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President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson.

No Negative Impact Expected From Virtual Senate Meetings

President of the Senate, Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson, says the Government’s decision to allow members of the Senate to join meetings virtually will not negatively impact the operations of the Upper House. “Following meetings of the Standing Orders Committee of the...

Managing Director of Jamaica Infrastructure Operators, Angelica Wollenweber and Managing Director of Trans Jamaican Highway, Ivan Anderson plant a tree on the Melrose Hill Bypass on Saturday, May 22. Observing (from left) are Country Manager, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), Bi Dangran; Acting Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) George Nicholson and NROCC Environmental Manager, Errol Mortley.

NROCC And Partners Plant Trees On May Pen To Williamsfield Highway

Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley. (Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson)

JANAAC To Host Cannabis Industry Accreditation Forum June 2

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right), converses with Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), and wife, Marcia Mckenzie (second left), during Sunday’s (May 30) thanksgiving service at the Pentecostal City Mission Church in Denham Town, West Kingston, which was held in honour of late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga. At right is the church’s pastor, Bishop Marcia Gale.

PHOTOS: Thanksgiving Service For Edward Seaga

Senate President, Senator the Hon. Thomas Tavares-Finson, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Virtual House Sittings Should Be Embraced And Developed – Tavares-Finson

5 years ago Information

Change to the Design of vital records with an amendment

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) wishes to advise its valued customers, that effective Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the design of vital records with amendments will change. All approved corrections will now be entered in the appropriate line (for e.g. Line 7 for Name of Child – ZADIE), while the incorrect information will be placed in the designed Amendment section and...

National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Public Education and Corporate Communications Manager, Ollyvia Anderson, says the agency will participate in both online and offline activities in observance of National Environmental Awareness Week 2021, being observed June 1-8 under the theme:

5 years ago Environment

Online And Offline Activities For National Environmental Awareness Week

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be participating in a mix of online and offline activities, in observance of National Environmental Awareness Week 2021. The Week is being observed from June 1 to 8 under the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’, in keeping with the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). “One of those [offline] activities...

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Special Projects Officer, Christine Ade-Gold (left), is assisted by Forest Manager, South West Region at the Forestry Department, Ann-Marie Bromfield, in planting one of the dozens of seedlings on the compound of the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester. The Home was adopted by the JIS in 2009 as their main corporate social responsibility project, and representatives visit the Home three times each year.

5 years ago Environment

Initiative To Plant Three Million Trees On Track

The Three Million Trees in Three Years initiative is enjoying a high level of success, with the Forestry Department expressing confidence that the goal could be surpassed. Forest Manager in the South West Region at the Forestry Department, Ann-Marie Bromfield, is upbeat about the response from the public and how well the programme has been doing. “We have been getting...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update for Sunday, May 30, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 90 48,557 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 51 27,140 Males 39 21,414 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 9 days to 98 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 4 2,634 Hanover 0 1,298 Kingston & St. Andrew 11 13,543 Manchester 14...

Frontier Airlines Flight 51 arriving at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, from Miami, Florida, on Friday, May 28, signaling the start of the new service between the United States and Jamaica.

5 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Welcomes Frontier Airlines’ Weekly Flights

United States (US)-based Frontier Airlines made its inaugural flight from Miami, Florida, to the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, May 28. The flight had 160 passengers and a six-member flight crew comprising two pilots and four flight attendants, who made the one hour and 13-minute historic journey from the US to Jamaica. Jamaica Tourist Board...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at a Floral Tribute and Commemorative Ceremony to mark the 91st anniversary of the birth of late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Friday, (May 28).

5 years ago Culture

Gov’t Advocating Greater Acceptance Of Jamaican Culture

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is advocating for increased acceptance and guidance of Jamaica’s culture, to maximize the range of accruable benefits. “It is more than dance and music. We have to take the cultural excellence in those areas and also place it in our academics, in our art and craft [and] in our science...

5 years ago CoronavirusEducation

CXC Analysing COVID-19 Impact On Exam Candidates

Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Wayne Wesley, says the entity will give further consideration to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s impact on student sitting external exams, during the grading process. He noted that CXC will take into account “the likely psycho-social impact [of the pandemic] on students’ performance to ensure that they are not disenfranchised”....