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Any word used to describe Margaret Rose Barnes is heavily dependent on the capacity in which you know her. To the country, Ms. Barnes who hails from Retreat St. Mary, is an award recipient waiting to receive her Badge of honour at this year’s National Honours and Awards Ceremony.

Small business development and Valrie Veira go hand in hand. A significant chunk of her over 40 years of dedicated public service have been spent helping the small business sector grow and develop. Ms. Veira says she has always wanted to give service to the public sector, thanks to the strong influence of family members.

Jamaican food is known worldwide for its mouth-watering flavours and spices, setting us apart from others and leave visitors wanting more. One of the most commonly used spices in our cuisine comes from the pimento seed. On this episode of Jamaica Made we hear how one entrepreneur pimento and other flavours in cooking oil.

The girls at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre in St. Andrew, are set to benefit from expanded training opportunities, with plans underway for the construction of a multi-purpose facility at the centre by the end of December. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Rudyard Spencer says the building will facilitate additional educational, vocational and recreational...

Residents of St. Elizabeth have joined others in neighbouring parishes Manchester and Clarendon in benefitting from the Government’s Water Shop Initiative. The project involves the installation of water tanks in communities with severe water challenges. The tanks are then regularly serviced by water trucks and maintained by the municipal corporations in partnership with residents. Two new facilities were commissioned in Top Hill...

In 2004, it became a requirement for all civil aviation airports to become certified. Also in 2004, the Norman Manley International Airport began its journey of achieving the Aerodrome Operator Certificate. Fifteen years later, the certification has been achieved. The certificate validates that the airport is operating at a standard recognized and held by the international Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO, the...

A Registered Nurse, Midwife, Dairy farmer, and Santa Claus are just a few of the titles Mrs. Opal Maureen Edwards has picked up over the years. Mrs Edwards has over 40 years experience working in Jamaica’s health and education sectors. Trained at the Victoria Hospital in the United Kingdom in 1970 and at the University College Hospital of the West...

Since his official entry on to the theatre scene in 1994, Glenroy 'Titus' Campbell has been bringing a bellyful of laughs to performing arts patrons at home and abroad. After getting his start in high school, he started to appear in productions like the pantomime River Mumma and the Golden Table in the late 1980’s. Now after over 38 years...

Do you have an idea for a new product that you just can’t seem to shake? or do you see an opportunity in the market place for new product? Why not start a business? Starting a business is not easy, if you try to do everything on your own and that’s one of the reasons more persons ignore their entrepreneurial...

The Norman Manley International Airport has officially received the Aerodrome Operator Certificate from the International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO. With Aviation safety at the core of the ICAO’s fundamental Objectives, there are established standards that prioritise safety as a goal that the international air transport community should achieve.