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President and Chairman of Spatial Innovision Ltd., Mr. Silburn Clarke (left), Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Educational Planning Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dasmine Kennedy (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Mrs. Audrey Sewell, sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the management of geographical information systems (GIS) technology in 57 secondary and tertiary schools, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on May 4. (File image)
President and Chairman of Spatial Innovision Ltd., Mr. Silburn Clarke (left), Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Educational Planning Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dasmine Kennedy (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Mrs. Audrey Sewell, sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the management of geographical information systems (GIS) technology in 57 secondary and tertiary schools, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on May 4. (File image)

More Schools to Receive Free GIS Software

More institutions are to receive free geographical information systems (GIS) technology for training and research purposes. Senior GIS Manager and Trainer in the National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD), Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Simone Lloyd, said that...
Acting Principal of the Montego Bay Community College in St. James, Dr. Maureen Nelson (left), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay on November 7. At right is Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the institution, Ruiz Warren.
Acting Principal of the Montego Bay Community College in St. James, Dr. Maureen Nelson (left), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay on November 7. At right is Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the institution, Ruiz Warren.

Montego Bay Community College Working to Maintain its Reputation
Dean of the Faculty of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at the Montego Bay Community College, Mrs. Karen Gayle, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay on November 7.
Dean of the Faculty of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at the Montego Bay Community College, Mrs. Karen Gayle, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay on November 7.

More Employees in Western Jamaica Pursuing Tertiary Education
Dean of the Faculty of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at the Montego Bay Community College, Mrs. Karen Gayle, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay on November 7.
Dean of the Faculty of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at the Montego Bay Community College, Mrs. Karen Gayle, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay on November 7.

Mobay Community College Expands Funeral Services Course to Corporate Area
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Infrastructure Manager at the National Spatial Data Management Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Mark Codling, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank, where he provided details about work under way to create a a portal to provide geospatial data.
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Infrastructure Manager at the National Spatial Data Management Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Mark Codling, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank, where he provided details about work under way to create a a portal to provide geospatial data.

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Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller.
Education

Countries In Region Urged to Adopt Licensing System for Teachers

Countries in the region are being urged to adopt a licensing system for teachers as a means of branding education and making educators globally competitive. Making the call, Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller, said as is the case with several other professions, teachers need to have a body to recertify them, and that...
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State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), speaks with Grove Town Primary School student Shakelia Knight (centre); and Office of the Children’s Registry Child Ambassador, Denae Edwards (right) at the Caribbean Child Research Conference held recently, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville. At left is Conference Chair and Acting Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Dr. Aldrie Henry-Lee.
Education

Education Ministry Looking at School Bus System for Corporate Area

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is exploring the implementation of a formal school-bus system for the Corporate Area. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said the move comes following a recent meeting with the Jamaica College Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). He said the idea was previously on the table, but is being revisited in light of recent...
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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses a sensitisation session held at the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel in Westmoreland on September 23. (File)
Justice

Cybercrime a Major Global Threat – Minister Chuck

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says cybercrime is a major global threat that represents a clear and present danger to democracies and the rule of law everywhere. He said there is an urgent need for the strengthening of international cooperation and the harmonisation of policy and legislative instruments in the criminal justice system to combat the threat. “Mobile fraud...
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State Minister for National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles, Jr. (right), in conversation with Executive Director of the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine, Dr. Judith Mowatt, during a recent presentation ceremony for a new state-of-the-art scanning electron microscope, which was handed over to the entity by the United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis Moreno. The ceremony was held at the Institute on Hope Boulevard in St. Andrew.
Technology

Institute of Forensic Science to Receive State-of-the-Art Equipment

The State-run Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine is to receive additional state-of-the-art equipment valued just over $116 million (US$900,000), to further boost its operations, by the end of January 2017. Executive Director, Dr. Judith Mowatt, said the Institute is being provided with a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) machine, valued approximately $64.5 million (US$500,000), and special ballistics equipment at...
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Principal of Holland High School, Pauline Reid (2nd left), enjoys a moment with 6th form students and teachers at the institution. Mrs. Reid credits the strong support system and family setting to the success of students in external examinations.
Education

Holland High School Basking in CSEC and CAPE Success

Teachers and students of the Holland High School in Trelawny are basking in the success of candidates from the institution in the 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Twenty students from the 12-year-old institution attained averages ranging from 85 per cent to 100 per cent in various subject areas. These include Agricultural Science, Environmental...
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Acting Principal of the Montego Bay Community College, Dr. Maureen Nelson (centre), speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s western offices in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 7. With Dr. Nelson are (from left): the College’s Dean of Workforce Development and Continuing Studies, Mrs. Karen Gayle and the Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Mr. Ruiz Warren.
Education

Montego Bay Community College Expanding Courses

Acting Principal of the Montego Bay Community College, Dr. Maureen Nelson, says the institution is expanding its range of courses in order to continue the transformation of the education landscape in western Jamaica. These programmes include an Associate Degree in Funeral Service and Mortuary Sciences and a Bachelor’s Degree in Plant Science, a course which has been gaining popularity among...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange. (FILE)
Sport

Sport Minister Saddened by Death of Young Basketball Player

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the death of young student athlete, Saymar Ramsey. Ramsey, a member of the Spot Valley High basketball team, collapsed and died on his way home after playing for his school in the ISSA/Western Conference Under-19 basketball game against Cornwall College last Friday. “This is...
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