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Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral Peter Brady. (FILE)

Jet Ski Operators Urged To Register By March 31

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is reminding jet skis owners to register their water craft by the March 31 deadline. So far, the Authority has registered approximately 100 jet skis under an island-wide inspection and registration drive, which seeks...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (2nd left), participates in the symbolic presentation of a $123 million (US$117,176) grant agreement being provided by the Government of Japan to the Bustamante Hospital for Children for the acquisition of vital medical equipment, following Wednesday’s (March 26) signing ceremony at the institution. Also participating: are: the hospital Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Wood (left), and Chargé d’Affaires at the Japanese Embassy in Jamaica, Koji Tomita (2nd right), both of whom signed the agreement, and South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Acting Chairman, Dr. Andrei Cooke.

Children’s Hospital Receive $123 Million for Critical Equipment

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right) observes as Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Japan, Koji Tomita (second right) signs a grant contract valued $11 million for improvement works at the Wait-a-bit All Age School in Trelawny. The signing was held at the Embassy of Japan, in Kingston on March 26. Others from left are: Principal, Ted Jones and Chairman of the school Board, Cleverton Beckford. The funds, which were provided under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, will be used to build a computer room, repair a multi-purpose court, and fence the school.

Trelawny School Receives Assistance from Japanese Government

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (left) accepts his ‘Team Jamaica Valucard’ from Director, Epayment Group Limited, Khary Robinson during the official launch of the initiative at the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) offices in Kingston on March 25. Looking on is Vice President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Helene Davis-Whyte. Under the programme the participating merchants are asked to provide a reward discount to team Jamaica cardholders who spend at their businesses. The reward earned will go directly to the card and can be used at any participating merchant.

PSOJ Launches Civil Servant Discount Card

Managing Director of the Transport Authority (TA), Donald Foster (left), presents Chisholm Basic School, Director Louise Smikle (far right), with a cheque for $100,000, to assist with carrying out development of some of the facilities at the institution. Occasion was a handing over ceremony held at the school, in St. Andrew on March 5.

Transport Authority Assists Inner City Basic School

Farmers tending to the requests of buyers at the Agro-Tourism Farmers’ Market, held at the Catherine Hall Stadium car park, Montego Bay, on March 26.

12 years ago Tourism

Successful Agro-Tourism Farmers’ Market Staged in Mo-Bay

Another successful Agro-Tourism Farmers’ Market was staged at the Catherine Hall Stadium, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 26. The event was the second to be held under the initiative, launched last year in Negril, Westmoreland. Funding is being provided by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which has allocated $10 million for the staging of the series of markets....

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), unveils a plaque at the newly re-branded Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa, in Kingston, during the launch on March 25. Executive Chairman, Dr. Henry Lowe and his wife Janet, look on.

12 years ago Health & WellnessPrime Minister

PM Encourages Investment in Medical Tourism

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller wants Jamaica to tap into the global market for medical tourism, which is estimated at US$40 billion. Citing the recent announcement of Jamaica’s first medical tourism facility to be built in Montego Bay; the country’s world renowned cadre of nurses and doctors; as well as its demonstrated expertise in medicine, Mrs. Simpson...

Acting Commissioner General, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Ainsley Powell, emphasises a point while addressing the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) President’s Breakfast Forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (March 25).

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Tax Administration Reviewing Business Hours and Services

Acting Commissioner General of Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Ainsley Powell, says the agency is seeking to review its business hours, and the service it provides to clients at its tax offices. These, Mr. Powell says, include restructuring early morning weekday services, and extending these on weekends. He made this disclosure while addressing Tuesday’s (March 25) Private Sector Organization of Jamaica...

Students of the St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in rapt attention as Civil Servant of the Year for 2013, Enthrose Campbell teaches a lesson in Spanish at the school on Monday, March 24. Miss Campbell, who is a past student of the institution and is currently the Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), is volunteering her service as part of initiatives to highlight the positive image of civil servants.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

2013 Civil Servant Helping to Prepare Students for CSEC Exams

Eleven students of St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS), who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in Spanish next month, are more confident of success due to the assistance of 2013 Civil Servant of the Year, Enthrose Campbell. Miss Campbell, who is a past student of the institution and is currently the Director of Production at...

Citizen, Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) participant Trudy-Ann Salmon receives a certificate of completion from CSJP Senior Community Action Officer, Denise Adams. Trudy-Ann participated in remedial classes offered by the CSJP, in partnership with the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) and Operation Friendship. A graduation ceremony was held on March 12 at the JFLL’s head office on South Camp Road in Kingston.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Youth Benefitting from CSJP Intervention

Twenty-two youth who participated in remedial classes offered by the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), in partnership with the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), and Operation Friendship, have advanced to a CSJP vocational programme at the HEART Trust/NTA. The remedial classes, which began in April 2013, are aimed at increasing literacy and numeracy levels in volatile communities across...

Dr. Tanya Foster, Medical Internist and Consultant Physician at National Chest Hospital.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Tuberculosis Infection Rates Down

Chest Hospital Launches Awareness Activities As Jamaica observed World TB Day on Monday, March 24, statistics show that the country has experienced a marginal decrease in the cases of Tuberculosis (TB) over the past two years. The prevalence of the disease has been relatively steady at six per 100,000 since 1991. While up to 2011 there was a steady average...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), presents principal of Vauxhall High School, Angela Chaplain, with the Unite for Change pledge. The Minister was visiting the school’s Windward Road location in Kingston on March 21, as part of a series of islandwide school tours under the Unite for Change initiative, which is a public education and behaviour change programme, aimed at tackling the nation’s crime problem. The pledge invites persons to communicate better, to solve problems peacefully, to ‘reason it out’ and not ‘fight it out’. Students across the island are being asked to adopt the pledge, committing to play their part in the prevention of violence.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Youth Encouraged to Become Peace Agents

Jamaica’s youth have been encouraged to champion the ‘Unite for Change’ cause and become peace agents within their homes and communities, by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting. He made the plea during his visit to Vauxhall High School in Kingston on March 21, as part of a series of islandwide school tours under the Unite for Change initiative,...