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Jamaica Moves Reloaded

The Ministry of Health and Wellness, on Thursday (August 25), sought to reignite the nation’s passion for health and exercise, through its ‘Jamaica Moves Reloaded’ fair at Turtle River Park in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. Hundreds of persons turned out...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), with beneficiaries of the $14.7 billion Catherine Estates housing development in Dunbeholden, St. Catherine, on Friday (August 26).

Improvement In Housing Agency of Jamaica’s Operations

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (fourth left), presents awards to this year’s Petrojam scholars who have performed outstandingly in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. They are (from left) Greenwich Primary’s Javonne Wong, who will be attending Kingston Technical High School and Tasheka Williams, who will be attending Meadowbrook High School. From St. Andrew Primary are Adrianna Whittingham, who heads to Excelsior High School, and Robert Reynolds, who will be attending the St. Andrew Technical High School. An awards ceremony was held at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston on Thursday (August 25).

Petrojam Continues Support of PEP Students

Onion farmer, Lawrence Lynch, on his farm in Yallahs, St Thomas, where he has contributed to the parish considerably exceeding the national onion yield.

St. Thomas Farmers Making Strides in Onion Production

Managing Director of the Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA Trust), Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, speaks at JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Friday, August 26.

HEART/NSTA Trust Offers Globally Competitive Training to Develop Labour Force

Theatre and Drama Development Specialist at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Shaun Drysdale.

4 years ago Culture

JCDC Selects 22 Aspiring Filmmakers to Create Short Films

Some 22 first-time filmmakers have been selected to create short films under the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) FI WI Short Film Competition. The Competition, the brainchild of the JCDC’s Drama and Theatre Arts Unit, was open to young Jamaicans 12 to 18 years old and adults 19 years and over who have never made a film or had a...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (third right), with Shelter Managers who were awarded at the Corporation’s Annual Shelter Management Conference, held on August 25, at the Scouts Association of Jamaica headquarters, in St. Andrew.

4 years ago Local Government

KSAMC Awards Six Shelter Managers

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has awarded six of its long-serving Shelter Managers. At the event, held on August 25 at the Scouts Association of Jamaica headquarters in St. Andrew, the Managers received plaques and other tokens for their services. The event was the Annual Shelter Management Conference, organised by the Corporation. The awardees were Andrew Foster...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), along with President of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), William Brown (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams (right), tours a section of the Newport business community in Kingston, on Tuesday (August 23).

4 years ago Local Government

High-Level Ministerial Team Tours Kingston Port

Perennial issues of flooding and security in the Newport West business community in Kingston, are being tackled by several ministries and agencies. A high-level government team led by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, met with the business operators on Tuesday (August 23), at the Shipping Association...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre, front row); British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater (fourth right, front row), and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (to the Minister’s right), with the 2022 United Kingdom (UK) Chevening Government Scholarships awardees. They were awarded their scholarship certificates during a reception held at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in Kingston, on August 25.

4 years ago Education

Jamaicans Get More Chevening Scholarships

More than half of the 2022 United Kingdom (UK) Chevening Government Scholarships for Caribbean nationals were awarded to Jamaicans. Of the 33 scholarships that were made available, 16 were awarded to nine women and seven men from the country. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, said they will be studying in fields such as Special and Inclusive Education,...

4 years ago Information

All ‘Usual Residents’ to Be Counted in National Census

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is advising the public that only persons who are ‘usual residents’ of Jamaica on Census Day, Monday September 12, will be counted in the 15th Population and Housing Census when data collection gets under way. Usual residents are those persons who spend the greater part of the year (six months or more) or on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), hands over keys to a unit of the newly constructed Majesty Gardens Phase 1A, in St. Andrew, to Cedrick Anderson (centre) and his son, Ricardo Anderson, during a ceremony on August 24 on the site of the new housing complex. Thirty-two duplex housing units were handed over to proud new homeowners under the National Housing Trust (NHT) Community Renewal Programme (CRP).

4 years ago Housing

Low-Income Earners to Benefit More from Interest Rate Subsidy

The National Housing Trust (NHT) decision to target middle- and low-income earners and persons with disabilities to benefit from reduced interest rates, is in keeping with the Government’s mandate to make homeownership possible for every Jamaican. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the handover ceremony for houses in Majesty Gardens Phase 1A in St....

Hon. Floyd Green (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for the National Identification System (NIDS), shows a sample card to Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, following the Minister

4 years ago Technology

Green Talks NIDS with Manchester Stakeholders

Under the upcoming National Identification System (NIDS), there will be a renewal period of every 10 years for adults and five years for children who get their cards at birth. So says Hon. Floyd Green, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, as he responded to questions from Justices of the Peace in Manchester, following his presentation...