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The web-based training programme, designed to assist teachers in their delivery of the Literacy 1-2-3 materials, is about 95 per cent complete and is on target to be fully ready for implementation in the new school term in September. Speaking with JIS News, Manager of the Primary Education Support Project (PESP), Jean Hastings explained that the programme is one of...

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall has said that he was encouraged and full of enthusiasm after meeting with Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) during his recent visit. Speaking at a special reception in his honour, put on by the Derby West Indian Association, Sir Kenneth said Jamaicans in the UK have been loyal...

Government is to implement a national screening programme to identify children with hearing disability before they enter school. Prime Minister Bruce Golding said screening would be done at the post-natal stage and also before children enter basic and primary school. Mr. Golding was speaking on Sunday (June 8) while addressing the 70th anniversary church service of the Jamaica Association for...

The official launch of the ninth annual Portland Jerk Festival was held at Folly Estates in Port Antonio on Wednesday, June 4. The festival, formerly a one day event, will be held over a period of three days this year, commencing on Friday, July 4 and culminating on Sunday, July 6 with the main event being the food and music...

United Kingdom forensic psychologist, Dr. Tony Butler is in Jamaica to conduct an audit of the country's child protection system. The project is funded by the British High Commission at a cost of $1.7 million. "While I do not want to pre-empt the findings, I hope that one thing that will come out of this audit will be the reduction...

The Board of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has approved more than $350 million for projects and programmes geared at enhancing the tourism product. Executive Director of the TEF, Ian Neita told JIS News that money has been allocated to improve heritage sites and resorts, develop small hotels and attractions as well as enhance the overall visitor experience. Of the...

The third Conference on Caribbean Security and Strategy, held at the Grand Lido Hotel in Negril, Westmoreland from June 2 to 6, has been hailed a success by facilitators and participants. "I think we have exceeded the objectives. I would have been happy if all that we achieved was to allow persons from different organizations, different countries, to get together...

Old England Primary and Junior High School in Manchester is to receive 10 computers from the Cable and Wireless Jamaica Foundation (CWJF), tomorrow (June 9), as part of its Computers for Schools Programme. The Programme is being undertaken in collaboration with Teens 4 Technology. Under this initiative, 108 schools across the island will be provided with 10 computers each, along...

Residents of North Western Clarendon have been urged to organise themselves in order to benefit from development projects in their communities. Speaking at a Constituency Development Fund (CDF) public consultation meeting held on June 5, at the Sunberry Primary School in the parish, Community Development Officer, Social Development Commission (SDC), Region 4, Anice Denton urged the residents to come together...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh departed the island today (Sunday) for Cuba to begin an official visit. Minister Baugh will also head Jamaica's delegation to the 5th Session of the Jamaica/Cuba Intergovernmental Joint Commission meeting which will review a range of cooperation initiatives and identify others to be pursued....

Traffic signals along Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston were turned on by Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry on June 4, as part of the government's thrust to reduce traffic congestion in the Corporate Area. The signals have been installed at the intersections of Barbados Avenue and Knutsford Boulevard, Grenada Crescent and Knutsford Boulevard and Trinidad Terrace and Knutsford...

The Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) is undertaking an ambitious commitment to educate 25,000 Jamaicans over the next three years. This will be achieved through a series of programmes designed to significantly reduce Jamaica's illiteracy rates and enhance the quality of life for the island's workforce. Established in 2007, the JFLL continues to enhance the literacy programmes started by...