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Principal Director of Culture, Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dahlia Harris.

National Colours With White: The Fashion Theme For Independence

Jamaicans are being encouraged to incorporate the country’s National Colours - Black, Green, and Gold, with a hint of white, in their attire for this year’s Independence celebrations. This appeal comes from the Principal Director for Culture in the Ministry...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon, Sandrea Falconer (left), is engaged in conversation by Rotary Club of Kingston President and General Manager of the RJR Communications Group, Francois St. Juste, during the Club’s Media Appreciation luncheon, at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston, on Thursday, July 31.

Media Urged to be Steadfast Advocates of the Truth

Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse. (FILE)

Ministry of Health Strengthens Ebola Preparedness Plan

Councillor for the Rae Town Division, Ann Marie Morrison, addresses the ceremony to officially open the new Parade Gardens Community Centre, in downtown Kingston, recently. The $39 million facility will be providing skills training and development initiatives for the community.

Parade Gardens Residents Upbeat About New Community Centre

Senior Medical Officer at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Michelle-Anne Dawson (right), converses with (from left): Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Wood; Pharmacist Nickesha Lewars-O’Conner; and Acting Director of Nursing Services at the hospital, Audrey Willocks in the waiting area of the hospital’s pharmacy, which was recently refurbished as part of a $37 million improvement project being undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF).

Improvement in Service Since NHF Takeover of Public Pharmacies

CEAC Solutions Limited representative, Jessica Stewart, makes a presentation at a community meeting at the Negril Community Centre on July 29, where the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of breakwaters to protect the Negril coastline was discussed.

12 years ago Environment

Environmental Stakeholders in Negril Support Breakwater Plan

Two environmentalists in Negril are expressing support for the plan by the Government to construct breakwaters to protect the resort town’s famous white sand beach. Breakwaters are offshore structures of concrete or stone built to protect harbours and marinas from wave action and to help prevent beach erosion. The plan is to construct two offshore breakwater structures in the Long...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), embraces proud landowners Luther and Beryl Spence, after presenting them with their land title on July 31, during a ceremony held at the St. Mary Parish Church.

12 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

84 Residents of Three Parishes Get Land Titles

On the eve of Emancipation Day, July 31, 84 residents of land settlement schemes in the parishes of St. Mary, Portland, and St. Ann, have become proud landowners. The residents received their titles under the Cadastral Mapping and Land Registration Project, being jointly undertaken by the Governments of Jamaica and Republic of (South) Korea. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia...

Winner of the 2014 Jamaica Festival Song contest, Deep Jahi performs his winning piece, ‘I Love Ja’ at the finals of the competition, hosted by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston on Sunday, July 27.

12 years ago Culture

2014 Festival Song Winner Basking in Victory

Winner of the 2014 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, Rushane Sanderson, is still basking in the attention that he has been receiving since copping the coveted title last weekend. Performing under the stage name ‘Deep Jahi’ Sanderson gave a thrilling performance of his original song, ‘I Love JA’ to win the contest held last Sunday night (July 27) at the Ranny...

Transport, Works, and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (2nd left), along with the People’s Republic of China’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Dong Xiaojun (left); and Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) Executive Director, Dr. Fritz Pinnock (2nd right), display the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will facilitate the teaching of Mandarin, at the CMI beginning in September. Looking on is Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education,. Dr. Grace McLean, who represented Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. The signing was held on July 30, at the CMI’s Palisadoes Park campus in Kingston.

12 years ago Transport

CMI Students to Learn Mandarin

The curriculum for nearly 2,000 students enrolled at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) in Kingston is to be expanded, come September, with the introduction of a Chinese language training programme. The initiative will see two lecturers from the Confucius Institute in China being seconded to the CMI to deliver instruction in Mandarin, the official standard dialect of the People’s Republic...

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

12 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Congratulates Team to 20th Commonwealth Games

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated the Jamaica team on its “truly outstanding performance” at the 20th Commonwealth Games which ended today in Glasgow, Scotland. The Prime Minister said “the performance could hardly have come at a better time and has served to further lift the spirit of the nation as we mark another emancipation and independence anniversary. Jamaica...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. (FILE)

12 years ago Technology

Energy Minister Calls on JPS to Address Unscheduled Power Outages

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon Phillip Paulwell has received an explanation from the Jamaica Public Service Company, following his call for an immediate explanation to the recent spate of power outages and assurances that as far as possible and when necessary, outages should be scheduled and affected customers informed in a timely and reasonable manner. “We have...

12 years ago Culture

Emancipation & Independence Celebrations 2014

Initiated in 1962, the Independence Celebrations were considered integral to national development as a way of giving Jamaicans a sense of who they are, and what their history and culture is all about. Jamaica 50 broadened the concept of the Independence celebrations to a programme of activities which would also serve to catalyse positive national response towards developmental goals. Customarily,...