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Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Limited, Dr. Andrew Spencer (second left), and The Travel Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Salli Felton (second right), sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at building the capacity of local craft vendors and operators of attractions. The signing took place on Wednesday (November 29), the final day of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Looking on from (left) are Strategic Relations Manager of the The Travel Foundation Jamaica, Eleanor Crichton Hussey; and TPDCo Chairman, Ian Dear.

Craft Vendors and Attractions to Benefit from MOU

Local craft vendors and operators of attractions are set to benefit from a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Limited and The Travel Foundation, based in the United Kingdom. The agreement establishes a framework...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaking during the launch of the Abilities Foundation’s Beauty Services Unit on November 28 at the Abilities Foundation’s Constant Spring Road address in Kingston.

Schools Being Retrofitted to Improve Disabled Access

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), tests the metal detector at Edith Dalton James High School that was officially commissioned into service on November 29. Observing is President, Edith Dalton James Past Students’ Association, Earle Roberts.

Edith Dalton James High Gets Walk-Through Metal Detector

Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (addresses) the Jamaica Information Service Heritage Competition Awards Ceremony 2017 at Mona Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew on November 27.

Improved Performance in Vision 2030 National Outcome Indicators

Minister of Transport and Mining, the Hon. Mike Henry (third right), presents a gift to the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), His Excellency Kitack Lim (3rd left), during a courtesy call at Mr. Lim’s office in London on November 27. Minister Henry is in London for the 30th Session of the IMO General Assembly. Others (from left) are Jamaica’s High Commissioner to London, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan; Chair, Board of Directors, Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Corah Ann Robertson-Sylvester; Director General of the MAJ and Special Envoy to the IMO, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Janine Dawkins.

Int’l Shipping a Major Plank of Economic Programme – Henry

8 years ago Housing

HAJ to Provide More Than 2,000 Housing Solutions

The Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited (HAJ) will be rolling out more than 2,000 housing solutions for middle- to low-income persons over a three-year period. The solutions will include housing units as well as serviced lots across a number of parishes. Speaking at a recently held JIS ‘Think Tank’, Managing Director of the HAJ, Mr. Gary Howell, said the need...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), is in light conversation with (from left): State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green; Caribbean Regional Director, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Dr. Kevin Harvey; and Acting Director, Health Services, Planning and Integration in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence. Occasion was the launch of ‘Teen Hub’ on November 28, at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, St. Andrew.

8 years ago EducationInformationTechnologyYouth

Teen Hub Opens in Half-Way Tree Transport Centre

Adolescents who use the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in St. Andrew now have a safe and healthy space where they can do their homework and conduct research, while benefiting from counselling and other services. The newly renovated space, dubbed ‘Teen Hub’, is a collaborative effort of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation; Ministry of Health; and the Ministry of Education, Youth and...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Class Sizes to be Reduced

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information intends to reduce the size of classes at the nation’s schools as part of measures to improve student achievement. “I am working on a budget to do so,” said portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. He was speaking at the launch of a special curriculum for children with learning disabilities held on...

Project Director for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s PATH Programme, Elsa Marks-Willis (left), gets a manicure from Beauty Services Trainee, Tiana Lopez, at the launch of the Abilities Foundation’s Beauty Services Unit and Digicel Foundation’s 2017 Annual Report on November 28 at the Abilities Foundation’s Constant Spring Road address in Kingston. The unit was established at a cost of $1 million from proceeds of the 2016 Digicel 5K Run for Special Needs initiative, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The unit will facilitate training in a range of beauty services.

8 years ago LabourSocial SecurityYouth

Abilities Foundation Launches Unit for Training

The Abilities Foundation has launched its new Beauty Services Unit, as part of its mandate to provide more training opportunities for persons with disabilities. The unit, which was launched on November 28 at the Abilities Foundation’s Constant Spring Road address in Kingston, is a renovated classroom outfitted with five stations for nail and make-up artistry as well as a hair...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

8 years ago DevelopmentEducationInformationYouth

Youth at the Centre of Development – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says young people are at the heart of the Government’s economic development programme. He noted that policies and programmes have been put in place to fully engage the youth and ensure that they have access to education and training, to take full advantage of opportunities in the country. “We...

Communications Officer at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Leighton Beckles. (FILE)

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Persons Encouraged to Pay Fee for Vehicle Fitness online

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is encouraging the use of their online payment system to pay motor vehicle fitness fees. Communications Officer, TAJ, Leighton Beckles, told JIS News that the process is very convenient, fast and reliable, and cited the payment platform (the virtual tax office), as the second most highly used location for payment in the recently concluded traffic ticket...

General Manager, Microfinance Services Division, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Paul Chin, addresses the DBJ’s Small and Medium-size Enterprise (SME) Summit, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

DBJ Provides Assistance to Spur Growth in MSME Sector

As one of the principal agencies delivering the Government’s programme of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) assistance, the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) provides a diverse suite of products and services tailored to spur significant MSME growth. General Manager for the DBJ’s Microfinance Services Division, Paul Chin, said the agency’s core functions fall under the areas of equity, micro-finance,...