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Government to Launch Internship Programme for School Leavers

The Government will be launching, through the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), a three-week internship programme designed to serve as a ‘catch-all’ for secondary school leavers from challenged environments. It aims to give them a fair chance of making themselves...

Low-Income Off-Grid Communities to Get Solar Power

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), addresses a press conference held at Jamaica House on Tuesday (May 15) to provide details on the $15-billion local bond facility established by the National Water Commission (NWC), through National Commercial Bank (NCB) Capital Markets Limited. Also pictured at the head table (from left) are Chairman of the NWC, Senator Aubyn Hill; and Chief Executive Officer, NCB Capital Markets Limited, Steven Gooden.

PM Says NWC $15 Billion Local Bond Will Transform Entity

Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Centre) with Mark Barnett, President, NWC (Left) Steven Gooden, CEO, NCB Capital Markets (2nd right) & Audrey Sewell, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation (Far right)

Making NWC Financially Stronger Allows More Capital Projects – PM Holness

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), with Chief Executive Officer of Saint International, Deiwght Peters (second left) and General Manager, Urban Development Corporation, Dr. Damian Graham. Occasion was the launch of the 14th staging of Saint International’s ‘Style Week Jamaica’, which will run from May 16 to 20. The launch was held at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa, 39 Lady Musgrave Road, on Monday, May 14.

Fashion Industry Poised to Become Major Factor in Economy – Minister Williams

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), receives a gift from His Worship, the Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis (right), at a special meeting of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation in St. Ann’s Bay on May 10.

8 years ago Local Government

Municipalities Need to be More Vigilant in Revenue Collection – Minister

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the island’s Municipalities need to be more vigilant in revenue collection, noting that a lot of money has been allowed to fall by the wayside. Mr. McKenzie, who was speaking at a special meeting of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation in St. Ann’s Bay on May 10, said a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents Andrea Francis (right) with her award for public service. Ms. Francis was among 65 persons and organisations given the Prime Minister’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation for 2017, during a ceremony held on the lawns of Jamaica House in April. Assisting is aide-de-camp assigned to the Prime Minister for the function, Major Karl McKen.

8 years ago Gender Affairs

Sisters Receive PM Medal of Appreciation

With the utmost poise and graciousness, honed from decades of experience as well as extensive training, sisters Andrea and Colette Francis, have been steadfastly serving the nation as members of the customer service protocol team at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA). For a combined total of almost 60 years, the siblings have been part of the welcome party at...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the opening of a drop-in-centre in Buckfield, Ocho Rios, on May 11.

8 years ago Local Government

Drop-In Centre Opens in Buckfield, Ocho Rios

A drop-in centre was opened in Buckfield, Ocho Rios, in St. Ann on May 11 by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. The Minister said homeless persons have been taking up valuable space at the island’s hospitals, oftentimes at the expense of patients in dire need of medical care, and for this reason, drop-in centres for...

Final-year student at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Shannon McCalla (centre), having an animated discussion with former Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Niu Qingboa (left), and President of the university, Professor Fritz Pinnock, at a recent scholarship awards ceremony held at the CMU Palisadoes campus in Kingston. Miss McCalla and four other students at the university were presented with scholarships by the Government of China valued at over $1 million.

8 years ago EducationYouth

CMU Final-Year Student to Set up Mentoring Programme at Alma Mater

Final-year student at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), 21-year-old Shannon McCalla, has plans to set up a mentoring programme at Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon. A past student of the school, Miss McCalla, tells JIS News that it is necessary to mentor high-school students for university life. She hails from the community of Peckham in the hills of Clarendon,...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep Bosch Bessa, when he visited the Ministry’s offices at 2 Oxford Road in St. Andrew, on May 11.

8 years ago Foreign AffairsNational Security

PHOTOS: National Security Minister Greets Spanish Ambassador

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep Bosch Bessa, when he visited the Ministry’s offices at 2 Oxford Road in St. Andrew, on May 11.

Public Relations and Communications Manager for the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rochelle Dixon (right), greets Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Floyd McLean (left), during the launch of the JFB’s ‘Jamaica’s Future is on Fire... Mek Wi Fix It’ public education campaign on May 3 at the Brigade’s Fire Prevention Headquarters, Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. At centre is Community Relations Manager, Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Tanisha Miller.

8 years ago Youth

CPFSA Strengthening Fire Safety at Children’s Homes

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is taking measures to strengthen fire prevention and safety at children’s homes and places of safety. Public Relations and Communications Manager, CPFSA, Rochelle Dixon, told JIS News in a recent interview that safety audits have been completed at the island’s 54 public and private facilities. She said that in addition to the...

Former Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Rupert Lewis (left), shares in light discusion with (from second left): Member of the National Council on Reparation (NCR), Steven Golding; Researcher at the Centre for Reparation, Jodi-Ann Quarrie; Head of the Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute, Danny Roberts; and Director of the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Bernard Jankee. Occasion was a panel discussion on

8 years ago Labour

IOJ Hosts Discussion on Reparation and Modern Labour Movement

The Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) on Monday (May 14) hosted a panel discussion on ‘Reparation and the Modern Labour Movement in Jamaica’, as part of a year-long focus on the reparations movement in the Caribbean. It was organised by the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), a division of the IOJ, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and...