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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (3rd left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with China Engineering Company (CHEC) for a feasibility study on the damming of the Bog Walk Gorge, at the Ministry in Kingston, on March 28. Also participating are (from left): Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica, Mr. Xiaojun Dong; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; and Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill. In the back row (from left) are: Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Mrs. Lei Liu (left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Mrs. Audrey Sewell and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hayles.

Damming of Bog Walk Gorge

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Engineering Company (CHEC), for a feasibility study for the damming of the Bog Walk Gorge, in St. Catherine. The dam would be able to store up to 1,900 million...

Government Senator Noel Sloley makes a point as he closed the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday, March 28.

Gov’t Senator Says Parliament Must Continue to Pass Critical Laws

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), greets Chairman, Child Development Agency (CDA), Children’s Advisory Panel, Charles Young (left), before the start of the two-day Caribbean Child Research Conference held in November 2012, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Making the introduction is Professor of Social and Political Change at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Brian Meeks.

Children’s Advisory Panel Making an Impact

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents Custos Rotolorum of St. Elizabeth, Hon. Beryl Hope Rochester (right) with the Grand Commission and Magistrates roll for the parish, at the installation ceremony for Custos Rochester, held at Independence Park, Black River, on Thursday March 27.

Beryl Hope Rochester is New Custos of St. Elizabeth

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), presents Nadine Robertson (centre), with a certificate, after she participated in a training programme done by the Manchester Dispute Resolution Association (MDRA). Occasion was a graduation exercise, held at the George’s Valley Community Centre, in the parish, recently. At left is Chairman of the MDRA, Pastor Michael Harvey.

Work of MDRA Results in Less Conflicts

Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Robert Ready (left), greets Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell (second right), on her arrival at a public-private partnership (PPP) seminar, held at the Canadian High Commission, in Kingston, on March 27. Looking on is Senior Trade Commissioner at the High Commission, Rick McElrea.

12 years ago CommerceForeign Affairs

Numerous PPP Opportunities Exist – Canadian Official

Opportunities to drive economic growth with infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs) between Jamaica and Canada are numerous, says Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian High Commission, Rick McElrea. “Almost every single thing that is on the Government’s agenda that has to be updated, such as highways, schools, hospitals, even the logistics hub...is a potential project for public-private partnership,” he noted. Mr....

12 years ago JIS Think TankTransport

New Rules Coming for KMTR Sub-Franchise Operators

As of April 8, all buses operating on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) sub-franchise routes in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) are required to bear the same yellow colour as JUTC buses, and have identifying stickers on the back and front windshields. The public is therefore advised to take only buses that are colour-coded and bearing the specified identifying...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), assisted by Chairman of the Spanish Town based G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Rosa Joseph (centre), and Principal of the College, Edward Shakes (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the upgraded gymnasium at the college, in St. Catherine, on March 27. The work was done at a cost of $14 million.

12 years ago EducationSport

G.C. Foster College Could Become a Sport University

The possibility of transforming the Spanish Town based G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport into a Sport University is being explored, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has said. The institution, the Minister said, would have expanded expertise in competitive and recreational sporting activities, and that within the “next few years G.C. Foster can become the Jamaica...

The Malvern and Myersville Health Centres in St. Elizabeth.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Centres in SRHA to be Upgraded

Upgrading work will be undertaken at health facilities in the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), in the upcoming financial year, with priority on the Junction and Bellevue health centres in St. Elizabeth. This was announced by Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Primary Health Care Infrastructure, Hon. Luther Buchanan, following a tour of...

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

12 years ago Prime Minister

PM to Address COPA Meeting This Weekend

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller will on Sunday, March 30, address the 27th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA). Mrs. Simpson Miller will also be honoured for 40 years of service to Jamaica as a Parliamentarian, and being the country’s first female Prime Minister. She will also be presented with...

Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase (front row right) presents Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Wayne Wesley with a cheque for $10 million to carry out renovation works at the Crooked River Skills Training Centre in Clarendon. The cheque was presented during a ceremony at the Embassy of Japan offices in Kingston on Thursday, March 27. Others sharing in the moment (from background left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley; Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; and Chairman, Crooked River Community Development Committee, Dalton Ricketts. The money was provided by the Government of Japan through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Project.

12 years ago Education

Japan Funds Renovation of Clarendon Skills Training Centre

Just over $10 million will be spent by the Government of Japan to renovate the Crooked River Skills Training Centre in Northern Clarendon, in a bid to revive training opportunities for residents of that community and surrounding areas. The funding was presented by the Embassy of Japan, through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Projects, at a contract...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 26. The State Minister supported the call for more women Parliamentarians and spoke about the 27th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA), to be held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, from March 29-31.

12 years ago JIS Think Tank

27TH COPA Meeting for Montego Bay This Weekend

Jamaica will for the first time, host the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA), and the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas. Parliamentarians and other political figures from the region and various countries in the Americas will converge at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and...