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Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), performs the symbolic commissioning of the $60 million Mile Gully/Warwick Castle water supply system in St Mary on Thursday (November 28). Sharing the moment are: President, Mile Gully/Warwick Castle Benevolent Group, Ceceline Day (left); and Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Joylan Silvera.

1,200 St. Mary Residents Get Piped Water

More than 1,200 residents of several communities in St. Mary now have potable water flowing from taps in their homes, following the completion of the $60 million Mile Gully/Warwick Castle water supply system. The system was commissioned into service on...

Consumers are being warned to avoid “Panadol Extra Strength Tablets, in a blue package, bearing the label “made in China by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare”. These drugs have not been approved for sale in Jamaica.

Health Ministry Issues Unapproved Drugs Warning

Principal of the Reliance Basic School, in Braeton, St. Catherine, Judith Royal-Gardener (left), and Executive Director at Food For the Poor (FFP) Canada, Samantha Mahfood (second left), cut the ribbon for the official opening of the new Reliance Basic School, on November 28. Looking on are: Councillor for the Braeton Division, Anthony Wint (third left); former Board Chairman of the school, Owen Saunders on (fourth left), and students.

New Building for Students of Reliance Basic School

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), listens to a point being made by Member of Parliament for Western Kingston, Desmond McKenzie during the official re-opening ceremony for the Charles Chin Loy Health Centre in Western Kingston on Thursday, November 28.

Cabinet Approves Non-Communicable Disease Strategic Plan

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), is in discussion with Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA), Carl Williams at the Financial Investigation Division’s (FID) 2013 conference held on November 28, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Financial Institutions Urged to Report Suspicious Transactions

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (third left), cuts the ribbon symbolically the official reopening of the Charles Chin Loy Health Centre in Western Kingston on November 28. Others from left are: Councillor, Tivoli Gardens Division, Donovan Samuels; Member of Parliament, Western Kingston, Desmond McKenzie; Project Manager, Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Paulette Mitchell; Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Lyttleton Shirley; Regional Director, SERHA, Donald Farquharson.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Centre Re-Opens in Tivoli Gardens

Residents of Tivoli Gardens and surrounding areas in Western Kingston, now have improved access to health services, following the refurbishing and re-opening of the Charles Chin Loy Health Centre in the community. The Type II facility will provide maternal and child health care as well as curative services such as chronic diseases treatment and care, nutrition, paediatric and dental services,...

Chairman of the Holland High School in Martha Brae, Trelawny, Father Carl Clarke, celebrates with top academic performers (from left) Jodi-Ann Dyer (third place); Tasheena Burrell (first place) and Shanneeka Powell (second place). Occasion was the annual prize giving ceremony held on Tuesday, November 26, at the school in Martha Brae, Trelawny.

12 years ago Education

Education Minister says Non-Traditional High Schools Doing Well

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says that non-traditional high schools continue to do well, with many surpassing the achievements of traditional institutions. Rev. Thwaites, who was addressing the annual prize giving ceremony of the Holland High School in Trelawny on Tuesday, November 26, said that the recent Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) results indicates that Holland, and other such...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hilton (2nd right), shares a moment with President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (left); and owners of the Barnett Tech Park in Montego Bay, Paula and Mark Kerr-Jarrett. Occasion was the announcement and signing of a construction agreement to build more office space at the park for Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO), and Information Communication Technology (ICT) expansion, at JAMPRO

12 years ago Commerce

Gov’t Facilitates US$8.5 Million Investment in BPO Project

Jamaica is well on the way to meetings its target of doubling the size of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector by 2016. The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, through JAMPRO, and the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), have facilitated a US$8.5 million investment project between the owners of Barnett Tech Park in Montego Bay, St. James, and Kier...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (3rd left), shares a moment with (from left), Director for Crime Prevention and Community Safety in the Ministry, Courtney Brown; Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington; Head of the St. Catherine North Police Division, Senior Superintendent Anthony Castell; and Councillor for the Lauriston Division, Keisha Lewis. Occasion was a function held on Tuesday, November 26, in March Pen, St. Catherine.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Head of St. Catherine Police Division Hailed for Restoring Calm to Gravel Heights

Head of the St. Catherine North Police Division, Senior Superintendent (SSP) Anthony Castell, has come in for high praise from Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, for transforming the Gravel Heights community, and achieving a significant reduction in crime. The community was some two years ago plunged into chaos after multiple gang-related killings and mass exodus by residents from...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller addressing the Women In Parliament Global Forum, held in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on November 27.

12 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Joins Global Leaders in Call for More Women Political Leaders

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has joined the call of global leaders for more women to become political leaders. Mrs. Simpson Miller noted that as of January 2013, the average share of women in Parliaments globally stood at only 20.4 per cent, a far cry from the 40 per cent ideal, advocated by the Millennium Development Goals...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Carol Palmer (left), in conversation with Custos of St. Andrew, Hon. Marigold Harding, at a recognition ceremony for persons in the Drug Court Rehabilitation Programme, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, on November 27.

12 years ago Justice

Permanent Secretary Calls for More Focus on Children to Prevent Drug Abuse

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Carol Palmer, has called for increased sensitization of the effects caused by substance abuse, with particular focus on the children. Delivering the keynote address at a recognition ceremony for persons in the Drug Court Rehabilitation Programme, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, on November 27, she said her call is...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, addresses a JIS Think Tank on the upcoming regional Information Communication Technology (ICT) conference, at the Agency’s head office in Kingston on Wednesday, November 27.

12 years ago Technology

ICT Conference to Empower Persons with Disabilities

Technologies, that assist persons with disabilities, are among the key topics for discussion at a special seminar during the Caribbean Telecommunications Union/Information and Communications Technology (CTU/ICT) Week – Jamaica Conference, scheduled for December 2 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. This was disclosed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, at...