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Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Yulit Gordon at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Ban on Public Smoking A Major Achievement – Cancer Society

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Yulit Gordon, is hailing the ban on public smoking as a major achievement for individuals and organisations, which have long agitated for such legislation. She noted that as a member of the...

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (centre), speaks to the press on the visit of a team from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), during a briefing at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO) conference room in St. Andrew, on Wednesday, October 30. Flanking the Minster are JADCO’s chairman, Dr. Herb Elliot (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Onika Miller.

Minister Neita Headley Meets With WADA

President of the University of Technology (UTech), Professor Errol Morrison, addresses the audience at the recent launch of 'Tag Drive', an annual fund-raising activity held by UTech's Students' Union.

UTech Students Giving Back To Society

Minister Neita Headley Says Jamaican Athletes Are Among the Most Tested Worldwide

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd right), introduces Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force, Major General Antony Anderson (right), to President of Haiti, His Excellency Michel Martelly. The President arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on November 13 for a three-day State Visit.

Haitian President Arrives For Three-Day State Visit

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), addresses Wednesday’s (November 13) media briefing at the Finance and Planning Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, where journalists were updated on the results of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Staff Mission Team’s second economic quarterly review under the IMF’s four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Listening keenly are: Mission Team Head, Jan Kees Martijn (centre); and IMF Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bert Van Selm.

13 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Remains on Course for Drawdown from IMF

Jamaica remains on course for a second drawdown of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and supporting financial inflows from the World Bank and Inter-American Development (IDB), totalling some US$300 million. According to Head of the IMF Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Jan Kees Martijn, and Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, this is based on...

Vice President for Sales and Individual Life at Sagicor Life Jamaica, Mark Chisholm (right), greets Director General in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Mrs. Sharon Crooks (centre), while Head of the National Spatial Management Division at the Ministry, Rohan Richards (right), looks on. Occasion was a GIS Business Forum, held at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, Wednesday, November 13.

13 years ago Environment

GIS Serving 60 Government Entities

Director General in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Mrs. Sharon Crooks, is reporting that some 60 Government entities are relying on Geographic Information System (GIS), and are reaping the benefits. The Director General, who represented portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, at the opening session of a GIS Business Forum, held at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, on...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (seated centre), is pictured with some of the 1,000 students that will benefit from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Tertiary Bursary intervention for fiscal year 2013/2014. The Minister, November 13, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with representatives of the 18 institutions, through which the bursaries will be offered, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston. Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (standing 2nd right), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alvin McIntosh (standing at right), also shared in the moment.

13 years ago Labour

Tertiary Level PATH Students to Benefit from $100 Million in Bursaries

Some 1,000 tertiary level students from Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) households across the island are to benefit from scholarships to complete their studies. The Government of Jamaica is providing $100 million in bursaries, under the PATH Tertiary Bursary to assist these students. Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, on Wednesday, November 13, signed...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), makes a comment to Chairman of the National Health Fun (NHF), Sterling Soares, during opening of the 8th Caribbean Conference on Health Financing Initiatives at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay on Tuesday, November 12.

13 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica Waging War Against Non-Communicable Diseases – Dr. Ferguson

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says that Jamaica is in the midst of a war on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which he says, account for over 70 per cent of preventable premature deaths. He noted that the high prevalence of these chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancers, have implications for the long-term progress of the...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (right, foreground), examines the features of a sorrel harvesting machine developed by farmer and entrepreneur, Allison Turner (left), and husband, Oral Turner, during its unveiling at the offices of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on November 12.

13 years ago Agriculture

Local Sorrel Harvesting Machine Unveiled

A new sorrel harvesting machine, which could significantly boost local production, was unveiled at the offices of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hope Gardens, in St. Andrew, on November 12. The machine, which was developed by St. Elizabeth farmers and entrepreneurs, Oral and Allison Turner, is designed to, among other things, increase the volume...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left); in conversation with Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis; at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ session, held at the agency’s head office in Kingston, where he provided details on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Entrepreneurship Policy, which was passed in Parliament in July.

13 years ago CommerceIndustryJIS Think TankVision 2030

MSME Policy Crucial To Growth Agenda – Minister Hylton

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the recently passed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Entrepreneurship Policy is geared towards linking all the crucial sectors of the economy to ensure growth. “One of the opportunities it provides is to make clear that some of the big initiatives relating to the growth agenda of the Government of...

Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Grace McLean (right), presents the LASCO/Ministry of Education Teacher of the Year trophy to Janet Walters from the John Rollins Success Primary School (2nd right), while Founder and Executive Chairman LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin (left), hands the Principal of the Year trophy to Norman Malcolm of the Windward Road Primary and Junior High School. Occasion was the award ceremony held yesterday (Nov. 13), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Sharing the moment is Managing Director, LASCO Manufacturing Limited, Dr. Eileen Chin.

13 years ago Education

Gov’t Will Ensure Consensus on Teaching Council Bill

Education Minister, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is reiterating the Government’s commitment to ensuring consensus on the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council Bill, before steps are taken to pass legislation entrenching the organisation. “We are committed and have expended the time and will expend more time as much as is necessary for the process of consultation and broad acceptance among all stakeholders....