The Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI), the tertiary arm of the HEART Trust/NTA, will commence offering a two-year Associate Degree in Animation programme, beginning in January 2017. The institution previously offered only one semester of animation training under its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) degree programme. Animation lecturer at the VTDI, Chevonnese Chevers Whyte, told JIS News that it is...

The Forum on Markets Innovation and Capital (FOROMIC) conference will be held from October 24 to 26 in Montego Bay, St. James. FOROMIC is a space where business and financial institutions, particularly those working in microfinance and with micro, small, and medium enterprises, are able to showcase innovative products and services. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, gave details...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government stands ready to provide support to get more young people engaged in cricket. She noted that the success that the region enjoyed in the sport did not happen overnight but because “our young people were so socialised”. “So, let us strengthen and restore what we do best;...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has provided nearly $430 million in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure development support for several tertiary institutions over the past four years. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Hugh Cross, says this entailed the installation of broadband Internet service and state-of-the-art equipment, among other key inputs. He tells JIS News that the University of the...

A total of US$7.2 million will be made available to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism and agricultural sectors, to finance climate change adaptation initiatives islandwide. The money, which will be in the form of loans and grants, is being provided under the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project, a component of the Pilot Programme for Climate...

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Right Hon. Sir Dennis Byron, will deliver the 2016 Churches Emancipation Lecture. The lecture, which is open to the public, will be held on Sunday, July 31 at 4:00 p.m. at Webster Memorial United Church in Kingston, under the theme ‘Emancipation and Justice Reform’. In an interview with JIS News, long-standing...

Jamaica is poised to benefit from the development of an industrial zone in St. Elizabeth by Chinese firm, Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCo), at a cost of more than US$2 billion. The integrated development, to be rolled out over the next three to five years, will focus on mining, manufacturing and power generation, and will incorporate operations at the...