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Some of the graduates of the South Trelawny Edu-Skills Centre, at the graduation exercise held recently, at the Albert Town High School.

South Trelawny Skills Centre to Offer Agriculture Training

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is giving full support to plans by the South Trelawny Edu-Skills Centre to expand its training curriculum to include agriculture. He has also called on the HEART Trust /NTA to provide the necessary certification...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), holds a baby chicken during his tour of the Hi Pro Village, while Acting Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right); and President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Senator Norman Grant, look on. Occasion was the August 1 opening day of the 62nd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at the Denbigh Show Ground in May Pen, Clarendon.

Agriculture Needs More Young People – Minister Kellier

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding (2nd left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Morant Bay Court House in St. Thomas on July 31. Looking on (from left) are: Chief Justice, Zaila McCalla; Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson; and former Minister of Justice, Dorothy Lightbourne.

Justice Minister Hands Over New Morant Bay Court House

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

National Colours With White: The Fashion Theme For Independence

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)

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health Strengthens Ebola Preparedness Plan

The Ministry of Health will continue its daily monitoring of the Ebola situation in West Africa through the World Health Organization’s Event Information website. This along with other measures to increase the country’s vigilance and preparedness was discussed during a meeting on Thursday (July 31, 2014) involving Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson and International Health Regulations (IHR) Focal Point...

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.

12 years ago Executive

Parade Gardens Residents Upbeat About New Community Centre

Residents of Parade Gardens, in downtown Kingston, are optimistic about the possibilities of opportunities that their new $39 million community centre can provide for the community. The centre’s construction was spearheaded by Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), with support from the European Union (EU) under its Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). Secretary of the Parade Gardens Community Development Committee, Melissa Thompson,...

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).

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Improvement in Service Since NHF Takeover of Public Pharmacies

The public pharmacy system is being transformed with reduced waiting time for the filling of prescriptions, expansion and upgrading of facilities, hiring of more pharmacists, and provision of modern equipment. The improvement is a result of a $37 million project by the National Health Fund (NHF) to take over the operations of pharmacies in public health facilities. Since May, the...

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...