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Jonathan Grant High School Student Jared Hopkins (Right), showcases his winning drone entry in the Robotics Competition at a science fair held recently at the Jonathan Grant High School. The science fair was held under the theme: ‘Promoting Holistic Development through STEM Education’.
Jonathan Grant High School Student Jared Hopkins (Right), showcases his winning drone entry in the Robotics Competition at a science fair held recently at the Jonathan Grant High School. The science fair was held under the theme: ‘Promoting Holistic Development through STEM Education’.

Jonathan Grant High School Pursuing Excellence

‘I am created for excellence’, is the mantra that students of the Jonathan Grant High School located in the heart of Spanish Town, St. Catherine live by daily. It was once viewed as the school that only non-performers attended, but...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers at the Frazer Church of God of Prophecy in Cascade, St. Ann, on December 3 during a tour of farming communities in the parish. The occasion was a tour of some seven key farming communities in St. Ann, to examine the effects of the drought conditions on farming activities.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers at the Frazer Church of God of Prophecy in Cascade, St. Ann, on December 3 during a tour of farming communities in the parish. The occasion was a tour of some seven key farming communities in St. Ann, to examine the effects of the drought conditions on farming activities.

Minister Kellier Lauds Farmers in St. Ann
(From left) Policy Analyst in the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr. Dave Noel Williams, Research Officer in the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Ms. Rochelle Graham, Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Ms. Novlette Grant, and Anthropologist, Dr. Herbert Gayle, in conversation ahead of a Discussion Forum hosted by the Bureau of Women’s Affairs under the theme “Addressing Gender-Based Violence: It’s 2015”. The forum was held at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) on Friday, December 4.
(From left) Policy Analyst in the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr. Dave Noel Williams, Research Officer in the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Ms. Rochelle Graham, Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Ms. Novlette Grant, and Anthropologist, Dr. Herbert Gayle, in conversation ahead of a Discussion Forum hosted by the Bureau of Women’s Affairs under the theme “Addressing Gender-Based Violence: It’s 2015”. The forum was held at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) on Friday, December 4.

Change in Culture Needed in Fight Against Gender-Based Violence-DCP Grant
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller along with former Regional Director of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited, Tang Zhongdong (3rd left) and Minister of Transport, Work and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, posed with the recipients of CHEC
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller along with former Regional Director of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited, Tang Zhongdong (3rd left) and Minister of Transport, Work and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, posed with the recipients of CHEC's inaugural engineering scholarship. The students from left are: Clenmar Rowe, Kemmisha Skinner, David Scott, Tashae Thompson and Rushawn Marshall.

CHEC Building Young Jamaican Lives
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), being welcomed by students of the Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy on December 3, when he toured the institution. Others (from left) are: Bursar at the school, Sharlene Grindley; Acting Principal, Marlene Edwards Gayle and Vice Principal, Natalie Roper Allen.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), being welcomed by students of the Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy on December 3, when he toured the institution. Others (from left) are: Bursar at the school, Sharlene Grindley; Acting Principal, Marlene Edwards Gayle and Vice Principal, Natalie Roper Allen.

Education Minister Wants More Students to Attend Sydney Pagon STEM Academy

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Health & Wellness

Jamaica Renews Cooperation Agreements With Cuba

Jamaica has renewed its bilateral partnership with the Republic of Cuba for the provision of technical support to the local health sector. Health Minister, Hon. Horace Dalley, and Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernández, on December 3, signed two agreements that will further extend this collaboration, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. One of...
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Food For The Poor Assists Mount Olivet Boys’ Home

Food for the Poor (FFP) has donated provisions to assist Mount Olivet Boys’ Home’s self help project. Included are 1,000 chickens, feed and relevant supplies from the Agriculture and Fisheries Unit of the FFP. Agriculture and Fishing Manager at FFP, Rebecca Harper, tells JIS News that the main goal of the unit is to take people out of poverty through...
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Principal Director of Culture in the Creative Industries Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay.
Culture

Jamaica to Host Region’s First World Heritage Workshop

The Ministry of Youth and Culture will host the Caribbean’s first workshop on World Heritage Education on December 7 and 8. The two-day event will be held at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston beginning at 9:00 a.m. each day. This workshop comes against the background of the Blue and John Crow Mountains being inscribed to the United Nations Educational,...
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JusticeParliament

House Passes Justice Reform Bills

The Senate, on Thursday, December 3, passed two pieces of legislation aimed at effecting reforms within the justice system. These are the Judicature (Resident Magistrate’s) (Amendment and Change of Name) Act 2015 and the Judicature (Supreme Court) (Amendment) Act. Piloting the Bills, Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, said the Judicature (Supreme Court) (Amendment) Act seeks to establish...
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to Jamaica, Denise A. Herbol (left), engages with students of the Kitson Town All-age School at the breaking of ground for the establishment of the $15 million Kitson Town Community Resource Centre in St. Catherine on December 3. Looking on at second left is Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hector Cummings, of the St. Catherine North Police Division.
Community

Kitson Town to Get $15 Million Community Centre

Ground was broken on Thursday, December 3, for the establishment of a resource and empowerment centre to serve Kitson Town and surrounding communities in the rural St. Catherine area. The $15 million project is being funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under phase two of its Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II). The Kitson Town...
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Finance & Public Service

Customs Ready to Handle Increase in Shipments

The Jamaica Customs Agency says it is in a full state of readiness to handle the expected increase in cargo shipments during the festive season. Senior Director of the entity’s Kingston operations, Selina Clarke-Graham, said the agency is already seeing an uptick in the volume of imported items and measures have been implemented to facilitate the clearance of goods. “We...
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