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Animator, JoWayne McFarlane, reads a promotional poster for the 2016 KingstOOn Animation Festival during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. JoWayne, who placed second at the inaugural staging of the festival in 2013, is a finalist at this year’s event, slated for March 12 to 13 at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston.
Animator, JoWayne McFarlane, reads a promotional poster for the 2016 KingstOOn Animation Festival during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. JoWayne, who placed second at the inaugural staging of the festival in 2013, is a finalist at this year’s event, slated for March 12 to 13 at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston.

Young Animator Dreams Of Making It Big

By: Tomeica Gunn, March 2, 2016
Like many Jamaican children, watching cartoons on a Saturday morning was a staple for JoWayne McFarlane. It was this early love for and fascination with caricatures captured in the cartoon...
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), flips the switch to bring light to the community of Bogg Lane for the first time, on February 17, following the electrical wiring of that community and the adjoining community of Boswell Heights by the National Energy Solutions Ltd. (NESoL), at a cost of some $4 million. Some 45 houses will be connected in upcoming weeks. Others (from left) are: Chairman of NESoL, Rev. Dr. Garnett Roper; and Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Paul Buchanan.

West Rural St. Andrew Communities Receive Electricity

By: Denise Dennis, February 18, 2016
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), is joined by People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for the February 25 General Elections for South West St. Elizabeth, Hugh Buchanan (centre) and Chairman of National Energy Solutions (NESol), Garfield Daley, to officially commission into service electricity supply for 29 houses in Gillard in South West St. Elizabeth, on February 16.

Residents of Gillard Now Have Electricity

By: Marlon Tingling, February 17, 2016

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