The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) is playing a pivotal role in the strategic implementation of the Digital Jamaica Programme, in partnership with the European Union (EU), to reshape the nation’s education sector and position teachers and students to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital society. Speaking with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JTC, Dr. Winsome Gordon, said...

Award-winning Journalist Giovanni Dennis is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, introduced Mr. Dennis to the leadership team at the agency’s headquarters at Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston on Monday (June 1). She said that the Government is expecting great...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has emphasised that tourism must move beyond the traditional focus on arrivals and hotel occupancy to become a powerful driver of national development. Speaking during ‘The Event Playbook: Strategies for Event Tourism Success’ workshop on Thursday (May 28) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus in St. Andrew, Minister Bartlett noted that...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development, with responsibility for Land Titling and Settlements, Hon. Robert Montague, says engineering excellence is not a luxury but a national necessity. “Tourism and agriculture, two major pillars of our economy, are highly vulnerable to climate impacts. Engineering solutions must be critical in protecting tourism corridors, coastal infrastructure, irrigation...

         

Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Children and Adolescents, Dr. María Julia Garcete Yegros, says safeguarding and advancing children’s rights demands immediate and sustained action across all sectors of society. She made the assertion while addressing the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute (PDI), held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The...

The recent partnership between the Real Estate Training Institute (RETI) and the CCIM Institute is expected to strengthen compliance standards and reduce informal practices within Jamaica’s real estate industry. President of the CCIM Institute, Adam Palmer, said the collaboration will help to establish clearer professional standards and promote ethical business practices among real estate practitioners. “Part of being that community...