12 Questions for an Expat in Jamaica – Ximena Ungureanu from Spain
Ximena Ungureanu has lived in Jamaica for a year and works for a small newspaper in Spain. She is the administrator of the Facebook pages Kingston Expat Market and Kingston Expat Jamaica. Ximena is a passionate traveler who loves a great adventures and provides travel tips on ViviendoAventuras. She recently started a Spanish food catering business in Jamaica called […]
SMILE JAMAICA:“The richness of our culture!!!! ” – Dr. Sue
We have started a feature “Smile Jamaica” to highlight some positives about Jamaica. This week we ask Dr. Sue “What about Jamaica makes you smile?” Everything… The rhythm of our language The warmth of our people The richness of our culture!!!! – Dr. Sue, author of the book “The Ode to Miss Lou“(See Interview) The “Smile […]
Panelists Announced! – Salone Di Cultura – Citta’ Aperta – Presented by Daniela Nardi’s Espresso Manifesto, June 23rd, 2015, Toronto
WHO: Daniela Nardi’s Espresso Manifesto WHAT: Salone di Cultura: Citta’ Aperta (Open City) feat. Daniela Nardi, Mark Hayward, Mary Wiens, Pina Petricone, Angela Pacienza, Cristiano DeFlorentiis, Lina Allemano, and Massimo Bruno WHERE: Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON WHEN: Tuesday, June 23rd @ 7:00 pm TICKETS: $75 RSVP in advance at [email protected] […]
More Than 1,000 Health Care Workers to Be Trained Under PROMAC
Over 1,000 health care workers attached to primary and secondary health centres and hospitals islandwide, are to receive training over the next six months, under a special Ministry of Health programme, to strengthen their capacity to deliver maternal and child health care. The training exercise, to be delivered under the Ministry’s four-year $2.8 billion (€22 […]
St. Thomas Residents Happy With Work at Rudolph Elder Park
Residents of St. Thomas are happy with the work done on Labour Day (May 25) to beautify and rehabilitate the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay. “I am happy they chose our park for the National Labour Day project. It is full time now we have something like this in St. Thomas, because we too […]
Parliament to Host International Conference on Legislative Oversight
The Houses of Parliament will next week host an international conference aimed at strengthening the capacity of Parliaments to carry out their oversight of public expenditure. The conference will be held from June 2-4, 2015 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and is being hosted in collaboration with the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme […]
Prime Minister to Speak on Child Safety and Security on May 28
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, will be the main speaker at a community meeting scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 28, at the Edwin Allen Comprehensive High School in Clarendon, beginning at 3:30 p.m. The meeting, organised by the Ministry of Youth and Culture and held under the aegis of the […]
Gov’t Takes Action to Reduce Misery Level of Patients
The Government is taking action to reduce the misery level of patients who utilize public health services. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Wednesday, May 27, Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, disclosed that strategies are being put in place to improve the client experience in all public health facilities. “I have instructed […]
