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Senior Director, Information and Communications Technology, Ministry of Education and Youth, Tyrone Anderson, addresses Thursday’s (September 12) AI Web3 Pedagogy Seminar at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) in Kingston. He represented Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Senior Director, Information and Communications Technology, Ministry of Education and Youth, Tyrone Anderson, addresses Thursday’s (September 12) AI Web3 Pedagogy Seminar at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) in Kingston. He represented Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.
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Education Ministry Unveils Initiative to Integrate AI and Adaptive Technology into School Curriculums

By: Andrew Laidley, September 13, 2024
The Ministry of Education and Youth has unveiled its strategic initiative to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and adaptive technology into school curriculums. The announcement was made by the Ministry’s Senior Director for Information and Communications Technology, Tyrone Anderson, while delivering the keynote address on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the AI Web3 Pedagogy Seminar under the theme ‘EdTech Community ReImagined: Innovation in Education’. The event was held at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) in Kingston, on Thursday (September 12). Mr....
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers the keynote address during a handover ceremony for input supplies to Buff Bay Valley coffee farmers at the Bangor Ridge Church of God of Prophecy on September 11.
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Portland Coffee Farmers Get Fertilisers and Herbicides

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, September 13, 2024
Ministry of Justice Officer, Shanielle Thompson (left), receives her certificate from Permanent Secretary, Grace Ann Stewart McFarlane, after completing a six-week Jamaican Sign Language and Deaf Culture Training Course. The presentation was made during a graduation ceremony at Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester, on Thursday (September 12).
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56 Justice Ministry Service Providers Graduate from Six-Week Sign Language Training Course

By: Barbara Ellington, September 13, 2024
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Mpox Health Alert

The Ministry of Health & Wellness (MOHW) has issued a health alert in response to the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, by the World Health Organization (WHO). There are currently no active cases reported in Jamaica,...

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Aid for Farmers to Combat Yam Rust

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ANDREW MICHAEL HOLNESS

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), hands over fertilisers to Buff Bay Valley coffee farmers during a presentation ceremony at the Bangor Ridge Church of God of Prophecy on September 11. The farmers are (from left) Orlando Willis, Norma Howard, Shernette Cobran, and Teneshia Bender.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), hands over fertilisers to Buff Bay Valley coffee farmers during a presentation ceremony at the Bangor Ridge Church of God of Prophecy on September 11. The farmers are (from left) Orlando Willis, Norma Howard, Shernette Cobran, and Teneshia Bender.

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), engages in conversation with outgoing Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey, at a retirement function for the veteran policeman, held on Friday (September 6), at the AC Mariott Hotel, in New Kingston.
September 9, 2024
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), observe as Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, assists President of the Combined Disabilities Association, St. Catherine, Christine Keene, in maneuvering her wheelchair onto a ramp affixed to one of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. The occasion was Tuesday’s (August 27) handover ceremony for the 100 new CNG buses acquired for the JUTC at the State entity’s Portmore Depot in St. Catherine.
August 28, 2024
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left) and General Manager of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Credit Enhancement Facility (CEF), David Wan, share a photo opportunity with NCB Business Banker, Tolcia Barnes, at the CEF Superstars Awards ceremony held on August 14 at the Courtyard Marriott in Kingston.
August 15, 2024
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Principal of Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary School, Sheena Taylor Morgan (right, seated), Senior Teacher and Grade One and Six Coordinator, Michelle Barrett-Cain (left, seated), and poet and storyteller, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks (fourth right, seated), with the institution’s 2024 graduating class.

Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary School Being Repositioned as an Institution of Choice

By: Lisa Rowe September 13, 2024

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