The Government is looking to increase the stipend paid to early childhood teachers by 15 per cent, next year. Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, made the announcement on July 31, at the Ministry’s Region One back-to-school conference, held at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge at the University of the West Indies. He said the stipend, which the teachers are...

Finance Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the Government will continue to work with investors in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, to find creative ways to address operational costs, especially in the area of energy. In an interview with JIS News after he toured the soon-to-be-opened Barnett Tech Park in Montego Bay, on August 4, Dr. Phillips...

Patrons will be required to have tickets to see the Independence Grand Gala at the National Stadium, on August 6. The event, which begins at 5:30 p.m., will be free to the public. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dahlia Harris, said that distribution of...

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Finance who was invited by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller as special guest for Jamaica’s 52nd Independence celebrations, will no longer be able to join us as planned. This is due to the sudden and untimely death of a key member of her...

Colonel Desmond Theodore Edwards JP,MSc,MA,nsp is Colonel General Staff and is responsible for Force policy on operations, training, intelligence, communications, information systems, civil/military relations and publications. Colonel Edwards, a graduate of Clarendon College, joined the Jamaica Defence Force in October 1984 and was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant in June 1986 after completing his initial officer training at...

The Minister of National Security, Hon Peter Bunting, on Monday, August 4, announced that the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA) will merge into a single agency as the next phase in the ongoing strategy to tackle serious organised crime and stamp out corruption. The merger is based on...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is calling for greater support for the country's young entrepreneurs, who are promoting Brand Jamaica. "We must always be proud of Brand Jamaica and build brand recognition for products other than the well known coffee, cocoa, jerk sauces and rum. Many of our young entrepreneurs...are doing just that and we need...