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The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is moving to provide Early Childhood practitioners with the strategies to help them promote and sustain positive behaviour without resorting to corporal punishment. This will be done through the hosting of a conference under the theme, 'Promoting Positive Behaviour', June 24 to 26, at the Jamaica Grande Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The conference...

Principal of Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon, Valda Gayle, is urging students to make use of the academic opportunities now available to adequately prepare for the future. "Students, who are not working as hard as they ought, I would say to them that they are facing a very difficult future. While they are in school here, they might not...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding and Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett met with British Members of Parliament (MPs) in London on June 17, in an effort to increase the lobby against the imminent increase in Air Passenger Duty (APD). Among the MPs was Diane Abbott, the representative for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, who is of Jamaican descent. The...

The first of 10 orientation sessions under the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP), which is targeted at high school and tertiary level students graduating this month, got underway yesterday (June 17) at four locations in Kingston. These were the Garmex HEART Academy; the HEART Trust/NTA Cosmetology School; Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI); and the Rockfort Vocational Training Centre (VTC). YEP was...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, is confident that Jamaica can become the premier business location in the region, by improving on its advantages. He expressed the view on Thursday June 18 in a presentation made on his behalf by President of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), Robert Gregory, at the launch of 'Compete Jamaica' at the...

The Tax Administration Department (TAD) is seeking to simplify the process of obtaining a Tax Compliance Certificate (TCC). TCCs are required for several transactions in Jamaica, especially for businesses seeking to secure a Government contract valuing more than $250,000. At a function held recently at the offices of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI) in Kingston, Commissioner of the Taxpayer Audit...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced plans by the Ministry to roll out the Jamaica Schools Administrative System (JSAS) software in over 600 schools islandwide. This, he said, is to equip administrators with the tools to make informed decisions regarding effective management of, and timely performance measurements at all levels within these institutions. The JSAS, which was developed by...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica could lose 30-50 million pounds as a result of the British Government's increase in Air Passenger Duty (APD) effective November. Mr. Bartlett, who is in London campaigning for a review of the classification criteria, met with British Members of Parliament (MPs) at Westminster on Wednesday (June 17) in a bid to increase...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has said that the food processing sector has the potential to earn the country about US$500 million each year. Speaking at Sterling Asset Management Limited at its new Barbados Avenue offices, on June 17, Mr. Shaw stated that with the required support, food processing could make up the shortfall left...

It is with pleasure that I address the Press Association of Jamaica and more specifically its latest inductees. You are practitioners in an industry which is one of the critical pillars of our relatively fledgling democracy. I note with satisfaction that in the sixty five years that this organization has existed, the hallmark of its mission has been to encourage...

A total of 400 persons in St. Catherine graduated from the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning's (JFLL) foundation programme, on June 17 having completed basic literacy and numeracy courses. At the Achievers' Function, held at the Phillippo Baptist Church, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the graduates heaped praise on the programme, explaining that it had given them a chance to become...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has said that the Government is working to make the country's justice system more efficient and fairer to women and girls. "The Bureau of Women's Affairs has made a submission to the Jamaican Justice System Reform Task Force on a number of ways to provide women and girls equal protection under...