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President and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Michel Gantois (left), accepts a Red Mangrove sapling from Environmental Officer, Protected Areas Branch, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Italee Patterson (centre), for planting at Sturridge Park, Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area in Kingston recently. With them is Acting Coordinator for Ecosystems, Ecosystems Management Branch, NEPA, Chanel Raynor.

NEPA Encourages Corporate Jamaica to ‘Adopt-A-Mangrove’

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is encouraging Corporate Jamaica to partner with it on its Adopt-A-Mangrove programme. The undertaking is a new initiative by NEPA and an extension of wetland restoration projects and other volunteer efforts geared towards...

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (right), makes a point at the first Indian Diaspora Conference, held on Sunday (March 26) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Listening are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grang, and Dean of the Faculty of Sport at the University of the West Indies, Mona and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Akshai Mansingh.

Jamaica to Maintain Best of Its Heritage and Culture

Acting Corporate Public Relations Manager of the National Water Commission (NWC), Delano Williams, addresses the commissioning of the Mico Independent Water Resource Solution on Thursday (March 30), during a ceremony at The Mico University College in Kingston.

MICO Commissions Independent Water Source

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) powers up the electronic signage, which also opens the entrance to the new Red Stripe Cellars Expansion for Beer Production (CERS) project site during the official launch on Tuesday (Mar 28) at the plant’s Spanish Town Road location in Kingston. Also pictured are Managing Director, Red Stripe, Luis Prata (left), and Chairman, Peter Melhado.

Jamaicans Will Feel Benefits of Economic Recovery – PM

Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight.

Government To Ratify SPAW Protocol First Quarter of New Fiscal Year

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), presents maternal care supplies to Rhianna Davis during a handover ceremony at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, downtown Kingston, on March 29. The items include snuggle nests as well as diapers and skincare and hygiene products. The presentation falls under the Start Right initiative, targeted at vulnerable mothers and their newborns, and involves collaboration among the Ministry, the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ), and the Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans at Home (JAHJAH) Foundation. A total of 60 mothers at the facility benefited from the support.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Mothers Receive Maternal Care Supplies

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), presents maternal care supplies to Rhianna Davis during a handover ceremony at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, downtown Kingston, on March 29. The items include snuggle nests as well as diapers and skincare and hygiene products. The presentation falls under the Start Right initiative, targeted at...

Eighteen new Justices of the Peace (JPs) for Manchester take the oath of office during a commissioning ceremony held on Thursday (March 30) at Church Teachers’ College in the parish. Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Lt. Col. Hon. Garfield Green (left, at podium) presides over the ceremony.

3 years ago Justice

PHOTOS: New JPs for Manchester

Eighteen new Justices of the Peace (JPs) for Manchester take the oath of office during a commissioning ceremony held on Thursday (March 30) at Church Teachers’ College in the parish. Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Lt. Col. Hon. Garfield Green (left, at podium) presides over the ceremony.

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second right); Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second left) and Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn (left), in dialogue with United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Nick Perry, during the opening session for the Advanced Counter-Gang Training Exercise at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in Mona, St. Andrew, on Thursday (March 30).

3 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Continuing Strategies to Counter Organised Crime and Money Laundering

The Government continues to implement strategies aimed at suppressing organised crime and money laundering, and countering terrorism financing. The move is part of efforts to comply with the international requirements and standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has indicated that when Jamaica was evaluated, “we were...

Chargé D’Affaires, Embassy of Venezuela, José Antonio Sánchez-Vegas (centre) leads a workshop with students and representatives from the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, on the festivities of San Pedro the Apostle, whose Saint Day is celebrated in the Spanish-speaking country. Occasion was Spanish Immersion Day activities at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on March 29.

3 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Spanish Emersion Day on March 29

Chargé D’Affaires, Embassy of Venezuela, José Antonio Sánchez-Vegas (centre) leads a workshop with students and representatives from the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, on the festivities of San Pedro the Apostle, whose Saint Day is celebrated in the Spanish-speaking country. Occasion was Spanish Immersion Day activities at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on March 29.

Interim Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Kelli-Dawn Hamilton.

3 years ago Industry

JSEZA Big on Training

Training is a “big part” of how the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) operates. In an interview with JIS News, Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), JSEZA, Kelli-Dawn Hamilton, informed that major focus is placed on providing on-the-job training for staff. “We have a very robust internship programme here at the Special Economic Zone Authority and when our youngsters come...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right), listens to a point from Acting Country Representative, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Alex Gainer (left), during the USAID FHI360 Local Partner Development (LPD) Closeout Ceremony. Others sharing in the conversation are Chief of Party, LPD, Morana Smodlaka Krajnovic and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIAJ), Dr. Wayne Henry. The ceremony was held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on Wednesday (March 29).

3 years ago Social Security

Students Benefiting from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Students from the Denham Town and Tivoli Gardens High schools in Kingston are engaged in weekly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as part of a pilot programme by the Ministry of Education and Youth to reduce violence in schools. The two schools are the first of nine that are targeted islandwide for the intervention, which is aimed at testing the use...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (third right), lead the unveiling of a sign during the official launch of a neighbourhood watch programme for communities in Hellshire, Portmore, St. Catherine. The event took place at the Hellshire Park Shopping Centre on March 25. Sharing the moment (at right) is Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas.

3 years ago National Security and Peace

Neighbourhood Watch Groups Launched in Portmore Communities

Residents in the Seafort, Hellshire Park Estate and Fort Hill Estate communities in Portmore, St. Catherine, are now being served by Neighbourhood Watch groups to help ensure public safety. The groups were launched during a ceremony at the Hellshire Park shopping centre, on March 25. It was attended by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Commissioner of Police,...