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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Principal Director for Energy in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal, look at a charging port for an electric vehicle. Occasion was an excursion around sections of Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday (September 23) to see an electric bus in operation. The Minister is in Utah for a Solar Power International trade show.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Principal Director for Energy in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal, look at a charging port for an electric vehicle. Occasion was an excursion around sections of Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday (September 23) to see an electric bus in operation. The Minister is in Utah for a Solar Power International trade show.

Electric Buses – Driving into Jamaica’s Future

The Government is exploring the feasibility of introducing electric buses as part of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) fleet. The move will be facilitated under an electric vehicle policy, which is being developed by the Ministry of Science, Energy...
Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), in charge of Crime, Fitz Bailey, addresses a forum for the presentation of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) Report on Scamming, Gangs and Violence in Montego Bay, which was held at the city’s Cultural Centre in St. James on September 23.
Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), in charge of Crime, Fitz Bailey, addresses a forum for the presentation of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) Report on Scamming, Gangs and Violence in Montego Bay, which was held at the city’s Cultural Centre in St. James on September 23.

Police Officer Says Int’l Collaboration Needed To Combat Lottery Scamming
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards, speaking at the recent Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network of the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB) Annual General Meeting at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in St. James.
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards, speaking at the recent Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network of the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB) Annual General Meeting at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in St. James.

Gov’t Moving to Sign CARICOM Agreement on Sharing of Recovered Assets
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (sixth left); and Senior Health Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Ricardo Perez (sixth right), with the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) dance group, ‘Recycled Teenagers’ and the Sts. Peter and Paul Preparatory Dance Troupe. Occasion was the launch of National Senior Citizens’ Week, on Friday (September 20) at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (sixth left); and Senior Health Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Ricardo Perez (sixth right), with the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) dance group, ‘Recycled Teenagers’ and the Sts. Peter and Paul Preparatory Dance Troupe. Occasion was the launch of National Senior Citizens’ Week, on Friday (September 20) at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston.

Progress Being Made In Revision of National Policy for Senior Citizens
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaks at the launch of National Senior Citizens’ Week, on Friday (September 20), at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. The week is being celebrated from September 22 to October 1 under the theme ‘Older Persons: Partners in Social, Cultural and Economic Development’.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaks at the launch of National Senior Citizens’ Week, on Friday (September 20), at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. The week is being celebrated from September 22 to October 1 under the theme ‘Older Persons: Partners in Social, Cultural and Economic Development’.

Labour Ministry Sets Up Registry for Skills of Older Persons

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Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney (left); Director and Principal, National College for Educational Leadership, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (centre); and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Barbara Allen, display folders with copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Monday (September 23) at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The MOU makes provision for an Inclusive School Leadership Programme for school administrators.
Education

School Administrators to be Trained to Better Serve Special Needs Students

Thirty school administrators, including principals, vice principals and members of school Boards from selected schools across the island, will be trained on how to better serve and educate students living with special education needs, at a cost of approximately $2.8 million. This is based on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an Inclusive School Leadership Programme, by...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, looking at one of the new motorcycles that were handed over to the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), at a ceremony on Friday (September 20,) at the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Old Hope Road, St. Andrew.
National SecurityTransport

Electronic Warrant Module for Traffic Violations to be Piloted October

The electronic warrant module developed to address traffic violations will be piloted in four courts come October. National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, in making the disclosure, said that the module will generate traffic warrants electronically, thereby reducing the amount of time spent by court staff preparing tickets. The aim is to improve efficiency and effectiveness in enforcement of...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden (right), converses with (from left) Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Richard Pandohie; Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) President, Helene Davis Whyte; and Senior Director in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. Occasion was the PIOJ’s seventh annual Labour Market Forum on Wednesday (September 18), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event was staged jointly with the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kingston Office.
LabourSocial Security

Migration Has Helped Shape Jamaica’s Economic And Sociocultural Frameworks

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden, says Jamaica’s economic and sociocultural frameworks have been largely shaped by the migration of the country’s workers in pursuit of employment opportunities locally and overseas. She noted that the country has seen significant remittance inflows from persons taking up opportunities abroad, which has had “a tremendous impact...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (standing), emphasises a point while addressing Thursday’s (September 19) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.
National SecuritySenate

Senate Approves Extension Of States Of Public Emergency In St. Catherine And Clarendon

The Senate, on Thursday (September 19), approved the Emergency Powers (No. 3) Continuance Resolution, allowing for the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in Clarendon and St. Catherine to remain in effect until October 19. In her remarks, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, said...
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(FILE)Communication and Customer Services Manager at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw.
TransportWorks / Construction

Hagley Park Road Project 85 Per Cent Complete

The Hagley Park Road Improvement Project is approximately 85 per cent complete. National Works Agency (NWA) Manager for Communication and Customer Services, Stephen Shaw, told JIS News in a recent interview that the drainage network is about 90 per cent complete with works to be done on the storm-water drains in the Three Miles area. “We still have some work...
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Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer at the St. James Public Health Services, Julian Grandison Mullings.
Health & Wellness

St James Health Services Intensifies Vector Control Public Education Campaign

The St. James Public Health Services has intensified its public education campaign to sensitise residents about the need to take personal responsibility in the fight against dengue. Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings, says a number of people have been turning up at health centres with symptoms of dengue, and urges individuals to take the necessary precaution...
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Westmoreland public health workers participate in a march in support of breastfeeding in Darliston on Tuesday (September 17).
Health & Wellness

Gov’t to Review Laws That Support Breastfeeding

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that stakeholders are being engaged to review and improve national laws that support breastfeeding. In a message delivered by Public Health Nurse, Debbion Pinnock Harvey, at Westmoreland Public Health Services’ ‘Breastfeeding March and Road Show’ in Darliston on Tuesday (September 17), Dr. Tufton noted that the objective is to...
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