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Assistant General Manager of Compliance Management at the National Housing Trust, Dameon McNally, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, in Kingston.

NHT Encourages Qualified Businesses to Utilise Amnesty Programme

Eligible entities are being encouraged to utilise the third window of the National Housing Trust (NHT) Employer Arrears Amnesty Programme to clear up outstanding contributions and become compliant. This phase of the programme runs up to March 31, 2025, and...

Director of the Child Diversion Branch, in the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice, Venisa Clarke, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank'.

Jamaicans Encouraged to Volunteer as Child Diversion Mentors

Participants in the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and Sandals Resorts Radio Remote enjoy a performance by a steel pan band, Silver Birds Orchestra, at a welcome dinner, held at Sandals South Coast, recently.

Radio Remote Promotes South Coast

Acting Regional Manager for National Water Commission (NWC) – St. James and Trelawny, Horace Binns (second left), presents a cheque to Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager (third right) as part of an overall donation to the Trelawny Infirmary, during a handover ceremony held at the facility on January 30. Among the donations were a six-burner stove and toiletries. Sharing the moment is Chief Executive Officer of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, Tamoy Sinclair (second right), as well as staff members from the NWC and the infirmary.

Trelawny Infirmary Receives Donation from NWC

Acting Vice Principal at the St. Catherine based Enid Bennett High School and conceptualize of the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programme, Latoya Bird-Miller (second right), points to a replica of a handbook, which contains the initiative, during the launch on January 30. Others (from left) are Acting Principal, Winsom Johnson; Education Officer with the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Juanita Gordon Hunter; Head Girl, Kiara Mattis; Head Boy, Jeremy Peart; Senior Education Officer with the Ministry, Stephney Webb-Parker; and Supervisor for the Health and Family Life Education Department at the school, Talcea Hamilton.

Enid Bennett High School Launches Social and Emotional Learning Programme

1 year ago Tourism

UN Tourism Secretary General to Address Global Tourism Resilience Conference and Expo in Jamaica

Secretary General of United Nations Tourism, H.E Zurab Pololikashvili is scheduled to participate in the Global Tourism Resilience Conference and Expo, scheduled for February 17-19, 2025, in Hanover, Jamaica, highlighting the critical role of sustainable and adaptive tourism strategies in a changing global landscape. The United Nations World Tourism Organization now UN Tourism, is a specialized agency of the United...

1 year ago Uncategorized

Bureau of Standards Jamaica Commended for Regional Leadership in Quality Assurance

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has been commended for its pivotal role in promoting quality, innovation, and international competitiveness, by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. Speaking at the 14th BSJ National Quality Awards Ceremony & Banquet, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, January 30, he also praised the BSJ for its...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth, Skills and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, delivers remarks on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, during the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) 2024 Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (January 30).

1 year ago Youth

CPFSA Honours 52 Students for Outstanding Academic Performance

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), on Thursday (January 30), honoured 52 students for their outstanding academic performance in external examinations. They were awarded during the CPFSA’s 2024 Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. A total of 153 students across the Agency’s programmes – Residential Child Care Facilities, Foster Care, Family Reintegration...

Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb, is urging farming communities to work together in developing seedling centres.

1 year ago Agriculture

Farmers Urged to Prepare for Dry Season

Farmers across the country can expect normal to below normal rainfall, as the peak period of the dry season approaches. Running from February to April, this peak dry period can affect planting schedules and the watering needs of plants and livestock. “That is something to bear in mind because what we must focus on now is water conservation and also...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth, Skills and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (second right), and Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas (second left), accept a donation of $10 million from Chief Executive Officer of the United States-based Sweet P Home Care, Inc. and former ward of the State, Dr. Patricia Smith (centre). The presentation was made during the CPFSA’s 2024 Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (January 30). Joining in the presentation (from left) are Chair of the CPFSA Advisory Board, Naomi Francis, and awardee Jamaine Smith.

1 year ago Youth

Former State Ward Donates $10 Million to CPFSA

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has received a $10-million donation from businesswomen Dr. Patricia Smith, who is a former ward of the State. The presentation was made during the agency’s 2024 Educational Achievement Awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (January 30). Dr. Smith, who delivered the keynote address, grew up...

A section of the courthouse being built at the Morant Bay Urban Centre in St. Thomas.

1 year ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentJustice

Morant Bay Urban Centre to Feature Four-Storey Medical Block and Modern Courthouse

A four-storey medical block and modern courthouse are among the buildings that will line the landscape of the highly anticipated Morant Bay Urban Centre in St. Thomas. Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) Chairman, Lyttleton Shirley, confidently declared that “you’re going to be having the most modern courthouse to be built in Jamaica and, by extension, the Caribbean… five [courtrooms] operating...

British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater (third right), and Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) Chairman, Lyttleton Shirley (centre), tour the Morant Bay Urban Centre in St. Thomas on Thursday (January 30). Also part of the touring party are (from left) FCJ Managing Director, Donald Farquharson; Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Louis Chin; Custos Rotulorum for St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett; Member of Parliament for St. Thomas Western, James Robertson, and Deputy British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Jonathan Cook.

1 year ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentForeign Affairs

British High Commissioner Tours Morant Bay Urban Centre

In her first official visit to St. Thomas, British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater, toured the $6-billion Morant Bay Urban Centre project on Thursday (January 30). “It’s really exciting to be here in St. Thomas. I’m very pleased to see how much progress has been made,” she told journalists, following the extensive tour. “Whilst we don’t currently...