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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden, tells JIS News that work continues in earnest to locate persons who qualify for the Government’s Social Pension Programme.

Ministry Continues Drive to Reach Targeted Persons for Social Pension Programme

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting that work continues in earnest to reach persons being targeted for the Government’s Social Pension Programme. The programme, which officially came on stream in 2021, is geared towards Jamaican citizens 75...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (left, front row), and Chief Education Transformation Officer, Dr. Faith Alexander (second right, front row), share a photo opportunity with students during the inaugural Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) pop-up, held at St. Andrew Technical High School on Monday (November 7).

Students’ Role in Education Sector’s Transformation Underscored

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), cuts the ribbon symbolising the official opening of Pepsi Cola Jamaica’s new US$30million state-of-the-art production line at the company’s Spanish Town Road plant in Kingston on Tuesday (November 7). Joining him (from left) are Pepsi Cola Jamaica Logistics Manager, Cassandra Miller Bent, and Transformation Manager, Anecia Levy; Member of Parliament, St. Andrew Western, Anthony Hylton; and Pepsi Cola Jamaica’s General Manager, Alberto Ramirez; Commercial Manager, Luz Tejada; Plant Manager, Eisner Blandino Gomez; and Manufacturing Chief, Javon Salmon.

Prime Minister Opens New US$30m Pepsi-Cola Jamaica Production Line

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), engage in conversation with student at Meadowbrook High School, Jadiel Lindsay (left), during the handover of 4,103 tablets computers by the Republic of Korea, valued at over $92 million, at a ceremony held at the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston, today (November 7). Others pictured (from left) are Korea’s Chargé d’Affaires, Jin-wook Kim, and student at the Abilities Foundation, Tanisha Gaynor.

Students Begin to Receive Tablets Donated by the Republic of Korea

Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Tanisha Ingleton, speaks during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Tuesday (November 7).

Over 11,000 HEART/NSTA Students to Graduate

Students attending the National Child Month Committee’s recent youth forum at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston are entertained by one of their peers from Holy Childhood High School.

2 years ago EducationYouth

Good Turnout of Students for Recent Youth Forum

More than 200 students representing high schools islandwide participated in the National Child Month Committee’s annual youth forum, held recently at the Caenwood Centre on Arnold Road in Kingston. Using dance, music, drama, poetry and lively discussions, the students expressed their sentiments and conveyed messages around the theme ‘Children Need Our Love and Protection. Get Involved’. Senior Director, Children’s Affairs...

Students participating in the exciting goat scramble during the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival at Minard Estate in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, last year.

2 years ago Agriculture

Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival Slated for Nov. 9

The 22nd annual Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival, slated for Minard Estate in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, on November 9 promises to be an educational extravaganza for students of all ages. More than 8,000 students, representing up to 300 schools from the kindergarten to tertiary levels, are expected to participate in the much-anticipated event. The festival is organised by...

2 years ago Finance & Public ServicePress Release

Jamaica Launches First Ever Jamaican Dollar $-Linked Instrument in International Capital Markets

On November 3, 2023, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) issued the first ever Jamaican Dollar (J$) linked international bond in the amount of J$46.6 billion, equivalent to USD 300 million. The issuance, which was oversubscribed 1.4 times, consists of Senior Unsecured Notes due 2030 which are registered with the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States. The operation represents the...

Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Errol Greene, brings greetings during the Bustamante Hospital for Children’s 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston on Sunday (November 5).

2 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

Bustamante Children’s Hospital Congratulated for 60 Years of Service

South East Regional Health Authority Regional Director, Errol Greene, has congratulated the Bustamante Hospital for Children on its Diamond Jubilee. He was speaking during a Service of Thanksgiving at the Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Andrew on Sunday (November 5) to mark the institution’s 60th anniversary, being observed on Monday, November 6. “Six decades ago, the founders set out on...

Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

2 years ago EducationEnvironmentTechnologyYouth

Students Encouraged to Consider Urban Planning as Career Option

Students, particularly those at the secondary level, are being encouraged to consider Urban and Regional Planning as a career option. Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, made the appeal to students at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, geared at highlighting the various activities that will be undertaken for...

The inaugural United Airlines flight from Denver, Colorado, arriving at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday (November 4). The new flight will now make weekly stops at SIA.

2 years ago TourismTransport

Inaugural Flight from Denver, Colorado

The Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday, November 4, welcomed an inaugural United Airlines flight from Denver, Colorado in the United States. Arriving on the flight were some 168 passengers and six crew members. The flight will now arrive at SIA every Saturday. Commercial Business Development and Marketing Manager at MBJ Airports Limited, Operators of...

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

2 years ago Foreign AffairsGender Affairs

Gender Equality is an Intrinsic Human Right – Minister Grange

Jamaica is guided by principles that gender equality is an intrinsic human right and the foundation of democracy, social justice, and good governance, says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. In an address delivered by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, at the recent inaugural Gender Equality Awards, hosted...