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Resident Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van GlaannenWeygel (second left) and Director of Training and Information at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), with ODPEM’s Training Officer, Kristen Rhone (centre) and Coordinator for the National Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Programme, Diamonette Syncon (second right), who both completed Basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training with the OAS. Both women were handed emergency kits with equipment to carry out fieldwork at a handover ceremony, held at ODPEM’s New Kingston Offices, on February 22. At left is OAS Administrative Technician, Kerry-ann Parchment.

ODPEM Training Officers Complete Certification Course

Training Officers of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) have successfully completed certification in Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, offered by the Organization of American States (OAS). “Providing institutional strengthening to our member states in our...

All In Place To Mark Birthday Of Bustamante On February 24

Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator at the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome-McIntyre, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, on February 22.

NFPB To Launch Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Campaign

Youth Encouraged To Innovate

Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King.

Principal Of Little Bay Primary To Be Recognised

5 years ago Ananda Alerts

High Alert For Missing Child, Franz Parkes

A High Alert has been activated for 12-year-old Franz Parkes of White hall district, St. Elizabeth who has been missing since Saturday, February 20. He is of brown complexion, slim build and about 152 centimetres (5 feet) tall. Reports from the Caymanas Police are that Franz was last seen in Trainline, Gregory Park in St. Catherine about 6:30 p.m. dressed...

Bank of Jamaica Governor, Richard Byles. (JIS File Photo)

5 years ago Finance & Public Service

Plans Advanced To Develop Central Bank Digital Currency

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says plans are advanced to develop and implement the use of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) locally. Speaking during the BOJ’s digital quarterly briefing on Friday (February 19), Mr. Byles said that over the last couple months, the Bank undertook the requisite preliminary work relating to assessments and protocols for approval of...

5 years ago Finance & Public Service

NIR Adequate To See Country Through COVID-19 Crisis – Byles

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says Jamaica’s net international reserves (NIR), totalling just under US$3 billion as at February 16, should be “quite adequate” to see the country through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic crisis. Speaking during the BOJ’s digital quarterly briefing on Friday (February 19), Mr. Byles said that notwithstanding the fallout in tourism earnings due to a...

Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, speaks at the commissioning of a new computer lab at the Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club, in St. James, on February 15.

5 years ago Technology

Deputy Mayor Wants More CAPs In St. James

Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, says it is important that more community access points (CAPs) be established in the city and the wider St. James community. “If we have a more educated population, then they will be able to help us with the smart city concept and also to push the smart city development,” Mr. Vernon outlined....

An aerial view of a mangrove forest in Trelawny.

5 years ago Environment

Progress Being Made In Mangrove Restoration

Progress is being made in wetland forest (mangrove) restoration locally, says University of the West Indies (UWI) Marine Biologist, Dr. Camilo Trench. Citing a 2013 report published by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), which stated that Jamaica had lost more than 2,000 hectares of mangroves between 1989 and 2010, Dr. Trench said that collaborative efforts have led to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), exchanges greetings with Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), at the ground breaking for the construction of the $16-million Andrews Mews Health and Recreational Centre in Olympic Gardens, St. Andrew, on Friday (February 19). Also pictured in the background (from left) are Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams; and Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, (KSAMC), Robert Hill (partially hidden).

5 years ago Coronavirus

PM Pleased With Shift In Public Sentiment Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he is pleased to see that there is now a shift in public sentiment regarding the COVID-19 vaccination, with more persons seemingly willing to be vaccinated. He said he plans to be “at the head of the line” to receive the vaccine, once it arrives in the island and the process to...

5 years ago Health & Wellness

CARPIN Urges Persons To Note Effects Of Pesticide Use

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, is appealing for persons to be aware of and report any harmful effects from the use of or exposure to pesticides. She said that this is especially the case for persons who are exposed to these chemicals on a regular basis or over an extended period. “If your body...