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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Roger Clarke. (FILE)

Official Funeral for Roger Clarke; September 13

The Government of Jamaica will accord an official funeral to the late Hon. Roger Clarke, CD, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland. The funeral service will take place at the St. George’s Anglican Church,...

Programme Manager, Caricom Single Market and Economy, CARICOM Secretariat, Ivor Carryl (left), addresses members of the public sector during a two-day forum to discuss the findings of a major consultancy on government procurement in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). At right is Deputy Programme Manager, CSME Unit, CARICOM Secretariat, Philip McClauren. The forum is being held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston from September 3 to 4.

Regional Procurement System To Be Established

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith, addressing a press conference, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, on September 3.

Missing Children Down

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (second right), addresses the signing ceremony for three loans totalling US$105 million between Jamaica and the World Bank, at the bank’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on September 3. Others (from right) are: World Bank Country Director for Jamaica, Sophia Sirtiane; World Bank Alternate Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, Janet Harris; Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Brian Wynter.

Jamaica and World Bank Sign US$105 Million Loans

Head of the Executive Agencies Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Owen McKnight, makes a point during an interview with JIS News. Mr. McKnight has given more than 17 years of selfless service to the public sector, having been serving since 1997.

Dedicated Public Servant Hails Executive Agency Model, Wants More Established

12 years ago Tourism

TEF Supports Development of Heritage Sites

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has been financing various projects geared towards the development and preservation of the country’s heritage sites, landmarks and cultural products. One of the major projects is the beautification and rehabilitation of the town of Falmouth, in Trelawny. Executive Director of the TEF, Clyde Harrison, explains that the $900 million undertaking involves - the Hampden Wharf...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks (left), shares experiences from her recent visit to the United States (US) to observe the execution of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as Jamaica prepares to implement its own disabilities legislation. Listening (from 2nd left) are: Transition Officer at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Kimberley Sherlock; Head, Physiotherapy Department, South East Regional Health Authority, Suzanne Harris Henry; and Project Coordinator, Junior Achievement Jamaica, Stephanie McIntyre, who also participated in the trip to the US from July 23 to August 9.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Learn Best Practices In Disabilities Policy

Representatives of organisations that provide support to the disabled community recently got the opportunity to learn from best practices in disabilities policy when they travelled to the United States (US) to observe the execution of that country’s disabilities act. The visit was sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) International Visitor Leadership Project under the theme: ‘Advocacy and Inclusiveness...

12 years ago Education

97 per cent of Grade Seven Cohort placed in High School

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has informed that 97 per cent of the island’s grade seven cohort have been placed in high schools this year. Minister Thwaites, who was addressing the official opening of Jamaica College’s (JC) state-of-the-art museum on Thursday (August 28), said that there is a place in school for every child from early childhood to...

12 years ago Education

Scholarship Awardees Grateful

Courts Jamaica’s scholarship award recipients are expressing gratitude for the assistance, noting that it will ease the financial burden on their parents. Fifty-five students, who will be attending secondary and tertiary institutions in September, have been awarded scholarships by the furniture store chain valued at more than $6 million. They were chosen after a competitive selection process, which involved some...

Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Enthrose Campbell (right) presents a school bag to one of the boys at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester last Saturday August 23, 2014 during the Back to School and Work Day visit to the Home. Assistant Director of the Home, Dionne Harriott (centre) looks on. The companies from corporate Jamaica that donated towards the cause were the YB Afraid Foundation/Joseph’s, Sammy’s Shoe Store, Lasco Foods, Fontana Pharmacy, Kingston Bookshop, Ping’s Distributors, Grace Foods, Trade Winds, Edge Chem and Caribbean Broilers.

12 years ago Education

Mount Olivet Boys Decked Out for Back-to-School

When the young men at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester return to school this week, they will have numerous memories to share and new school supplies to show off to their friends, after a fun-filled back-to-school/work day visit from their Jamaica Information Service (JIS) family. The work day on August 23 is one of three visits [per year]...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Education and Sports (CHASE) Fund, W. Billy Heaven (right), listen as Principal, Jamaica College (JC), Senator Ruel Reid, explains the concept behind the recent establishment of a museum at the institution, during the opening ceremony, at 189 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew.

12 years ago Education

Preserving rich history of Jamaica College

To continue preserving the rich history of Jamaica College (JC), one of the island’s oldest secondary schools, a museum has been established on the grounds of the institution. Located at 189 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, the museum, set up at an estimated cost of $6 million, boasts scores of poster boards, which chronicle the history of the school,...

Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Leads Delegation to Washington for Talks With US Officials and IMF

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, left the island today (1 September 2014), for Washington D. C., to engage in a series of discussions with officials from the U.S. Treasury, U.S. State Department, the International Monetary Fund, (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and the World Bank (IBRD). The meetings and technical discussions will focus on the...