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Seventy-two  per cent of students who sat the Grade Four Literacy Test in June this year achieved mastery, a three per cent increase over last year’s results. Outlining the outcomes in the House of Representatives on December  4, Education Minister, Rev. the Hon Ronald Thwaites, said the overall percentage is expected to increase after the results from the scheduled second...

Teacher at the Holland High School, Dageanna Spencer-Hull and Principal of the Rollington Town Primary School, Dr. Margret Bailey, were on Tuesday (December 4),  announced as the 2012/2013 Lasco/Ministry of Education Teacher of the Year and Principal of the Year, respectively. The two were chosen from a shortlist of 12 educators, six in each category, following several intense rounds of...

The Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) will be hosting an awards ceremony in honour of its founders, at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, 1F North Street,  in Kingston, on December 5, starting at 2:30 p.m. Director of the ESP, Antonica Gunter-Gayle, said that the purpose of the ceremony is to highlight the work of Dr. Marigold Thorburn, and Family...

Information Minister, Senator Sandrea Falconer has challenged the media to highlight corruption in every sphere of society and to not limit itself to government and public officials. This, she said, was not a call to lessen their focus on politicians or the Government, but to broaden the search light. “The Government, of which I am a member, has nothing to...

An Unemployment Insurance Scheme  for Jamaica will  be explored at the annual Labour Market Reform forum, to be held  at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on December 6. This was disclosed by Labour Market Analyst in the Human and Community Development Unit of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Deidra Coy, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on December...

  Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has commended past Custos for  Westmoreland,  Hon. Owen Sinclair, for giving some 11 years of dedicated and unbroken service to the parish. Addressing the official Installation and Investiture ceremony for the new Custos, the Very Rev. Canon  Hartley Perrin, at the Manning’s High School, in Savanna-La-Mar, on November 29, the...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes- Abrahams, says the licensing of technology, if properly managed, can be a key source of wealth generation for the country. “Technology licensing is a means of exploiting our intellectual property (IP) assets to maximise the potential value inherent in such assets. As with technology development, technology licensing should be managed...

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is seeking the support of  members of the  Diplomatic Corps to attract widescale investment inputs from overseas private and public sector interests, in the development of Jamaica's global transshipment and logistics hub. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, extended this invitation while making a presentation entitled: 'Jamaica – the Global Logistics Hub of the...

Youth with various disabilities on December 3 had the opportunity to discuss their concerns and put forward suggestions to Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna at a rap session held at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston. The event, dubbed: ‘Let’s Talk Inclusion,’ was hosted by the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ)-led programme, Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE),...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says that persons with a second language, such as Spanish, stand to earn 15 per cent more than those without such a skill. He was addressing a ‘Spanish Day’ event on Novmber 30 at Kingston Technical High School, where he encouraged students to learn a second language to enhance job prospects and...

Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, says that the various agencies that have responsibility for dealing with children in the justice system must be vigilant in safeguarding their rights as mandated by the Child Care and Protection Act. She was addressing the Kingston and St. Andrew Family Court Parent Month exposition on November 30, 2012 at the Jamaica Conference Centre. The...

Some Jamaicans and persons in the wider Caribbean and the Eastern United States are still picking up the pieces, following the passage of Hurricane Sandy in October. With the closure of the hurricane season on November 30, Sandy could be regarded as the most significant system, which left in its wake, loss of several lives and billions of dollars in...