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Police Warns Perpetrators of Cybercrimes

The police is warning perpetrators of cybercrimes that they will be apprehended and dealt with decisively. Head of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fitz Bailey, who gave...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

Public Will Have Access to New Parliament Building

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents former chief financial officer of the West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastor Aston Barnes, with the Order of Distinction - Officer Class (OD), for invaluable contribution to the ministerial fraternity, social development, welfare and philanthropy, at the 2018 National Honours and Awards ceremony held at King’s House on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 15.

National Honour for Distinguished Clergyman – Pastor Aston Barnes

Firefighter of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Andrade Stoddart (left), shares fire safety tips with students of the Ensom City Primary School - Jazmyne Treasure (centre) and Zhalia Smith. The girls, who are members of their school’s Fire Wardens Club, were in attendance at the launch of Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (Oct. 19).

JFB to Conduct Follow-up Fire Safety Assessments of Children’s Homes

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, addresses stakeholders at the Salem Beach ground-breaking ceremony in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on October 17. The beach will be upgraded.

Salem Beach in St. Ann to be upgraded

7 years ago CommunityCultureDevelopmentForeign AffairsInformation

Prime Minister Wants Spanish to Be Second Language

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it is of strategic importance that the appropriate programmes be put in place, making Spanish a second language in Jamaica. Delivering the keynote address at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel in Trelawny on October 18, Mr. Holness said there are so many Spanish investments in Jamaica, that “bilateral...

Vice President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Chairman of the Administration Committee, Vishwanauth Tolan, makes a presentation to the BWF Annual General Meeting, in Australia, in May 2017.

7 years ago CommunitySport

Sport Administrator Grateful for Recognition

Vishwanauth Tolan is grateful to his country for recognising him with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer, which he collected today (October 15), at King’s House. Mr. Tolan was awarded for his contribution to the field of sports and sports development. He tells JIS News that he is thrilled for being recognised for doing something which he...

Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

7 years ago CommunityOpposition

Leader of the Opposition National Heroes Day Address 2018

Dr. Peter Phillips, MP Leader of the Opposition Message for National Heroes Day 2018 This year’s celebration of National Heroes Day, coincides with the 80th anniversary of the 1938 Labour Rebellion. In that year, two of our national heroes, The Rt. Excellent Norman Manley and The Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante provided the leadership for the Jamaican people, which helped...

Regional Director at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (third left) and Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Mark Golding (second left), cut the ribbon to officially open the iTELBPO Smart Academy, at the Trench Town Polytechnic College (TTPC), on October 11. Principal of the College, Dr. Dosseth Edwards-Watson, is at left. At right is Head of Training at iTELBPO Smart Solutions, Shurland Buchanan.

7 years ago CommunityEducation

BPO Training now Available at Trench Town Polytechnic College

Opportunities for certification in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) training are now available at the Trench Town Polytechnic College (TTPC), in St. Andrew. The college commenced the training in early September, as part of their Associate Degree programme, in partnership with the Montego Bay based iTELBPO Smart Solutions, which is the largest home-grown BPO entity in the region. Principal of the...

Project Manager for the implementation of the US$2.5-billion Vernamfield development project, Colonel Oscar Derby, addresses a Vernamfield Development Town Hall Meeting, held at the Power of Faith Ministries, Gimme-me-Bit, Clarendon, on Thursday (October 11).

7 years ago CommunityWorks / Construction

Census to be Conducted in Communities around Vernamfield

A census is to be conducted shortly in the communities surrounding the US$2.5-billion Vernamfield development project site in Clarendon. This was disclosed by Project Manager for the implementation of the Vernamfield project, Colonel Oscar Derby, who will be coordinating and overseeing all the activities pertaining to the project. “We have to know the demographics, (that is) how many people are...

A graduate of the Parenting Education Programme implemented by the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Winsome Brown-Morrison, from Norwood, St. James, receives a kiss from her grandson, Ozan Samuels, following the Programme’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday, October 10, at the Spanish Court Hotel.

7 years ago CommunityNational Security

CSJP Implements Programme to Help Parents Avoid Coercive Forms of Discipline

The results of a Parenting Education Programme implemented by the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III is expected to inform scientific and sociological exploration into the impact of strategic parenting intervention on the use of coercive forms of discipline. The programme, which was rolled out in November 2017, builds on a pilot project that was implemented by the CSJP...

Kimani Ramon Anderson, who will receive the Badge of Honour for Gallantry on Heroes Day (October 15).

7 years ago Community

Wards of the State Rescued from Burning Building – Hero to Receive Award

Kingston resident, Kimani Ramon Anderson, who singlehandedly and heroically rescued three young girls, all wards of the State, from a burning building at the Walker’s Place of Safety in January, will receive the Badge of Honour for Gallantry from the Government. He is one of nine persons shortlisted for the award, and is among more than 200 persons being recognised...