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Minister of Transport and Minining, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks to students and other stakeholders at the official launch of York Castle High School’s Driver Education Programme, on January 27.
Minister of Transport and Minining, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks to students and other stakeholders at the official launch of York Castle High School’s Driver Education Programme, on January 27.

Law to Deal With Persons Selling and Buying Driver’s Licences – Minister

The full arm of the law will be brought to bear against persons who have been selling and illegally obtaining driver’s licences, says Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw. Addressing the official launch of York Castle High School’s...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is briefed by Inbound Supervisor, Cari-Med Group, Christopher Meikle (second right), during a tour of the company’s new distribution centre in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, which was officially opened on Friday (January 27). Others (from left) are Co-Founders, Cari-Med Group, Marva and Glen Christian, and Custos Rotulorum for St. Catherine, Hon. Icilyn Golding.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is briefed by Inbound Supervisor, Cari-Med Group, Christopher Meikle (second right), during a tour of the company’s new distribution centre in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, which was officially opened on Friday (January 27). Others (from left) are Co-Founders, Cari-Med Group, Marva and Glen Christian, and Custos Rotulorum for St. Catherine, Hon. Icilyn Golding.

Cari-Med Group to Recruit 60 Per Cent of Workforce for New Distribution Centre from Bernard Lodge
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), are greeted by Pastor of Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston, Reverend Merrick ‘Al’ Miller, during the 2023 Reggae Month Church Service, on Sunday (January 29). The service was held at Fellowship Tabernacle under the theme ‘We Come to Ketch the Rhythm in Reverence and Praise’.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), are greeted by Pastor of Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston, Reverend Merrick ‘Al’ Miller, during the 2023 Reggae Month Church Service, on Sunday (January 29). The service was held at Fellowship Tabernacle under the theme ‘We Come to Ketch the Rhythm in Reverence and Praise’.

Churches Encouraged to Assist in Expanding Jamaica’s Reggae Gospel Industry
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking during the funeral service for firefighter, Lorenzo Garnet Douse, which was held at Moneague College in St. Ann on Saturday (January 28).
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking during the funeral service for firefighter, Lorenzo Garnet Douse, which was held at Moneague College in St. Ann on Saturday (January 28).

Ocho Rios Fire Station Being Renamed in Honour of Late Firefighter
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon during a ceremony to handover a $7 million three-bedroom house to resident of Hopeful Village in St. Andrew, Thia Jones, recently. The unit was constructed under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Others (from left) are Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South, Mark Golding, and Chairperson, NSHP Oversight Committee, Judith Robb Walters. The NSHP comprises three components – the provision of indigent housing, which will see 315 housing units (five for each of the 63 constituencies) constructed per annum; relocation of vulnerable communities, which will give priority to persons in imminent danger; and the upgrading of tenement yards (one per constituency).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon during a ceremony to handover a $7 million three-bedroom house to resident of Hopeful Village in St. Andrew, Thia Jones, recently. The unit was constructed under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Others (from left) are Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South, Mark Golding, and Chairperson, NSHP Oversight Committee, Judith Robb Walters. The NSHP comprises three components – the provision of indigent housing, which will see 315 housing units (five for each of the 63 constituencies) constructed per annum; relocation of vulnerable communities, which will give priority to persons in imminent danger; and the upgrading of tenement yards (one per constituency).

PHOTOS: Prime Minister Holness Delivers Houses to Resident in St. Andrew South

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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents a scholarship certificate to College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) student, Ashli-Ann Graham, during the institution’s Founders’ Weekend Celebration on Saturday (January 28). Minister Williams was the keynote speaker at the event, which was held at the institution’s campus in Portland under the theme: ‘Celebrating our Legacy, Creating Visions of Excellence’.
Education

PHOTOS: Minister Fayval Williams Attends CASE Founders’ Weekend Celebration

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents a scholarship certificate to College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) student, Ashli-Ann Graham, during the institution’s Founders’ Weekend Celebration on Saturday (January 28). Minister Williams was the keynote speaker at the event, which was held at the institution’s campus in Portland under the theme: ‘Celebrating our Legacy, Creating Visions...
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(File Photo)Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Ainsley Henry, plant a sapling as part of the launch of the urban tree planting thrust, at Jamaica House on Saturday (January 28).
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

3,000 Trees to be Planted Along Lady Musgrave and East King’s House Roads

A major urban tree planting thrust will kick off with the planting of 3,000 saplings along Lady Musgrave and East King’s House Roads in St. Andrew. This undertaking forms part of the National Tree Planting Initiative (NTPI) to replenish Jamaica’s forest cover. Under the initiative, which was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in November 2019, three...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), displays a guitar donated to Irwin High School in St. James under the Ministry’s ‘Liv Gud’ Music, Sports, and Technology programme. The guitar along with a keyboard were handed over during a ceremony at the institution on Friday (January 27). Sharing the moment (from left) are music teacher and cultural agent at the institution, Keron Thompson (left), and Student Council President, Jamela Shukurah.
EducationEntertainmentYouth

National Security Ministry Donates Musical Instruments to Irwin High School

The music programme at Irwin High School in St James has been bolstered with the donation of instruments under the Ministry of National Security’s ‘Liv Gud’ Music, Sports, and Technology (MST) initiative’. The instruments, a guitar and a keyboard, were handed over by portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, following a ceremony at the institution on Friday (January 27). In...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right, seated), and Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz (second left, seated), along with Executive Director, Citizen Security Secretariat, Dianne McIntosh (left, seated), and Chair, Violence Prevention Alliance, Professor Elizabeth Ward (right, seated), are joined by the initial participants in the psychological first aid responders training programme, during their graduation ceremony at the S Hotel in Montego Bay on Friday (January 27).
Health & Wellness

Twenty Psychological First Aid Responder Trainees Graduate

The parish of St. James and, by extension, Jamaica now have improved capabilities to offer psychological support at the community level following the graduation of the initial cohort of psychological first aid responder trainees, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay on Friday (January 27). The 20 men and women are tasked with providing first response in the areas of...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Education

PEP Support for Students and Teachers

The Ministry of Education and Youth, through its Curriculum Unit, is providing a range of support services to help students and teachers prepare for this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. The Ministry, in a bulletin, said that PEP preparation lessons are being facilitated via television on its e-Home School Network (eHSN) on the Ready TV platform, and on the...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), with responsibility for works, Hon Everald Warmington (right) and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Elizabeth North Eastern, Delroy Slowley (left), examine Wilson Bridge in Aberdeen, during a tour of the constituency on January 25. At third left is MP for St. Elizabeth Southeast and State Minister in the Ministry Of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Franklin Witter
Transport

Roads and Defective Bridges in Sections of St. Elizabeth to be Repaired

Deteriorated roadways, road breakaways and defective bridges in sections of St. Elizabeth North Eastern and North Western are to be repaired in short order. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), with responsibility for Works, Hon Everald Warmington, following a tour of sections of the constituencies on Wednesday, January 25....
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