work determines boundaries, and is...

Participants at the National Senior Citizens’ Spelling Bee Competition, hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on Thursday, September 18, at the St Andrew Parish Church Hall, Kingston. A member of the Dorcas Senior Citizens’ Club in St. Thomas placed second in the competition.

12 years ago Community

Seniors Active in St. Thomas

Senior citizens in St. Thomas who have been excelling in their clubs will be honoured for their work in the areas of needle craft, handicraft, culinary art, business and community work. The awards ceremony, which will take place at the Anglican Church Hall, Morant Bay, on Thursday, October 2, is part of activities to celebrate this year’s Senior Citizens’ Week...

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding (right), speaking at a special press briefing, held today (September 30) at the Office of the Prime Minister, in St. Andrew. Also pictured is Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer. The Minister noted that the Dangerous Drugs Act is to be amended.

12 years ago Justice

Law to be Amended to Facilitate Medical Ganja Industry

The Government has approved proposals for amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, as it moves to establish medicinal ganja and industrial hemp industries, where the cultivation and other activities involved in the production and supply of the plants will be legal under a controlled regime. Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, who made the announcement at a special...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second left), makes his contribution during a panel discussion at the Global Business Services Summit, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, September 30. Others (from left) are: Moderator, Charles Levy; Australia’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb; Director of Services and Investment, Public Procurement, European Commission, Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch; and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Fernando deMateo (Photo by Derrick Scott)

12 years ago Commerce

Hylton says Services Industry is Priority

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says Jamaica places top priority on the services industry, as it dominates the country’s economic activities. Addressing a panel discussion on: ‘Global Perspective on the Service Trade’, at the Global Business Services Summit, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, on September 30, the Minister pointed out that the services...

12 years ago Community

JIS Launches Heritage Poster Competition

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has launched its inaugural Heritage Poster Competition, under the theme, ‘We are Free’. Targeting secondary level students across Jamaica in Grades 7 to 13, the competition will last for two months. Students are being asked to express their thoughts on freedom and its meaning through visual art, in the form of graphic or illustrated posters....

Acting Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addresses the launch of the National Irish Potato Expansion Programme
today (September 30), at the the Ministry’s Hope Gardens headquarters, in Kingston. Mr. Kellier also outlined plans for the 2014/15 crop season. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry.

12 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry Engages Financial Entities to Assist Irish Potato Farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is engaging credit unions and other financial entities, to provide assistance to Irish potato farmers, through the introduction of a crop lien facility. Supported by firm marketing contracts, the Ministry is pushing the crop lien mechanism, as a mainstream strategy for financing agricultural production. This is the model which is to be used in...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks (seated at the head table, second right) listens as Regional Director, South East Region, Child Development Agency (CDA), Robert Williams (second left), responds to a question posed by a participant at a policy forum hosted by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) at its Kingston campus on September 26. The other panelists are: (from left) Acting Director of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Portia Magnus; and Managing Director, Jamaica National Building Society, Saffrey Brown. The forum was themed: ‘Social Protection: Fostering the Well-being of Vulnerable and at-Risk Groups for a Better Jamaica’.

12 years ago Social SecurityVision 2030

Jamaicans Urged to Remove Barriers Affecting the Disabled

Jamaicans are being encouraged to play a greater role in protecting the rights of the disabled, and helping to remove the barriers to inclusion, participation, and development of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the country. This call comes from Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, who noted that without a national drive to...