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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left) listens as Managing Director, Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM), Donna Howe (left) highlights features of a bauxite mining display during the JBM’s Pop-Up Museum in commemoration of Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of Independence, which opened on August 2 at the PCJ building in New Kingston. Also listening are Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second right); and Human Resource Assistant, JBM, Abigail Minott. The pop-up museum celebrates and chronicles decades of bauxite mining history in the country.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left) listens as Managing Director, Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM), Donna Howe (left) highlights features of a bauxite mining display during the JBM’s Pop-Up Museum in commemoration of Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of Independence, which opened on August 2 at the PCJ building in New Kingston. Also listening are Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second right); and Human Resource Assistant, JBM, Abigail Minott. The pop-up museum celebrates and chronicles decades of bauxite mining history in the country.

Gov’t Committed to Sustainable Bauxite Mining – Minister Shaw

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is committed to ensuring sustainable bauxite mining to safeguard the environment. “I want to assure the country that even as we continue to mine for bauxite, we will pay...
Fashion Designer and Owner of Keneea Linton Boutique, Keneea Linton-George.
Fashion Designer and Owner of Keneea Linton Boutique, Keneea Linton-George.

Sustainability: The Future of Fashion
Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.

Government to Take Action to Protect Rio Cobre
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says she is excited to have Red Stripe on board as the official beer, as the nation celebrates its Diamond Jubilee. Red Stripe has partnered with the Ministry to undertake the beautification of several locations across the island and will commission several murals to capture the Jamaican spirit.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says she is excited to have Red Stripe on board as the official beer, as the nation celebrates its Diamond Jubilee. Red Stripe has partnered with the Ministry to undertake the beautification of several locations across the island and will commission several murals to capture the Jamaican spirit.

Culture Ministry Partners with Red Stripe to Beautify Several Locations
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), with Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second right); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (left), and State Minister, Frank Witter, at the official launch of the ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart’ campaign on August 1. It was held at the 68th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, Denbigh Showground, Clarendon.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), with Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second right); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (left), and State Minister, Frank Witter, at the official launch of the ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart’ campaign on August 1. It was held at the 68th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, Denbigh Showground, Clarendon.

‘Food Freedom’ is True Emancipation

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Special Commemorative Session for the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“the Montego Bay Convention”), held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew, on Monday (August 1).
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No Support for Deep-Sea Mining Without Regulatory Framework

Jamaica will not support deep-sea mining in the International Seabed Area without a suitable regulatory framework being in place, says Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. “While Jamaica continues to attach significant importance to the full and effective implementation of [the] United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“the Montego Bay...
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Newly crowned Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2022, Velonique Bowen, at the coronation held at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Monday (August 1)..
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Miss Kingston and St. Andrew is Jamaica Festival Queen

Broadcast journalist, Velonique Bowen, is the newly crowned Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2022. Miss Bowen, who represented Kingston and St. Andrew, was among the 13 parish queens in the contest, held at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Monday (August 1). Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, presented the winner’s cheque of $600,000, at the grand...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) and Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama (left) lay floral tributes at the shrine of the African ancestors at the Seville Heritage Park, St. Ann, during the Seville Emancipation Jubilee on July 31.
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Jamaicans Celebrate at Seville Emancipation Jubilee

Jamaicans from all walks of life turned out in their thousands on Sunday (July 31) into Monday morning (August 1) to celebrate the nation’s culture at the Seville Emancipation Jubilee at Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann. The event, which returns to the heritage site after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, included an array of cultural...
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A patron purchases produce at the farmers market, during Monday’s (August 1) ‘Augus’ Mawnin Market in the Jamaica 60 Independence Village at the National Stadium Complex in Kingston.
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Welcome Return of Augus’ Mawnin Market

Scores of persons converged on the National Stadium grounds on Monday (August 1) to purchase fresh produce and partake in culinary delights and cultural offerings as the popular Augus’ Mawnin Market returned. The Emancipation Day event coincided with the opening of the Jamaica 60 Independence Village inside the stadium complex. It kicked off a week-long slate of activities being staged...
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