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General Secretary of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr. Mark Nicely, delivers the keynote address during Jamalco’s Scholarship Awards ceremony on Tuesday (August 13) at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon. As part of Jamalco’s Education Assistance Programme, 80 students from the parishes of Clarendon and Manchester received assistance for the upcoming school year.
General Secretary of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr. Mark Nicely, delivers the keynote address during Jamalco’s Scholarship Awards ceremony on Tuesday (August 13) at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon. As part of Jamalco’s Education Assistance Programme, 80 students from the parishes of Clarendon and Manchester received assistance for the upcoming school year.

PHOTOS: JAMALCO Scholarship Awards

General Secretary of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr. Mark Nicely, delivers the keynote address during Jamalco’s Scholarship Awards ceremony on Tuesday (August 13) at the Wembley Centre of Excellence...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Frank Witter (left), engages with Senior Environmental Officer, Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Shanti Persaud, and District Manager-Closure, Rio Tinto, Fraser Thomson, during the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) International Workshop on Bauxite Residue and Mud Disposal Legacy Issues, at the ROK Hotel in downtown Kingston, on July 15.

JBI Plays Pivotal Role in Bauxite Residue Management

By: Chris Patterson, July 16, 2024
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre) and Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence (left), listen attentively as Chief Executive Officer for the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Gavin Bellamy, outlines the NFA’s strategies to ensure the safety of fishers and the protection of fisheries-related infrastructure in light of the impending storm. Dr. Bellamy shared the strategies during a strategic meeting held on Monday, July 1 at the Ministry’s Old Hope Road offices in Kingston.

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining Mobilizes Hurricane Response Team for Farmers as Hurricane Beryl Approaches

By: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining, July 1, 2024

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), is in discussion with President of the Mining and Quarrying Association of Jamaica, Samuel Millington (centre) and Director at Lydford Mining Company, Jackie Millington, at a recent minerals sector exhibition and trade show held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens complex in St. Andrew.
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Cabinet Approves Industrial Minerals Policy

Cabinet has approved an industrial minerals policy, which will capitalise on the development of the sector for the benefit of Jamaicans, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, May 29, 2024
Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited Managing Director, Donna Howe, addresses Tuesday’s (May 7) Minerals Sector Investment Forum held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.
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JBM Undertaking Five Bankable Projects

Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) is pursuing five “bankable projects” to ensure a sustainable income stream, says the entity’s Managing Director, Donna Howe. The projects are spring water commercialisation, rehabilitation...
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By: Judana Murphy, May 10, 2024
Director of Bauxite Lands at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Kemoy Lindsay, addresses a National Minerals Week conference at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville on May 6.
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Gov’t Reinvesting in Mining Communities

The Government continues to reinvest earnings from the bauxite industry into communities impacted by mining, says Director of Bauxite Lands at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Kemoy Lindsay. He said...
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By: Barbara Ellington, May 9, 2024