Port State Control will have an important role to play in ensuring compliance by ships to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations for the 2020 …
The Child Resiliency Programme of the Violence Prevention Alliance is the beneficiary of funds raised at this year’s National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) held on …
A smattering of mutters were heard in the Mayor’s Chambers at the St. James Municipal Corporation building in Montego Bay, as a diminutive 11-year-old boy …
The National Council on Reparations (NCR) will be spearheading a number of activities this year to raise public awareness of the historical and current justification …
Enterprising developer, Denise Pitter, has fulfilled her mission of spearheading the construction of affordable apartments for persons seeking homes in the Corporate Area. She was …
Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2019, Khamara Wright, has embarked on a project, dubbed ‘Nourish and Flourish’, which is focused on facilitating high-school students with healthy …
Founder of ReBuild, Zara Harris, has formulated a novel way of utilising discarded plastics in the construction of environmentally friendly albedo (heat resistant) pavements. The …
Educator and graduate of the Aspiring Principals’ Programme (APP), an initiative of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), for 2019, Mr. Everton Tyndale, is …
For 35 days between October and early December, Clayon Elliot travelled 149 kilometres from his home in York Town, Clarendon, to attend classes in event …
The St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation has honoured fruit and vegetable farmer Desmond Whitely, for 42 continuous years in the industry. The 54-year-old son of the …
DFL Importers, once the largest local supplier of polystyrene (Styrofoam) food containers, has retrofitted its operations is now offering a range of eco-friendly products. These …
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that 2019 was another successful year for tourism with the sector poised to generate record numbers in arrivals and …
Veteran public relations officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Judith Hunter and dedicated telephone operator, Georgene Smith not only share similarities in their over …
On Saturday, December 7, Retirees of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ms. Lillieth Richards, Office Attendant, and Ms. Dolet McPherson, part-time Office Attendant, were treated …
The HEART Trust/NTA’s merger with three other key training institutions forms part of the Government’s policy focus on modernising the public sector through, among other …
Scores of youth in West Central St. Catherine are being empowered with employable and entrepreneurial skills under the HEART Trust/NTA National Unattached Youth Programme (NUYP). …
A new male ward, being constructed at the St. James Infirmary at a cost of more than $55 million, is slated for completion in 2020. …
The Custos of Manchester has initiated several intervention and outreach programmes to help students remain in school; establish a counselling helpline, and to offer help …
Unlike many outreach groups that focus primarily on giving tangible gifts to those in need this festive season, one group – Global Shapers Kingston Hub …
The Administrator-General’s Department (AGD), which has become synonymous with excellence in service delivery, is this year celebrating 20 years as an executive agency. The diligence …
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