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Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), is in conversation with International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief to Jamaica, Jan Kees Martijn, shortly before the start of a post-IMF review press conference today, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston.

Jamaica set for further draw-down from IMF

Jamaica seems set to receive approval for draw down of SDR 45.95 million (US$71 million) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This follows a successful fifth Staff Review of the country’s performance under the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which...

Cross section of a beach along the coastal border of both Manchester and St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.

NEPA to meet with Residents of Alligator Pond

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP

600 Children delegates for National Children’s Summit

Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore (right), points to something of interest while in discussion with Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre), during a tour of the site for the new Westmoreland Council office complex in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, on August 20. At left is Deputy Mayor, Councillor Danree Delancy.

Westmoreland Parish Council to get new Building

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (at podium), updating members of the Clarendon business community, residents as well as students on the proposed Logistics Hub Initiative and the economic opportunities that will flow from the development, at a forum organized by the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce, and held in May Pen on August 20.

Forum On Logistics Hub Initiative Held In Clarendon

Deputy Managing Director, Operations, at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin, says the state-run bus company is working to rectify the issue of harmful emissions coming from its buses. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on August 19.

12 years ago Transport

JUTC to correct Emission problem

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says work has begun to address the troublesome emissions coming from some of its buses. Deputy Managing Director, Operations, at the JUTC, Kirk Finnikin, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on August 19, said the problem is a direct result of the high sulfur diesel that was previously used in the buses. “We have...

12 years ago Education

Students Receive Scholarship And Bursaries

The financial burden often associated with back-to-school preparations has been considerably reduced for 47 students this academic year, thanks to the JPS and Partners Co-operative Credit Union Limited (PCCU). Among the latest awards are one tertiary-level scholarship and 46 high school bursaries, valued at more than $3 million, which were handed over to the recipients, during an awards ceremony, held...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, offers words of encouragement to students attending a family awareness week workshop today (August 20), at the Haile Selassie High School in Kingston.

12 years ago Education

Education Minister Urges Parents To Seek Support

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging parents to seek assistance through the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) whenever they feel overwhelmed by their children’s behaviour. He gave this advice at a family awareness workshop today (August 20), at the Haile Selassie High School in Kingston. The Education Minister noted that the NPSC was established to provide the...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites ( right), has a word with (from left) Talk Show Host and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Richard ‘Dickie’ Crawford; and Talk Show Host, Betty-Ann Blaine, when he arrived at the Alhambra Inn and Restaurant in Kingston, today (August 20) to attend a breakfast meeting with senior journalists to present the findings of the latest National Education Inspectorate (NEI) report.

12 years ago Education

Help For Schools In St. Thomas

As of September, the Ministry of Education will seek to improve the performances of three high schools in St. Thomas, through the pooling of resources, under a school district arrangement model. The institutions identified are the Robert Lightbourne, Paul Bogle and Seaforth high schools. Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, made the disclosure today (August 20), during a breakfast...

The Young Lions Drummers show off the skills that brought them gold medals in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) 2014 Festival of the Arts competition, at a civic ceremony commemorating the 127th anniversary of the birth of the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, held on August 17 at Lawrence Park in St. Ann.

12 years ago CultureUncategorized

Garvey Has Left Jamaica A Template For Development – Taylor

University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Dr Orville Taylor, says that National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey has left Jamaica a template for national development, which is still relevant today. He was delivering the keynote address at the civic ceremony commemorating the 127th anniversary of Garvey’s birth and his 50th year as National Hero, held on August...

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Colin Bullock (centre), responds to a question at the agency’s quarterly media briefing, held at its New Kingston head office on Wednesday (August 20). Listening keenly are Director for the PIOJ’s Economic Planning, Research, and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart (left), and Deputy Director General, Richard Lumsden.

12 years ago Agriculture

PIOJ Reports Significant Growth In Several Sectors

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing led the sectors which grew during the April to June 2014 quarter, recording growth of 12.6 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Other sectors recording growth, according to the PIOJ, include: Hotels and Restaurants, up 2.7 per cent; Transport, Storage, and Communication, 1.3 per cent;...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (4th right), and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasicannie (2nd left), share a moment with members of the Jamaican community residing in Baltimore, who attended the launch of the Mapping Jamaica’s Diaspora Project held last Friday (Aug.15), at the Island Cuisine Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Diaspora Remits Us $16 Billion Over 10 Years

Jamaicans living overseas have remitted US $16 billion to the island over the last 10 years. This was disclosed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, while addressing the launch of the Mapping Jamaica’s Diaspora Project recently in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Brown said the level of inflow demonstrates the continued commitment...