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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. — 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.

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...

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’.

Jamaicans Urged to Remove Barriers Affecting the Disabled

Founder, Do Good Jamaica, Deika Morrison (centre), along with Marvin Hall, Founder of Halls of Learning (right), and Founder of BREDS Treasure Beach Foundation, Jason Henzell, examine the learning tools on display during the UNICEF Activate Talks workshop, held at the University of West Indies, Mona, on September 29.

Educators Challenged to Change Approach to Teaching

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

Community Involvement in Tourism Key – Dr. Mcneill

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba. (FILE)

Jamaica’s Literary Tradition on Show in London

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, addressing a CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX) sensitisation workshop on Friday (Sept. 26), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

12 years ago Commerce

Ffolkes Abrahams Hails CARICOM Consumer Protection System

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says that the CARICOM online consumer-protection warning system has the potential to foster development of regional economies, while protecting consumers from unsafe goods. She was addressing a sensitisation workshop on the CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX), held on Friday (September...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents a computer to Project Coordinator, Back 2 Life project, Lorna Phillips, during a ceremony at King’s House on September 29. The I Believe Initiative (IBI) WIFI Centres as well as the Rio Cobre Correctional centre are set to benefit from the donation of 10 computers and two Tablets from the Chinese Government.

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IBI and Correctional Centres get Computers

The I Believe Initiative (IBI) WIFI Centres as well as the Rio Cobre Correctional centre, in St. Catherine, are to benefit from the donation of 10 computers and two Tablets from the Chinese Government. The equipment was handed over to Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen by the Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Dong Xiaojun, during...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson (2nd right); and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right); applaud as Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), presents a tablet computer to Haile Selassie High School student, Tarique Salmon. Occasion was the handing over of tablets to students of the school on September 29, under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot project. Tarique’s mother, Vinnel Lawson (2nd left), also shares the moment.

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Tablets Not For Posting on Youtube – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has cautioned students against using the tablet computers, provided to them by the Government, to post on YouTube and other social media sites. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was addressing a distribution exercise at the Haile Selassie High School on Monday, September 29, said that the devices “are for educational purposes; nothing else”....

Newly Appointed Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

New Police Commissioner to Improve Police-Citizen Relations

Newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, says he will be increasing efforts to improve relations between the police and citizens in a bid to fight crime. In an interview on the JIS programme, ‘Issues and Answers’, on September 26, the Commissioner pointed out that fighting crime is a shared responsibility, as the police cannot do it alone. “This is...

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing, Audrey Sewell (left), listens to a point being made by Deputy Commissioner of Police, James Golding, during Friday’s (September 26) closing ceremony for participants in a seven-month Traffic Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Training, and Defensive Driving/Driver Behaviour and Risk Index course, at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Palisadoes Park, Kingston.

12 years ago Transport

Road Safety Officers Complete Intensive Multi-Faceted Safety Course

Jamaica’s road safety programme has been significantly strengthened following the completion of a seven-month defensive driving, crash investigation, analysis and reconstruction course by over 75 Government road safety officers, at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). The course, staged between February and September 2014, was one of three organised by the Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing’s Road Safety Unit, starting...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Health Services, Hon. Luther Buchanan shares pleasantries with past president of the Nurses Association of Jamaica,(NAJ) Edith Allwood Anderson (right) during the NAJ

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Medical Professionals Receive Training Under Maternal and Child Health Programme

Training for medical professionals in neonatology, critical care, and anesthesiology will get underway on Monday, September 29, under the Programme for Maternal and Child Health (PROMAC). Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson has disclosed that as of Monday, September 29, 19 Registered Nurses will commence training at the In-Service Education Unit under the PROMAC. He also announced that three...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Health Services, Hon. Luther Buchanan greets out-going President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica,(NAJ) Anthonette Patterson Bartley (Right) during the NAJ

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Proposal for Redesign of Primary Health Care System for Cabinet

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson has informed that upon the recommendation of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a proposal for the redesign of the primary health care system is to be brought before Cabinet for approval soon. “This is in an effort to improve health care delivery at the primary level in keeping with the thrust of universal...