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Minister of Science, Technology Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre) cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official opening of the Information Technology (IT) Unit at the HELP Jamaica! Education Centre in St. Andrew during a ceremony on February 12. Participating (from left) are: Founding Director for HELP Jamaica!, Dr. Birte Timm; and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jamaica, His Excellency Josef Beck.

Computer Centre Opens in Cassava Piece

Residents of Cassava Piece in St. Andrew now have access to a fully equipped computer centre, which were provided through $3 million in funding from the Universal Service Fund (USF). The Information Technology (IT) unit, established at the HELP Jamaica!...

Nutritionist at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Frances Mahfood, shows what a heart healthy meal should look like, during a JIS Think Tank held on Tuesday (Feb.11) to promote Heart Month.

Nutritionist Joins Calls for Jamaicans to Read Food Labels

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (3rd left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service, one of two buses acquired for the Overseas Employment Programme, during a ceremony held at the Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston on Tuesday (February 11). Director of the Overseas Employment Programme, Sonia Ellis-Williams (2nd right), assists the Minister, while (from left) Director, Manpower Services in the Ministry, Andrea Miller-Stennett; and bus drivers, Jerome Hall and Ricardo Nedrick, look on.

Labour Ministry Acquires Buses for Overseas Employment Programme

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addressing Wednesday’s (February 12) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. (FILE)

JTB to Revise Overseas Advertising Campaign

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), with (from second left), State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford; Chief Executive Officer of Rainforest Seafoods, Brian Jardim; radio personality, Miss Kitty; and State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, at the launch of the Rainforest Seafoods Festival, to be held at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre in Montego Bay on March 5. The launch was held at Rainforest’s offices on Slipe Road, in Kingston, on February 11.

Hospital to Benefit From Rainforest Seafoods Festival

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke (left), addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) on February 11, at its Church Street chambers, downtown Kingston. At right is incoming Town Clerk, Robert Hill.

12 years ago Local Government

Trade Licence Compliance Rate Up

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is reporting that its trade licence compliance rate has increased between 25 per and 53 per cent in certain zones. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke, made the announcement while addressing the monthly meeting of the KSAC, at its Church Street offices, in downtown Kingston, on February 11. She noted that...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addressing the first batch of farm workers to be dispatched for 2013 to Canada, under the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Programme, on January 2, at East Street in Kingston. The 172 workers will leave the island on January 3, 2013 on a Chartered flight. (FILE)

12 years ago Labour

More Jamaicans Get Jobs Overseas

Employment under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s overseas work programme is expected to exceed 13,400 for the 2013/14 period. The number is an increase over the 11,411 Jamaicans, who benefitted from job opportunities overseas during 2012/2013. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said that the majority of the opportunities were realized in the Canadian labour market where more than...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (2nd right), enjoys a light moment with (from left): Chief Executive Officer of Rainforest Seafoods, Brian Jardim; Senior Sponsorship Manager at Digicel, Tahnida Nunes; and Radio personality, Miss Kitty, at the launch of the Rainforest Seafoods Festival on February 11, at Rainforest’s Slipe Road offices in Kingston.

12 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry Mulls Drones to Combat Poaching

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is looking into the use of drones to man the country’s fisheries resources, to combat illegal fishing by foreign poachers. “We are now in the process of looking at drones to deal with policing our fish resources, because we are losing millions of dollars each year to foreign poachers when those catches should be...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke, addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) on February 11, at its Church Street chambers in downtown Kingston.

12 years ago Local Government

KSAC Holds Town Hall Meeting on February 19

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will resume its series of town hall meetings this month, with a session at the St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, 89 Slipe Road, next Wednesday, February 19. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, will be the guest speaker at the event, which will commence at 6:00 p.m. He is...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), emphasizes a point during a discussion with Executive Director, Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Dr. Donna Powell-Wilson (2nd left); Principal, Excelsior Community College (ECC), Dr. Nadine Scott (2nd right); and ECC Management Committee Chairman, Morin Seymour, during Tuesday’s (February 11) launch of activities commemorating ECC’s 40th anniversary, at the institution’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue, Kingston.

12 years ago Technology

USF Accumulates $11 Billion in Revenue

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has accumulated over $11 billion in revenue, since the introduction of the cess on international calls terminating in Jamaica, in 2005, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has disclosed. Mr. Paulwell said the money has been used to provide information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in schools and communities islandwide. Speaking at...

Attorney-at-law, Tania Chambers (left); Chairman, Advisory Board, Child Development Agency (CDA), Maxine Henry Wilson (centre), and Head of the Caribbean Coalition for the Abolition of Corporal Punishment of Children, Hazel Thompson-Ahye, of Trinidad and Tobago, consult on a document during a national consultation on proposed changes to the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA) and the CCPA Children’s Home Regulations, held in New Kingston on February 11.

12 years ago Culture

Stakeholders Discuss Changes to CCPA

Depriving children of their liberty should be seen as a last resort in the court system, especially for first time offenders and those committing non-violent offences. This is among a slew of recommendations in a draft policy outlining changes to the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA), on which consultations are being held islandwide, before they are finalized for presentation...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (right), shares a light moment with (from left) Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Carol Simpson; and Deputy Director, Creative Industries Section, World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), Dimiter Gantchev. Occasion was the Regional Conference on Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on February 10.

12 years ago Commerce

JIPO Developing Masters Degree in Intellectual Property

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is developing a Masters Degree programme in intellectual property (IP), which will be offered at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. This was disclosed by State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams on Monday, February 10, while addressing the opening of the Regional Conference on Intellectual Property...