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Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, signs the condolence book for the late Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne, at the agency today (January 11).

DPP Hails Boyne as Exemplary Public Servant

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, has hailed the late veteran journalist and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne, as an exemplary public servant. In an interview with JIS News after signing...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson.

Over 248,000 NHF Cardholders Accessed Benefits in 2017

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Florette Blackwood, Senior Director, Sport Development and Monitoring Division in the Ministry examine the running shoes worn by Veronica Campbell Brown (right) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Campbell Brown also presented one of her London 2012 running outfits to Minister Grange to be placed in the National Sport Museum. The presentation was made at the launch of the 2018 VCB 5K Run/Walk Race scheduled for Vere in Clarendon on January 21.

Troy Primary School to Be Renamed the Veronica Campbell Brown Primary School

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre); and National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (2nd left), and Principal of Oracabessa Primary School, Gregory Davis (right), display a symbolic cheque for US$67,515 (approximately J$8.4 million), which was presented by Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (left), to purchase a new bus for Oracabessa Primary School. The presentation was made at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (January 10). The bus is being provided under the Government of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project. Oracabessa Primary School is located in Western St. Mary for which Mr. Montague is the Member of Parliament. Looking on is Howard Foster, General Sales and Marketing Manager for Toyota Jamaica Limited, which will provide the bus.

Gov’t of Japan to Provide New School Bus for Oracabessa Primary

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Sancia Bennett Templer. (FILE)

Health Ministry Moving Towards Electronic Storage of Patients’ Records

8 years ago Housing

HAJ Set to Make Big Profit This Fiscal Year

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is looking forward to a positive end to the 2017/2018 fiscal year, as it increases the effort to collect funds owed on existing housing developments. The agency has already seen a turnaround with profits of $183 million at the end of the 2016/17 financial year, after suffering a loss of $886 million in the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), speaks at the signing of a grant agreement with the Japan Grassroots Human Security Project at the Office of the Prime Minister on January 10. Listening (from second left) are: Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, and Principal, Oracabessa Primary School, Gregory Davis.

8 years ago Education

Education Minister Wants Bus System for Students in All Parishes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is on a mission to create a national school bus system, which will provide transportation for students in all parishes. Speaking at the signing of an $8 million Japan Grassroots Human Security Grant agreement with the Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, on January 10 at the Office...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (centre), speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 10. Listening (from left) are: Head of the Meteorological Service, Evan Thompson, and Head of the Earthquake Unit at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Simon Mitchell.

8 years ago Local Government

Capacity to Respond to Tsunami Adequate – ODPEM

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, says the island’s capacity to respond to a tsunami or an earthquake is adequate. Major Davis pointed out that the response by State agencies to the tsunami threat on Tuesday (January 9) was rapid. The threat was later downgraded. An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the...

Director of Kemtek Development and Construction Limited, Sylvester Tulloch (left), hands over a $1 million scholarship cheque to benefit four students of The Mico University College during a ceremony at the institution’s Marescaux Road address in Kingston on January 8. The students are Brian Scott (2nd left); Shanique Ffrench (3rd left); Kenique Walker (centre) and Damion Smith (2nd right). Principal of The Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock (3rd right); and Director of Administration and Special Projects, Kemtek Development and Construction Limited, Karl Tulloch, share the moment.

8 years ago Education

Mico Working Towards Full University Status

Pro-Chancellor of The Mico University College, Professor Neville Ying, says the teacher-training institution is far advanced in its plans to become a full university. He informed that two meetings have already been held with Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, to move the process forward. “We put our value proposition to the Education Minister and then...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), officially opens the Knutsford Express depot at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Tuesday (January 9). Others (from left) are: Executive Director of Knutsford Express, Anthony Copeland; Chairman, Gordon Townsend; President, Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, T’Shura Gibbs; and Chief Executive Officer, Knutsford Express, Oliver Townsend.

8 years ago Tourism

Record 4.3 Million Tourist Arrivals in 2017

Provisional data from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) show that a record 4.3 million tourists visited Jamaica in 2017. This, according to Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, represents a 12.1 per cent increase over arrivals in 2016. “We broke the four million mark in December and by the end of (the month) we had gone to 4.3 million arrivals. This...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (seated), emphasises a point to (from left) Chief Executive Officer of Knutsford Express, Oliver Townsend; Executive Director, Anthony Copeland; and Customer Transport Officer, Rohan Nash, at the opening of the company’s Sangster International Airport depot in Montego Bay on Tuesday (January 9).

8 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Welcomes Expansion of Knutsford Express Bus Service

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the expansion of service by ground transportation provider, Knutsford Express, will serve to expose locals and tourists to Jamaica’s lesser known rural attractions. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking at the official opening of the company’s Sangster International Airport depot in Montego Bay on Tuesday (January 9), said the ease of access to Jamaica’s interior...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), views mosquito larvae under a microscope during a tour of the Mosquito Control and Research Unit (MCRU) Insectary at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus, which was officially opened on Tuesday (January 9). Others (from left) are: Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Jamaica, Eric Khant; Chief Medical Officer in the Health Ministry, Dr. Winston De La Haye; UWI Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Mona campus Principal, Professor Archibald McDonald; and MCRU Head, Dr. Marcia Mundle.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Mosquito Control Programme Strengthened

The country’s vector management programme has been strengthened with the opening of the Mosquito Control and Research Unit (MCRU) Insectary at the University of West Indies (UWI) Mona campus in St. Andrew. A joint initiative of the Ministry of Health and UWI through support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the facility will provide for entomological study...