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KINGSTON — A short-course intervention programme is being scheduled by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), June 27 to 29, to bring public and private sector procurement officers up-to-date on international best practices. The course, the second such programme, originally planned for June 14 to 16, was rescheduled to accommodate international partner, the International Procurement Institute of Washington, U.S.A....

KINGSTON — Five Jamaican students have been awarded scholarships to study medicine at universities in Cuba, under the 2011/2012 Cuba-Jamaica Medical Scholarship Programme. Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yuri Gala Lopez, presented the scholarships on Friday, June 10, at a ceremony at the Cuban Embassy, on Trafalgar Road, in Kingston. The awardees were Cheryl Barnes, Kimberley Lynch, Okiney Clarke,...

PORT ANTONIO — Higgins Land Primary School, St. Ann, emerged winners of the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Clean School competition for primary and preparatory schools in Portland, St. Mary and St. Ann, at the St. Mary Parish Church hall, Port Maria, on Tuesday June 7. The competition, which started in March, required participating schools to keep their surroundings...

KINGSTON — Correctional Officers based at institutions across the island, have been presented with tertiary education grants totalling $2 million to assist with their tuition. Eighteen of a total of 20 persons received their cheques during a ceremony at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Community and Institution office, Lockett Avenue, Kingston, on June 8. Guest speaker at the event,...

MONTEGO BAY — A $29.3 million financing agreement for the expansion and rehabilitation of the Haddington Basic School, Hanover, was signed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at the school on Wednesday. The main objective is providing the 57 students and three teachers with an improved learning environment. The scope of work will include upgrading of three classrooms, construction...

TORONTO — Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, has lauded PACE (Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education) Canada for adopting over 300 early childhood institutions in Jamaica. “PACE is a fine example of what happens when one answers the call to serve,” Minister Malahoo Forte said, while addressing patrons...

PORT ANTONIO — Liberty Learning Centre has emerged winner in the Buff Bay Business Watch Quiz Competition for primary and preparatory schools in West Portland. The finals were held at the United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman in Buff Bay, on June 3. At the end of the competition, Liberty Learning Centre walked away with 44 points, with Buff...

MANDEVILLE — Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, has asked school administrators to move quickly, with the help of the police, whenever they detect the formation of gangs within their schools. “Any form of association, any form of grouping that has an anti-social effect, is to be treated as a gang in the school,” Mr. Holness told a memorial service...

MANDEVILLE — Mayfield All Age School lifted one of several trophies presented at the 2011 St. Elizabeth Health Department’s public awareness campaign against smoking exposition, at the school on Tuesday May 31. The trophy was one of several awarded by the health department at the exposition staged to celebrate World No Tobacco Day under the theme “I will do what...

MANDEVILLE — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for South West St. Elizabeth, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has called on residents of Hounslow and Bigwoods to protect their new basic school, constructed at a cost of over $24 million by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). “This asset belongs to you in the community and you must protect...

KINGSTON — Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Government will be looking at the application of new technology in the methods employed in the building of schools, as part of efforts to reduce costs. “We have to see what science and technology have to offer in making construction of schools more affordable,” he said. He was speaking at...

TORONTO — The Toronto Chapter of the Rusea’s Old Students Association (ROSA) has provided more than $10 million (C$120,000) in support to its Hanover-based alma mater since its inception in 1988. This was revealed by one of the organisation’s directors, Laurell Gordon, as she gave an update on the group’s work at the 23rd annual fundraising banquet held recently at...