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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, points to a makeshift streetlight in a section of Clarendon, recently.

REP Providing Access to Safe and Affordable Electricity

The Government, through the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), is providing persons with access to safe and affordable electricity to improve their quality of life, while stimulating economic and social activities in communities. Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Health and Wellness Industry Offers Significant Economic Opportunities – Tourism Minister

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett Templer, addresses the World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week symposium, held on Monday (November 20) at the ROK Hotel in Kingston.

Commerce Ministry Strengthening Regulatory Agencies’ Capacities

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Robin Russell, addresses the launch of the rebranded Team Jamaica Training Programme at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St James, on Thursday (November 16).

TPDCo Rebrands Flagship Team Jamaica Programme

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke; Minister of Education and Youth Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and Country Director, Caribbean Countries, World Bank, Lilia Burunciuc, display the Jamaica Education Project (JEP) Loan Agreement during a visibility ceremony held at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in downtown Kingston, on November 20.

First STEM School to Be Built in St. Ann

Female professional refuses to take bribe.

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Ministries, Public Bodies Benefit from Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Workshops

Representatives from three ministries and 11 public bodies have benefited from anti-corruption and integrity training workshops over the period July 1 to September 30, 2023. The sessions, aimed at promoting good governance and accountability in the public and private sectors, were administered by the Integrity Commission, through its Corruption Prevention, Stakeholder Engagement and Anti-Corruption Strategy Division. Among the topics covered...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (right), along with (from left) Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters; Manager at the Muirton Boys’ Home, Shanae Walsh Webber and Chief Executive Officer, CPFSA, Laurette Adams-Thomas, share in the ribbon-cutting moment at the recent official opening of the Sensory Room at the Muirton Boys’ Home, in Portland.

2 years ago EducationOffice of the Prime MinisterYouth

More CPFSA Facilities to Receive Sensory Spaces

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will be expanding the number of State childcare facilities that are equipped with sensory spaces, to better cater to wards who have special needs. These new sensory spaces will be added to the Blossom Gardens Nursery and the Robins Nest Children’s Homes in St, James, Glen Hope Nursery in Kingston, and Gift...

2 years ago EducationTechnology

e-Learning Jamaica Distributes Interactive Panels to High Schools

Fifty-nine interactive panels have been distributed to multiple high schools islandwide by e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited. The devices, which are touch-sensitive screens that allow users to interact with digital content in real time, were obtained at a cost of nearly $24 million. “This procurement is part of our mandate to enable schools to continue to integrate and expand the use...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will be hosting a Business Development Information Session for Small and Medium-sized Tourism Enterprises on Wednesday, November 22 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston.

2 years ago CommerceIndustryInvestmentTourism

TEF to Host SMTE Business Development Information Session

Small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMTEs) are set to benefit from a Business Development Information Session being hosted by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) on Wednesday, November 22. The session, to be held under the theme ‘Maximising Tourism Market Opportunities’, is slated for the Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston beginning 9:30 a.m. The event is among initiatives organised for SMTEs by...

Information Service Division Manager of the Scientific Research Council, Elijah Green.

2 years ago ScienceTechnology

SRC to Stage Science in the Park Nov. 23

Students, researchers, members of the science community and the public are invited to the Science in the Park exhibition on Thursday, November 23. The event is being staged by the Scientific Research Council (SRC) at the Emancipation Park in New Kingston. Information Services Division Manager, Elijah Green, told JIS News that the primary aim of the expo is to highlight...

Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, speaks with JIS News at his New Kingston offices recently.

2 years ago Local Government

St. Thomas Rescue Shows Strength of Disaster Response – ODPEM

The rescue of 24 persons trapped by flood waters in a section of St. Thomas by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing has been hailed as a signal of the strength of the country’s disaster coordination and response. Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, said that Friday’s (November 17) rescue...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

2 years ago Gender AffairsYouth

Gender Minister Calls for More Men to Coach and Mentor Boys

A call has been made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, for more men to be active in coaching and mentoring boys to become “men of purpose on a mission”. The Minister made the call in a speech delivered on her behalf by Principal Director in the Ministry, Sharon Coburn Robinson, at a church service...