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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller bowls Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Shri Pratap Singh, with the first ball, following the media launch of the Sabina Park Lighting Project on April 1. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (right), and former West Indian Cricketer, Ambassador Courtney Walsh (second right), cheer her on.

$302 Million Budgeted for Lights at Sabina Park

A sum of $302.8 million will be spent by the Government for the installation of floodlights at Sabina Park by July this year. Details of the allocation are contained in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of...

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Managing Director, Colin Campbell (centre), addressing journalists at a media briefing at the entity’s corporate offices, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on Monday (April 7) during which he provided details pertaining to investigations into several incidents in which JUTC buses were attacked and damaged by unscrupulous persons. Flanking him are JUTC Deputy Managing Director, Kirk Finnikin (left); and Manager, Franchise and Revenue Protection, retired Senior Superintendent of Police, Radcliffe Lewis.

Police Seek Mastermind in JUTC Attacks

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (2nd left), looks on as Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), participates in the symbolic groundbreaking exercise at the Claremont Health Centre in St. Ann on Friday (August 9) to launch the $40 million Centre of Excellence project at the institution. The project is located in South East St. Ann, for which Minister Hanna is also the Member of Parliament. Others participating in the exercise included: North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) Board Chairman, Leon Gordon (2nd right); and Chairman of the National Health Fund (NHF), which is funding the project, Sterling Soares (right).

$1 Billion to Upgrade Health Facilities

Chairman of the National Irish Potato Programme, Donald Robinson, (4th left) and a group of farmers inspect an Irish potato farm in Hinds Town, St. Mary.

Jamaica on Track to Satisfy Irish Potato Needs

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right, centre) and Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna (to the PM’s left), with the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence after the ceremony, held on April 6 on the lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’.

25 Persons and Groups Get PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson. (FILE)

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Calls for Collaboration to Tackle CHIK

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has called for a collaborative approach, to include non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the private sector in the Americas, to combat the introduction and spread of the Chikungunya (CHIK) disease. The Minister was participating in a Press tele-briefing on April 4 to launch World Health Day 2014, which is being observed on April 7,...

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, emphasizes a point while delivering the keynote address at the launch of the Vision 2050 Information Technology (IT) initiative, at Oberlin High School in West Rural St. Andrew, on April 3. The programme aims to equip young people in the constituency with IT skills, through training.

12 years ago Technology

Telecommunications Firms Commit to Further Improve Internet Services

Telecommunication companies, Digicel Jamaica, and LIME, have indicated that they will be upgrading their internet services to provide users with improved access. Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, who made the disclosure, said both entities have committed to rolling out broadband services “in a much more vigorous way”. The Minister, who was speaking at the launch of...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), observes while students from the Westmoreland-based Culloden Early Childhood Institution use learning tools, at the launch of Project Sprout, an early childhood improvement initiative being spearheaded by the Sandals Foundation, at the Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa, in Kingston, on March 18.

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Education

$231 Million to Expand Classroom Blocks

Government will invest $231.5 million to expand classroom blocks in four primary and one all-age school in four parishes, this fiscal year. The schools are: Christiana and Mandeville Primary in Manchester; the Discovery Bay and Ocho Rios Primary in St. Ann; Old Harbour Primary in St. Catherine and John Mills Primary and Junior High in Kingston. Works will be carried...

Winners of the Access to Information National High School Competition joined by executives of the ATI Unit at the awards ceremony held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Thursday, April 3. from L-R – Danielle Pritchard, 2013 winner, Damian Cox, Director of the ATI Unit, Nasharia Serinash 2nd Place winner, Dr. Carolyn Gomes OJ, Chairperson of the Access to Information advisory stakeholder committee, Khanu Daley 3rd Place winner and Marlene Hines, Director, Documentation, Information & Access Services in the Ministry of Education.

12 years ago Information

William Knibb Student Wins ATI Essay Competition

Fifteen-year-old, fourth form student of William Knibb High School in Trelawny, Danielle Pritchard, is the 2013 winner of the Access to Information (ATI) National High School Essay Competition. She was chosen from a pool of 15 students across seven parishes, who participated in the fifth annual competition, organised by the Access to Information Unit, and the Access to Information Advisory...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right) and members of the Ministry’s public health team look at water running in a roadside drain in Callaloo Mews as a result of blocked sewer lines, during a visit to the community on April 4. The Minister assured the residents that immediate steps will be taken to address the mosquito nuisance affecting them and that efforts will be made to address the blocked sewer drains in the community.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Immediate Action to Tackle Mosquito Nuisance in Callaloo Mews

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has assured residents of Callaloo Mews, Spanish Town Road, that immediate vector control measures will be taken to tackle the mosquito nuisance affecting their community. The residents had complained about the issue earlier in the week, and the Minister visited the area on Friday, April 4, to inform them about the action that...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), performs the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise to officially open the Rastafari Indigenous Village, located in Irwin, West Central St. James, of which she is also the Member of Parliament, on April 4. Sharing the occasion are: Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Michael Troupe (right); member of the Rastafari Village, Iyara (2nd right); and General Manager, Project Implementation, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Loy Malcolm.

12 years ago CultureTourism

Rastafari Village opened in St. James

Cultural tourism in St. James is expected to be significantly boosted with the opening of the newly developed a $23 million Rastafari Indigenous Village, situated at Irwin in the parish. The attraction, which was officially opened on April 4, is a joint undertaking between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), which provided $19.5 million in funding through the Rural Economic...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially open Expo Jamaica 2014 on April 3, at the National Arena, in Kingston. She is assisted by (from left): Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton; Chief Executive Officer of LIME, Garry Sinclair; President, Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association, Brian Pengelley; and President, Jamaica Exporters’ Association, Marjory Kennedy. Over 600 local and international buyers are attending the Expo.

12 years ago CommercePrime Minister

More Than 600 Foreign Buyers at Expo Jamaica 2014

A record number of over 600 buyers from 28 countries are participating in Expo Jamaica 2014, the Caribbean’s largest trade show, which got underway on April 3, at the National Arena in Kingston. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who officially opened the event, said the expo is happening at a time of improving macro-economic stability in the...