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Marketing and Communications Manager at Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest), Alecia Brown-Forbes.

Investors Invited For Mango Agro Park

Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest) is seeking interested persons to invest in more than 1,000 acres of land in Toll Gate, Clarendon, that have been reserved for a Mango Agro Park. “Currently, we are trying to seek [local and] overseas investors as...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Gov’t Committed To Ensuring ‘No Child Is Left Behind’

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) and President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, are in conversation at the Tourism Vaccination Task Force’s COVID-19 vaccination blitz held at Moon Palace in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Friday, September 3.

Vaccination Of Tourism Workers Essential In Safeguarding Industry

Legal Aid Officer with the Legal Aid Council, Kerona Spence, says the move to have consultations via telephone is aimed at safeguarding Jamaicans.

Legal Aid Council Facilitating Consultations Via Telephone

COVID-19 Update for Sunday, September 5, 2021

Chief Executive Officer at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) Charlton McFarlane. Photo: Contributed

5 years ago Information

RGD Bringing Back its Delivery Service

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will be reintroducing its certificate delivery services in September. The move is aligned with the Department’s focus on improving the ease of access of its services to the population. Chief Executive Officer at the RGD, Charlton McFarlane said an online poll was conducted asking persons if they would be supportive of the RGD reintroducing the...

Filmmaker Wesley Hylton (left) collects a trophy from Adjudicator and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr Lisa Tomlinson, for placing first in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s FIWI Short Film Competition. The occasion was an awards ceremony held at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in Kingston on Thursday (September 2). The short film ‘Too Much Massa’ was produced by Hylton and Akeem White.

5 years ago Culture

‘Too Much Massa’ Wins JCDC FI WI Short Film competition

Amateur film-makers Akeem White and Wesley Hylton have copped the top prize in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) FI WI Short Film Competition. The team submitted the film titled, ‘Too Much Massa’ using the Jamaican proverb, ‘Dawg wid too much massa sleep without suppa’ to create the film. In addition to a trophy and cash award, they also walked...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (standing) expresses sincere appreciation to scores of tourism workers during their observation period after taking the vaccine of their choice at the Moon Palace blitz site on Friday, September 3, 2021. He thanked them for playing their part in safeguarding the tourism sector, by taking the lifesaving vaccine.

5 years ago CoronavirusTourism

Over 2,000 Tourism Workers Vaccinated in First Three Days of Vaccination Drive

Well over 2,000 tourism workers have been vaccinated using one of three vaccines made available to them at a number of strategic blitz sites organized by the new Tourism Vaccination Task Force, in its first three days of major activities. The Task Force, which was established to facilitate the vaccination of all tourism workers island-wide, has organized a series of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (centre) and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica, Scott Feeken (left), interact with farmworker, Geraldine Weir during a send-off ceremony for agricultural workers at the National Insurance Fund premises in New Kingston. The workers left the island for the United States on Friday (Sept. 3). Photo: Adrian Walker

5 years ago Agriculture

PHOTOS: Farm Workers Send Off

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

5 years ago Finance & Public Service

Supplementary Budget To Be Tabled Soon

The government is now formulating the first 2021/22 supplementary estimates through which it will seek to address critical needs emerging in Jamaica since the approval of this year’s $830.8-billion Budget. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says these priorities include expenditure pressures brought on by the rise in the intensity of the coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), greeting tourism entrepreneur, Joelle Miller, who is waiting to be vaccinated at the Tourism Vaccination Task Force’s COVID-19 Vaccination Blitz, held at Moon Palace in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Friday, September 3. The Minister toured the facilities on the day. Photo: Okoye Henry

5 years ago CoronavirusTourism

Vaccination Blitz for Tourism Workers

More than 500 tourism workers on Friday (September 3) participated in the Tourism Vaccination Task Force’s COVID-19 Vaccination Blitz held at Moon Palace in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The initiative is the brainchild of the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) that are looking to expedite...

L-R Minister Green, MP Franklin Witter and farmer Byron McCarty - Dunder Hill St. Elizabeth.

5 years ago Agriculture

Farmers Bouncing Back After the Storms

Farmers in Brockery and Duff House Agri Park in Manchester, have wasted no time in clearing land of debris and planting seedlings to replace crops lost during the recent passage of tropical storms Grace and Ida. And in two weeks, Jamaica can expect to hear from Agriculture and Fisheries Minister the Hon. Floyd Green about the extent of the damage...