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New Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, speaks at a reception at his residence in St. Andrew, to celebrate the 84th birthday of Emperor Akihito of Japan, on December 6.

New Japanese Ambassador Pledges to Strengthen Partnership

New Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, has pledged to continue building bridges of cooperation and friendship between Japan and Jamaica. Speaking at a reception at his residence in St. Andrew on December 6 to celebrate the 84th...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Jamaica, Bruno Pouezat, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

UNDP Supporting Growth of Agriculture and Tourism

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (standing), addresses the House of Representatives on Wednesday (December 6). Seated are Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left); and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

Registration of Political Parties Begins Jan. 2, 2018

Government Senator and Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Delroy Williams, makes his contribution to the Building Bill today (December 8) in the Senate.

Mayor of Kingston Highlights Importance of Building Act

Founder of the University of the West Indies Community Film Project (UWICFP) and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Ian Boxill, with graduates of the UWICFP at the ceremony held on December 7 at the Faculty of Law, Mona campus.

54 Young People Equipped With Skills in Filmmaking

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (right), listens to Retired Commissioner of Police of the Royal St. Lucia Police Service, Errol Alexander (left), at a graduation ceremony for 18 law enforcement professionals at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on December 8. At centre is Academic Affairs Director at the Caribbean Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC), Amoy Bernard-Morrison.

8 years ago National Security

Security Minister Says NIDS will Help to Fight Crime

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, is endorsing the establishment of the National Identification System (NIDS), as a means to combat crime. Mr. Montague reasoned that a verifiable system of identification in Jamaica, as well as in the rest of the Caribbean, would enable law-enforcement authorities to properly identify the perpetrators of crime. The Minister was speaking at the graduation...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (right), is greeted by Director General, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Nari Williams-Singh (left), while JCAA Chairman, Phillip Henriques, looks on. Occasion was a banquet and aviation awards ceremony, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (December 7).

8 years ago Local Government

Firefighters Complete Training Course

Fifty-five Jamaican firefighters have completed live burn training under a Sister Airport Cooperation Agreement with the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States of America. The training, which ended on Thursday (December 7), provided firefighters with instruction in a hands-on live fire experience. This was noted by Director of International Business, Department of Aviation, Hartsfield-Jackson International, Alrene Richards-Barr, who...

The new air traffic control tower at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James. The tower is expected to become fully operational by January 2018. In the background at left is the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Norwood Radar Station.

8 years ago Transport

Sangster Air Traffic Control Tower to Be Fully Operational by January 2018

The new air traffic control tower at the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, will become fully operational in January 2018. This was disclosed by Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Mr. Nari Williams-Singh, in an interview with JIS News. “Our team in Montego Bay is ready to move over. Parallel operations will be done over the...

Minister of Local Government, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), presents an award to Renaldo Facey at the Board of Supervision/Poor Relief Association Awards and Recognition Ceremony, held on November 28 at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew.

8 years ago EducationYouth

Inner City Student Achieves Despite the odds

Renaldo Facey, 18-year-old resident of the inner-city community of Denham Town, in Kingston, and upper-sixth-form student of Wolmer’s Boys’ School, is on the right track to realise his dream of becoming a medical doctor. Renaldo has achieved grade one at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Human and Social Biology, Additional Mathematics, Principles of Accounts,...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Sancia Bennett-Templer, addresses the recent launch of Antibiotic Awareness Week at the University of the West (UWI) Regional Headquarters, in Kingston.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Public Warned About Misuse of Antibiotics

The Ministry of Health is warning members of the public of the negative impact on health caused by the excessive use or misuse of antibiotics. Antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the result of the abuse of antibiotics. AMR occurs when bacteria change and become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat the infections they cause. AMR is caused by a number...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Hillary Alexander (second left), greets animation instructor, Creative Industries Education and Employment Programme (CIEEP), Jae Pil Jeong (right), during the closing ceremony for phase one of CIEEP at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, recently. Others (from left) are: World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova; and Principal, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Nicholeen Degrasse Johnson. During the ceremony, 150 animators were presented with certificates, having acquired competencies in five highly specialized areas of 3D animation.

8 years ago TechnologyYouth

150 Young Persons Certified in 3D Production

Approximately 150 young people are now in a better position to tap into the global US$230-billion animation industry, having received certification under phase one of the Creative Industries Education and Employment Programme (CIEEP). With an estimated investment of US$779,000, the CIEEP aims to equip participants with international industry-standard training in 3D animation for feature films. The CIEEP is an initiative...

Managing Director of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Gary Howell, makes a point while addressing a JIS Think Tank.

8 years ago Housing

HAJ Investing in Social Housing

The Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited (HAJ) is investing in infrastructural enhancements at several housing developments undertaken by the entity across the island in order to improve the living standard of residents. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Managing Director of the HAJ, Gary Howell, said that part of the profits made within the last few years have gone...