Eleven members of the World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Executive Directors will pay a two-day visit to Jamaica from Thursday (September 14) to Saturday, (September 16). The delegation, representing 98 member countries from the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, will discuss Jamaica’s development priorities, emerging opportunities and challenges. They will also...

Students at the Denham Town Primary School in Kingston, along with their teachers, are revelling in the success of the institution, which copped the lion’s share of prizes in the 2017 Youth Gambling Prevention All-Island Poster Competition. Of the 10 prizes on offer, the institution took home seven at the recent awards ceremony held in Kingston, sharing one with Immaculate...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says there will be 100 per cent placement of all students in full high schools next year. During a visit to The Queen’s School in St. Andrew, on September 12, Senator Reid noted that this will be made possible as a result of expansion being undertaken at certain secondary schools....

Some 160 greenhouses have been established on mined-out bauxite lands in St. Ann, Manchester, Clarendon, and St. Elizabeth at a cost of approximately $240 million. Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Parris Lyew-Ayee, said the greenhouses, which are under vegetable cultivation, are providing earnings of up to $3 million annually for the farmers. He informed that marketing arrangements...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says a ticketing system will soon be established for persons who are accused of using more than two ounces of marijuana in Jamaica. Speaking at the launch of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) ‘Talk Di Truth’ initiative on September 12 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, Mr. Chuck said...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has affirmed that it is on track to producing updated provisional development orders for the entire island by March 2018. A Development Order is a legal document that sets out the framework, guidelines and policies for planning and development in parishes and communities. It enables the Local Planning Authority and/or the Town and...

The Negril Education Environment Trust (NEET) will be hosting a Health Fair on September 15, where some 26 doctors and nurses will be coming in from New Jersey, United States, to provide free medical services. According to the organisation’s Chairman, Winston Wellington, the fair, which will be held on the grounds of Perfect Health Medical and Holistic Centre in Savanna-La-Mar,...

Director and Principal of the Justice Training Institute (JTI), Karen Campbell-Bascoe, says justices of the peace (JPs) play a critical role in ensuring that the rights of citizens are protected in areas that are identified as zones of special operations (ZOSO). “The lawmakers were sure to enact legislation that allows for the protection of the human rights of citizens, should...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is still accepting nominations for the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards 2017. The deadline for submissions has been extended from August 31 to September 15. Senior Programme Development Specialist in the Youth Division of the Ministry, Kevon Campbell, told JIS News that the decision was taken to extend the deadline in order to allow...