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Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.

Minister Hanna Leads Caricom Delegation in Funding Discussion with UNESCO

Paris, November 9, 2013 - The Minister of Youth and Culture the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP will lead a delegation of Caricom Ministers and Ambassadors in a meeting with the leadership of UNESCO on Monday (November 11) to secure funding...

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), converses with Water Resources Authority (WRA) Managing Director, Basil Fernandez, during the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA), Public Lecture on Friday (November 8) at the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) head office, New Kingston, to commemorate World Town Planning Day under the theme: ‘Water: Too Much, Too Little, Unusable or in the Wrong Place’.

Govt to Make Rainwater Harvesting Mandatory for Housing Projects

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), address a ceremony to mark the official re-dedication of the Moreland Hill Primary School in Westmoreland, held on Thursday (Nov. 7) on the school grounds. Looking on in background are Principal of the school, Alecia Laing (partly hidden) and President of the Rockhouse Foundation, Peter Rose.

Moreland Primary School gets New Building

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.

Minister Nicholson for COTED and CHOGM

Executive Director of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Dr. Patrece Charles (at microphone), addressing a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. At left is Manager for Group Corporate Communications at National Commercial Bank (NCB), Mrs. Belinda Williams.

NPSC Gets Helping Hand from NCB

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is greeted by her Japanese counterpart, His Excellency Shinzo Abe, prior to their talks in Tokyo on Tuesday (November 5). Both leaders signed a statement pledging to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries.

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PM Ends Successful Working Visit to Japan

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, ended a successful three-day working visit to Japan on Friday, November 8, during which she signed a joint declaration with her Japanese counterpart, His Excellency Shinzo Abe, for the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries. Addressing a reception hosted by the Jamaican Embassy in Tokyo, on November 7, the Prime...

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Aloun Ndombet Assamba (left), shares a moment with Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea Councillor, Charles Williams (2nd left); Project Director of the Windrush Foundation, Arthur Torrington; and Mayoress June Williams at the official opening of an exhibition on Tuesday (Nov. 5), by the Windrush Foundation, to mark the 175th anniversary of the Emancipation of African slaves in the British West Indies. The exhibition is currently being held at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaican High Commissioner Opens Emancipation Exhibition in London

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, opened an exhibition in London on Tuesday, November 5, marking the 175th anniversary of the 1838 Emancipation of African slaves in the British West Indies. The exhibition titled: ‘Making Freedom: Riots, Rebellions and Revolutions’, will run at the Royal Geographical Society before touring the UK. It is the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), hands over a letter of commitment for $50,000 to Acting Principal of the Howard Cooke Primary School, in Montego Bay, Mrs. Mavis Moses (2nd right), to go towards the construction of a perimeter fence for the school. Sharing in the moment are Principal of the institution, Mr. Dave Scott (2nd left), and Chairman of the Board of Governors for the school, Philemon Samuels (left). Occasion was a ground breaking ceremony for the fence at the school on November 7.

12 years ago Education

Perimeter Fence for Howard Cooke Primary

Ground has been broken for the construction of a perimeter fence around the Howard Cooke Primary School, in Catherine Hall, St. James, to ensure the safety and security of students and teachers. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, who broke ground on November 7, pledged...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), is greeted by President of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists (JAST), Derrick Little (right), while Executive Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), Ambassador Derrick Heaven, (centre) looks on. Occasion was the 76th annual conference of JAST, held on November 7, at the Jamaica Grande Resort, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.

12 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t to Upgrade Sugar Producing Communities

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the Government has undertaken important infrastructural development in sugar producing communities, with funding provided by the European Union (EU). “We have been making some significant strides…this year we are putting in about 200 kilometres of good cane roads. Next year, and going into the other year, we have another 280 kilometres...

United Kingdom Minister with Responsibility for the Caribbean, Hon. Mark Simmonds, emphasizing a point during Wednesday’s (November 6) media briefing at the British High Commission in Kingston.

12 years ago Commerce

UK Minister Keen on Strengthening Business Ties with Jamaica

British government minister, Hon. Mark Simmonds, says he is keen on facilitating increased business and trade links between Jamaica and the United Kingdom (UK). Mr. Simmonds, who has responsibility for the Caribbean, Africa, Overseas Territories, Climate Change, and International Energy, cited increased exports of Jamaican products to the UK, and “significant” British expertise and experience in developing renewable energy solutions,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), converses with 2012 Outstanding Caribbean Child Researcher, Raejean Porter, during Thursday’s (November 7) session of the Caribbean Child Research Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Looking on at left is Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Professor Brian Meeks.

12 years ago Education

Construction to Begin Next Month on Diagnostic Centres for Special Needs Children

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says work will begin next month on the establishment of three diagnostic and care centres to cater to students with special education needs in rural Jamaica. “Construction is starting in December at Sam Sharpe (Teachers’ College in St. James) for the construction of the centre there and we have existing space at Church Teachers’...

Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.

12 years ago Youth

OCR Moves to Encourage More Reporting of Child Abuse

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) will be intensifying its public education thrust in order to encourage more citizens to report cases of child abuse. The move is in keeping with recommendations coming out of a recent baseline study conducted by the agency, through United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), geared towards ascertaining the current views, knowledge, practices and behaviour...