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Managing Director at the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Janet Dyer.
Managing Director at the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Janet Dyer.

HEART/NSTA Trust Introduces Virtual Orientation

Jamaica’s national training agency, the HEART/ NSTA Trust has introduced a virtual orientation process for the 2020/21 academic year, which begins September. The entity’s managing director, Dr. Janet Dyer, told JIS News that the objective is to avoid mass gatherings...
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

Gov’t Committed To Driving Growth Of Social Enterprises
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), highlights features of a drawing done by a student, to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Donovan Graham (left). At right, Country Representative, Department for International Development (DFID), David Osborne, looks at other works of art on display. Occasion as the closing out ceremony and exhibition for the summer programme held at the Dupont Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew on July 31. The programme was organised by the Ministry under its
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), highlights features of a drawing done by a student, to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Donovan Graham (left). At right, Country Representative, Department for International Development (DFID), David Osborne, looks at other works of art on display. Occasion as the closing out ceremony and exhibition for the summer programme held at the Dupont Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew on July 31. The programme was organised by the Ministry under its 'Liv Gud’ campaign.

Students Benefit From ‘Liv Gud’ Summer Programme
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), holds one of the tablet computers distributed to teachers at the Hope Valley Experimental School, St. Andrew on July 7. From left are: Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith; Principal, Hope Valley Experimental School, Anthony Grant; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes. The initiative falls under the Government’s Tablets for Teachers Programme.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), holds one of the tablet computers distributed to teachers at the Hope Valley Experimental School, St. Andrew on July 7. From left are: Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith; Principal, Hope Valley Experimental School, Anthony Grant; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes. The initiative falls under the Government’s Tablets for Teachers Programme.

E-Learning Jamaica Commends Postal Service For Tablet Distribution
Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, delivers a report on the work of the enitity at a digital town hall hosted by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development on July 30. ​
Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, delivers a report on the work of the enitity at a digital town hall hosted by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development on July 30. ​

JFB Looking To Expand Fire Warden Clubs In Schools

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Director of Services at the National Public Health Laboratory, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, speaking on Thursday (July 30), at the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing at the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Private Lab To Test For COVID-19

Director of Services at the National Public Health Laboratory, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, says negotiations are advanced with one private laboratory to begin coronavirus (COVID-19) tests as early as next week. Dr. Hamilton, who was speaking at the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (July 30), said that discussions are also underway with five...
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Corporate Secretary at the Board of Supervision, Treka Lewis, reports on the entity
CoronavirusLocal Government

More Than 160,000 Meals Served To The Homeless

Over 160,000 meals have been provided to homeless persons across the island through the Poor Relief Departments since March 29. Corporate Secretary at the Board of Supervision, Treka Lewis, said that as part of the coronavirus (COVID -19) response, the existing feeding programme was intensified, with most parishes providing two meals per day for six days per week and a...
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Culture

“Our children must not be discriminated against, or deprived of their right to an education on the basis of their hairstyle,” – Prime Minister Andrew Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has noted with concern, the developments surrounding the case of a seven-year-old Jamaican child who was barred from attending school because of the style of her hair. “While we await the written judgement to determine the basis of the ruling issued by our Supreme Court, which by media reports, have suggested that the child’s constitutional rights...
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