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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.

Standards Revised For Transportable Gas Containers

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has announced that it has made changes to two important guidelines that will help strengthen the petroleum sector. The announcement was made at the virtual launch of the Standards for Transportable Gas Containers held...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is in discussion with Senior Medical Officer at the Spanish Town Hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James (centre), and Community Health Aide (CHA), Sophia Manderson, during a recent visit to the health facility in St. Catherine.

Ground Breaking For Spanish Town Hospital Expansion This Year

(FILE) National Mathematics Coordinator, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, and Chair for the Primary Specialist Teacher Model Oversight Committee, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, addresses a JIS Think Tank on June 5.

Emphasis On Parents And Students During Maths Week

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right), examines a piece of equipment as Project Manager of J. Wray & Nephew Limited, Dwight Mullings (left), conducts a tour of the $47-million Elim Agro-Processing Plant that was officially handed over to Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in St Elizabeth and the wider farming community, on Thursday (March 24).

Sydney Pagon STEM Academy Gets Elim Agro-Processing Plant

Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) logo.

Disruption Of CAC Phone Lines And Internet Services

NWC programmer Shane Bell demonstrating aspects of the digital records platform at the launch.

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NWC’s Digital Transformation Continues With Westmoreland Archives Launch

Another leg of the National Water Commission’s Digital Transformation journey has been achieved. This with the launch of phase 1 of the Westmoreland Digital archives last Friday at the NWC’s Savanna La Mar office. The Westmoreland Digital Archive, phase 1, will provide a virtual platform through which NWC customer service representatives and managers can make remote requests to locate customer...

4 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Thursday, March 24, 2022

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Author of the book, ‘How Trade Liberalisation Affects a Sugar-Dependent Community in Jamaica’, Dr. Donovan Stanberry, reads an excerpt during its official launch, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, on March 16.

4 years ago AgricultureCommunity

New Book Looks At Impact Of Sugar Regime Change On Monymusk Community

The impact of the changes in the European Union (EU) sugar regime on the Monymusk community in Clarendon is explored in a book written by Registrar at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Dr. Donovan Stanberry. The book, entitled ‘How Trade Liberalization Affects a Sugar-Dependent Community in Jamaica: Global Action, Local Impact’, was launched recently at the...

Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (pictured second and third left, respectively), are introduced to a team of dignitaries by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left). The officials had gathered at the tarmac of the Norman Manley International Airport on Thursday (March 24) to officially bid the Royal couple farewell. They are (from fourth left), Opposition Senator, Sophia Frazer Binns; State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (partially hidden); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sheila Monteith; British High Commissioner, Her Excellency Judith Slater; and the Governor-General’s secretary, Claudine Heaven. Their Royal Highnesses were in the island for a three-day Official Visit which formed part of celebrations to mark the 70th Anniversary (Platinum Jubilee) of the Coronation of Her Majesty The Queen.

4 years ago Foreign Affairs

Royals Take Off After Whirlwind Visit To Jamaica

The departure of the Royal Airforce aircraft from the Norman Manley International Airport on Thursday (March 24) with Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge aboard, ended their activity-filled three-day official visit to Jamaica. At the airport, Their Royal Highnesses were treated to an official farewell, including a Royal Salute given to The Duke of Cambridge by a...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Franklin Witter (right), officially hands over a mobile milk machine to Principal of the Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy in St. Elizabeth, Milbert Miller (left), as students of the school look on. Occasion was the official handing over ceremony which was held at the school on Wednesday (March 23).

4 years ago AgricultureScienceTechnologyYouth

St Bess STEM Academy Gets Mobile Milking Machine

The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) has donated a mobile milking machine to the Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy in St. Elizabeth. The equipment was handed over during a ceremony at the school on Wednesday (March 23). It is the first such device to be given to an institution on the island, and is expected to...

Chief Medical Officer, Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie

4 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Incidents Trending Downward

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, says the country’s confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue to trend downward. In the last 24 hours, up to Thursday (March 24), Jamaica recorded 13 new cases of the virus and two additional deaths. The country’s daily positivity rate now stands at two per cent while the seven-day average positivity...

His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge (second right), signs the Visitor’s Book at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Officers’ Club at Up Park Camp in St. Andrew on Thursday (March 24), while Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge (right), look on. Also observing (from left) are Colonel General Staff of the JDF, Colonel Rohan Johnson, and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman. The visit to Up Park Camp, was the final engagement for the Duke and Duchess on their three-day Official visit to Jamaica from March 22-24, in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Up-Park Camp was the headquarters of the British Army in Jamaica from the late 18th century to Independence in 1962. From that date, it has been the headquarters of the JDF.

4 years ago Foreign AffairsNational Security and Peace

PHOTOS: Duke And Duchess At Up Park Camp

His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge (second right), signs the Visitor’s Book at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Officers’ Club at Up Park Camp in St. Andrew on Thursday (March 24), while Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge (right), look on. Also observing (from left) are Colonel General Staff of the JDF, Colonel Rohan Johnson, and Chief of...