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Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington (far left) and Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders (centre) are guided on a tour of Tivoli Gardens after the joint police-military incursion into Western Kingston in May 2010. (FILE)

QC Velma Hylton Requests Exclusion from Commission of Enquiry

Ms Velma Hylton QC has written to His Excellency, the Governor-General affirming her definitive wish to be excluded from appointment to the membership of the Commission on the Tivoli Enquiry. The Governor-General has accepted her request. Ms Hylton in making...

NWA Communications Manager in discussion with a supervisor on the site of the road rehabilitation work taking place at the University hospital of the West Indies.

University Hospital Main Road Being Resurfaced

Chairman of the Tourism Linkages Council, Donovan Perkins and Head of the Tourism Linkages Hub, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, outline details of a demand study to be administered beginning April, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 13.

Demand Study to be Done for Tourism

Pupils of the Brainerd Basic School in St. Mary, perform a song during the official opening of the Brainerd Health Centre on March 14. Among those enjoying the performance is Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre, background). Others (from left) are: Acting Parish Manager for the St. Mary Health Department, Matron Linda Sutherland-Hines; Councillor for the Richmond Division, St. Mary Parish Council, Richard Creary; Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, where the school and health centre are located, Dr. Winston Green; and Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson.

Draft of Primary Health Care Renewal Policy for Cabinet

Governor General His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, (Left) presents the Insignia of the Order of Distinction, Commander Class, to newly installed Custos of St. Ann, Hon. Norma Walters, during the official installation ceremony held at the Seville Heritage Park, St. Ann's Bay on Thursday, March 13.

PM Congratulates New Custos of St. Ann

United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) representative to Jamaica, Mark Connolly, (third left) speaks with members of the Child Development Agency’s (CDA) Children Advisory Panel during a courtesy call paid by the Panel on the UNICEF’s representative at his office in Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston, on Friday, March 14. Seated (from left) are: Secretary, Policy Planning and Evaluation, CDA, Jodian Givons; Children Officer, CDA, Tahecia Salmon; Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF, Janet Cupidon-Quallo; Director, Policy Planning and Evaluation, CDA, Newton Douglas; Suzecka Swaby, Glenmuir High School, MayPen, Clarendon; Kinshasia Johnson, Merl Grove High School, Kingston; Meca-Gaye Francis, Campion College, Kingston; Shemar Millwood, Jamaica College, Kingston; Rushay Ximines, Meadowbrook High School, Kingston and Campion College student and Chairperson of CAP, Charles Young.

12 years ago Culture

Child Advisory Panel Makes Recommendations to Improve Lives of Wards of the State

The Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) has submitted a report outlining recommendations to improve the lives of children in state care to the Child Development Agency (CDA). The Panel, developed by the CDA in collaboration with the Children’s Council of Jamaica, was established to foster child participation, and to consult children on issues affecting them. Chairman of CAP and Campion College...

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, (left) presents the Magistrates Roll to newly installed Custos of St. Ann, Hon.Norma Walters, during the official installation ceremony held at the Seville Heritage Park, St. Ann

12 years ago Local Government

St. Ann Welcomes First Female Custos

History was created in St. Ann on Thursday, March 13 when newly installed Custos Rotulorum for the Parish of St. Ann, Hon. Norma Lorraine Walters, became the first female Custos of the parish, and the first to succeed a spouse. Mrs. Walters was installed by Governor General , His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen during a ceremony held...

Prime Minister Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller addresses participants in the special ceremony hosted by the Hospiten Group, to announce the construction of a US$20 million specialised general hospital for Western Jamaica.

12 years ago CommerceHealth & Wellness

Montego Bay Investment Project to Create 300 Jobs

Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has expressed appreciation to the Spain’s Hospiten Group, which yesterday (March 14) announced final plans for the construction of a highly specialised general hospital at Cinnamon Hill, Rose Hall, St. James at a cost of $200 million. The Hospiten Group made the announcement during a ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Hon. Julian Robinson congratulates worker, Jamalco, Colin Smith who served the company for 40 years. Twenty one employees who have served Jamalco for 10-40 years were honoured at a function held at the Jamaica Pegasus on Thursday, March 13.

12 years ago EnergyTechnology

Government Finalising Waste to Energy Policy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Hon. Julian Robinson says the Government is in the process of finalising its waste to energy policy. Mr. Robinson said the development of the policy involved stakeholders from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. “We have finally come...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), shares a light moment with immediate past Principal of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School, Byron Farquharson (left), and his wife, Joan Farquharson, at an appreciation function for Mr. Farquharson, held yesterday (March 13) at the Kendal Conference Centre, in Manchester.

12 years ago Education

New High School to be Opened in Mandeville

A new high school will be opened in Mandeville later this year, two primary schools will be expanded and infrastructural works will be completed at the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School. This was announced by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, at an appreciation ceremony for immediate past Principal of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School, Byron...

Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley.

12 years ago Tourism

Tourism Linkages Hub Reaping Success

Head of the Tourism Linkages Hub, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, says the initiative has been bearing fruit with positive impact on key sectors affiliated with the tourism industry. The mission of this linkage project is to position the tourism sector to increase its demand for, and consumption of goods and services that can be competitively sourced in Jamaica, while strengthening the linkages...

Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Freundel Stuart, responds to questions posed by journalists at a press conference convened following the conclusion of the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, which took place at the Buccament Bay Resort, Buccament, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines earlier this week. The Inter-sessional meeting, which officially opened on Monday (March 10) ended on Tuesday (March 11). The three-day event kicked off with the 8th meeting of the Prime Ministerial sub-committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Sunday (March 9).

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Barbados will comply with Ruling of CCJ – PM

Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Freundel Stuart, says his country is committed to complying with the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the Shanique Myrie ruling. The Prime Minister was addressing journalists at a press conference convened following the conclusion of the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, which took place...