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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), listens to a point being made by Principal Director, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Una May Gordon, during the launch of the Climate Change Information, Education and Communications campaign at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on April 11.

Climate Change Public Education Campaign Launched

A public education campaign, aimed at changing Jamaicans’ perceptions and attitudes towards climate change while fostering a more positive approach to the issue by individuals was launched on Wednesday (April 11). Dubbed ‘Climate Change Information, Education and Communications Campaign’, the...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, emphasises a point during a meeting with the staff and board of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday (April 10), where he outlined plans to restructure the entity.

TEF to Be Repositioned as Centre for Tourism Innovation

Director of Communications and Marketing at the National Youth Service (NYS), Julia Smiley Green, highlights the various programmes being undertaken by the agency, at a JIS Think Tank on March 13.

Application for Hope Summer Work Programme Extended to April 27

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Alando Terrelonge (second right) with Dr Lucille Buchannan, Founder, Special Olympics Jamaica (second left); Mary Davis, CEO, Special Olympics International and Ali McNab, Chairman, Special Olympics Jamaica. Dr. Buchannan was presented with an award in recognition of her role as a founding member of the Special Olympics movement in Jamaica, yesterday (April 10) at the Special Olympics Multipurpose Court at Independence Park.

Grange reaffirms the Government’s commitment to developing Jamaica’s Special Olympics programme

Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Homer Davis.

Local Government Minister to Address St. James Municipal Corporation April 12

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (at podium), addresses the opening ceremony for the 10th Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)/Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Labour Market Forum, which was held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on Wednesday (April 11) under the theme ‘Enabling Growth and Development: Unlocking the Potential of the Global Shared Services Sector’. Listening keenly (from left) are PIOJ Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry; and PIOJ Community Development Specialist, Antoinette Richards.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Looking to Fast-Track Public-Sector Transformation

Newly appointed Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Government will be revisiting the public sector transformation programme with a view to accelerating its implementation. “We plan to review the agenda for the rationalisation of public bodies over the next four to six weeks and, in that time, will conclude the necessary consultations with...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard (right), speaking with (from left) Custos Rotulorum of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller; Deputy Principal, UWI Open Campus, Professor Julie Meeks Gardner; and Campus Registrar, UWI Open Campus, Karen Ford-Warner. Occasion was the launch of a photo exhibition entitled ‘The UWI –Then and Now… Riding on the Shoulders of Giants’ at the Open Campus on Camp Road, Kingston, on April 9.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

UWI Open Campus Launches Photo Exhibition

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard, has commended the University of the West Indies (UWI) on 70 years of outstanding achievement. “I doubt there are any who would even attempt to contest the wide-ranging, social, cultural, political and economic impact of UWI on the development of our country and, by extension, our region,” he...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), shakes the hand of Director of Running Events Limited, Alfred Francis (left), during the media launch of the ‘Everyone’s a Winner’ 5k and 10k race on Tuesday (April 10) at the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) headquarters on Old Hope Road in Kingston. At centre is Chairman of the JSB, Daemion McLean. Proceeds from the event, to be held on April 29, will be used to purchase computers for a lab at the JSB.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry to Help Establish Computer Lab at Society for the Blind

The Ministry of Health will be donating $250,000 to establish a computer lab at the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) through the ‘Everyone’s a Winner’ 5k and 10k run/walk on Sunday, April 29, at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew. Speaking at the media launch for the event Tuesday (April 10) at the JSB headquarters on Old Hope Road in...

(From left) Ernani Checcucci, Director, Capacity Building Directorate; Immediate Past Chair, Per Arvid Nordli; Velma Ricketts Walker newly appointed Chair, Capacity Building Committee (CBC); Brenda Mundia, Deputy Director, Capacity Building Directorate; and Daniel Perrier; Vice Chair of the CBC.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Sets Precedence – Customs Head Appointed Chairperson of WCO’S Capacity Building Committee

In a precedence-setting move, CEO/Commissioner of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Mrs. Velma Ricketts Walker, has been elected by the membership of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) to serve as Chairperson of the WCO’s Capacity Building Committee (CBC). She has the distinction of being the first female chairperson of the CBC, and the first person from Jamaica and the Caribbean...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

90 Per Cent of CRH’s Services Temporarily Relocated to Facilitate Renovations

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says approximately 90 per cent of the services provided at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James have been temporarily relocated to other institutions to facilitate renovations to rectify poor air quality affecting patients and staff at the facility. Dr. Tufton, who made the disclosure during a press conference at the Ministry...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (right), presents the National Medal for Science and Technology trophy to Dr. Henry Lowe, at the last Award ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus in November 2016.

8 years ago ScienceTechnology

NCST Invites Nominations for National Medal for Science and Technology

Nominations are being invited for the National Medal for Science and Technology. Senior Technology Officer at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Patricia Lewin, told JIS News that the medal, formerly known as the Prime Minister’s Medal for Science and Technology, “is a national award that recognises the lifelong work of a local scientist who has dedicated his...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange. (FILE)

8 years ago Sport

Minister Grange: Pat Anderson Helped Set Foundation for Sports Success

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has described the late former administrator Pat Anderson as “one of the pioneers who laid the foundation for Jamaica’s success in sports.” Mr Anderson, who led both the Jamaica Football Federation and the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (now Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association) during his long career in sports,...