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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaks at the national technical and vocational education and training (TVET) Quality Awards ceremony for Secondary Schools, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on September 14.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaks at the national technical and vocational education and training (TVET) Quality Awards ceremony for Secondary Schools, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on September 14.

Education Minister Highlights Importance of TVET

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is the most practical avenue for acquiring readily employable skills for the world of work. Addressing the fifth staging of the National...

Winners of Netball in the INSPORTS Community Competition to get the same Prize Money as winners of Football – Grange
Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management

Tropical Storm Isaac to Produce Increased Rainfall across Jamaica this Weekend
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), is given a gift by Vice President and Co-Founder of the non-governmental organisation (NGO), Choose Life International (CLI), Faith Thomas (centre), during the CLI World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) Seminar held on Friday (September 14) at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in Kingston. Also pictured holding the book, ‘Controlling Suicide: Helping Teens at Risk’, is President and Founder of CLI, Dr. Donovan Thomas.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), is given a gift by Vice President and Co-Founder of the non-governmental organisation (NGO), Choose Life International (CLI), Faith Thomas (centre), during the CLI World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) Seminar held on Friday (September 14) at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in Kingston. Also pictured holding the book, ‘Controlling Suicide: Helping Teens at Risk’, is President and Founder of CLI, Dr. Donovan Thomas.

Health Ministry to Establish Mental Health/Suicide Helpline
Executive Director of the Public Investment Management Secretariat (PIMSEC) Douglas Levermore, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Executive Director of the Public Investment Management Secretariat (PIMSEC) Douglas Levermore, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Education Campaign on the Public Investment Management System

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Community

Condolence Book for Easton Douglas opens Sept. 17, 2018

A condolence book for former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament, Hon. Easton Douglas, OJ, CD, will be opened from Monday, September 17 to Wednesday,  September 19, at the National Housing Trust (NHT), 4 Park Boulevard, Kingston 5.  The book will be placed in the lobby of the NHT for signing from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.  Signing of condolence...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), shares a light moment with Facebook Privacy and Public Policy Manager for Latin America, Paula Vargas, at a Regional Data Security Conference on September 13 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.
Education

Education Management Information System Being Developed

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says an Education Management Information System (EMIS) is being developed that will provide a more detailed, data-driven profile of students. He said that the EMIS will be supported by information from the National Student Registration System (NSRS) implemented in 2010 to capture biographical and other data on all students entering...
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Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fitz Bailey (centre), provides details about Anti-Gang Week during a JIS Think Tank on Thursday, September 13. He is flanked by Director of the Safety and Security Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Coleridge Minto (left); and Detective Inspector, National Strategic Anti-Gang Unit in the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Clifton Green​.
National Security

Anti-Gang Week from September 16 To 21, 2018

The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is collaborating with the Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to observe Anti-Gang Week from September 16 to 21 under the theme ‘Gang Life equals no Life’.     Addressing a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (September 13), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP),...
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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addresses the Bethlehem Moravian College’s annual commencement ceremony held in Malvern, St. Elizabeth on Wednesday (September 12).
Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry Looking to Establish Agro-Economic Zone in St. Elizabeth

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says the Government is seeking to establish the first agro-economic zone in St. Elizabeth.  “Hopefully, by next year, we will be able to set up our first agro-economic zone whereby the farmers in the parish will know that they have a ready market for whatever...
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Agriculture

Monitoring System to Ensure Refined Sugar does not get into Retail Trade

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he has instructed the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA) to establish a monitoring system to ensure that refined sugar imported for manufacturing purposes does not make its way into the retail trade. “Anyone found abusing the privilege of duty-free importation of refined sugar for the manufacturing sector, will suffer severe...
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A section of the city of Montego Bay, St. James.
Local Government

St. James Municipal Corporation Plans for Early Flood Warning System

As part of its disaster-preparedness strategy, the St. James Municipal Corporation is seeking to establish an early flood-warning system in Montego Bay, aimed at providing advanced information on flooding. In an interview with JIS News, Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, said the system “will alert citizens and business operators when a...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie (right), presents poor relief officer, Nadean Murray (centre), with a tablet computer during a special sitting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation on September 13. At left is the Mayor of Falmouth and Chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, Councillor Colin Gager.
Local Government

Trelawny Poor Relief Dept. gets Computers

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development continues to improve the working conditions of the island’s poor relief officers, with the handover of modern technological devices to the Trelawny Poor Relief Department on September 13. The state-of-the-art tablets and a desktop computer were handed over by the Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at a...
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