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Managing Director at the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over 12 motor vehicles during a ceremony held at the Authority’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston, on April 25. Others (from left) are Board Chairman, Transport Authority, Owen Ellington; new recruit at the Authority, Melissa Duncan; and Driver, Clovis Ashmede.
Managing Director at the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over 12 motor vehicles during a ceremony held at the Authority’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston, on April 25. Others (from left) are Board Chairman, Transport Authority, Owen Ellington; new recruit at the Authority, Melissa Duncan; and Driver, Clovis Ashmede.

Transport Authority Gets 12 Motor Cars to Improve Monitoring of Sector

Twelve motor cars have been added to the fleet of the Transport Authority, which will be used to improve the authority’s capacity to monitor and regulate the public transportation sector. Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith, said acquisition...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), speaks during the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (April 25).  Listening is Conference Chair, President and VM Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Courtney Campbell.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), speaks during the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (April 25).  Listening is Conference Chair, President and VM Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Courtney Campbell.

Gov’t Pleased with Stakeholder Support for Upcoming Diaspora Conference
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses the opening ceremony of the FLOW Girls in ICT Day Expo at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (April 25). The Expo was attended by approximately 300 high-school girls from across the country with an interest in ICT.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses the opening ceremony of the FLOW Girls in ICT Day Expo at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (April 25). The Expo was attended by approximately 300 high-school girls from across the country with an interest in ICT.

PHOTOS: Flow Girls in ICT Day Expo
State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, delivers her address at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Annual General Staff Meeting held on Wednesday (April 24) at Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Listening are Manager of the Windsor Childcare Facility in St. Ann, Wayne Grant (centre), and Placement Coordinator at the CPFSA, Taneka Cassanova-Durrant.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, delivers her address at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Annual General Staff Meeting held on Wednesday (April 24) at Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Listening are Manager of the Windsor Childcare Facility in St. Ann, Wayne Grant (centre), and Placement Coordinator at the CPFSA, Taneka Cassanova-Durrant.

PHOTOS: CPFSA’s Annual General Staff Meeting
Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings (left); United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative, Olga Isaza (centre), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon Marsha Smith, at the NCMC Child Month 2024 media launch, held on April 25 at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), in downtown Kingston and online.
Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings (left); United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative, Olga Isaza (centre), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon Marsha Smith, at the NCMC Child Month 2024 media launch, held on April 25 at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), in downtown Kingston and online.

NCMC to Stage Several Activities during Child Month

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (second right) and Managing Director, Jamaica Flour Mills, Derrick Nembhard (second left), display the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited (SCJ), Jamaica Flour Mills and the University of the West Indies/SODECO. Under the MOU, the SCJ will lease 725 acres of land in Clarendon to Jamaica Flour Mills and UWI/SODECO for the purposes of cultivating breadfruit, roots and tubers that will be used by the Jamaica Flour Mills to produce gluten-free flour. Sharing the occasion are (from left) Chief Scientist, University of the West Indies/SODECO, Professor Terrence Forrester; and Chief Executive Officer, Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings, Joseph Shoucair. The signing took place at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining,  in St. Andrew, on April 25.
Agriculture

Government Approves 106 New Leases for 1,590 Acres to Produce a Variety of Crops

The Government has approved 106 new leases covering approximately 1,590 acres of former sugar lands that will be used to produce a variety of crops across several parishes. The parishes are St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Thomas, Trelawny and Westmoreland. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, provided an update on the repurposing of former sugar lands during the...
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Industry

JDIC to Pursue Newer Protection Schemes

The Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC) will be pursuing the establishment of newer protection schemes to minimise the potential occurrence and impact of financial crises, during fiscal year 2024/25. Implementation of these and other globally-compliant reforms is among the entity’s programmed activities for the period. The interventions also include establishing protection schemes for non-deposit-taking financial institutions, financial consumer protection, and...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addressing the Elevate Procurement Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on Tuesday (April 23).
Finance & Public Service

Gov’t of Jamaica Procurement Awards to Be Established

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ), through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, is looking to establish the GOJ Procurement Awards. This initiative aims to celebrate excellence and innovation in the public procurement system across various entities, according to Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. He was speaking during the Elevate Procurement Conference on Tuesday (April 23) at...
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Director of the Restorative Justice Branch in the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice, Joanalee Robertson, speaks at a recent JIS Think Tank.
EducationJusticeYouth

Conflict Resolution Skills Imparted to School Participants Must Impact Institutions – RJ Branch

The Restorative Justice (RJ) Branch in the Ministry of Justice is working to ensure that the conflict resolution skills that school participants learn through the restorative practices training programme have a lasting impact on the institutions. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education and Youth, more than 12,000 participants from...
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Deputy Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Wayne Jones, makes a presentation on public-sector transformation, at the opening of the fourth Organisation Development Transformation Conference, hosted by the Caribbean Centre for Organisation Development Excellence (CARI-CODE), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Wednesday (April 24). The two-day event was held under the theme ‘BEYOND TOMORROW – Organisation Development as Leverage in the era of Artificial Intelligence and Society 5.0’ and featured local and international presenters.
Finance & Public ServiceTechnology

PHOTO: Organisation Development Conference

Deputy Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Wayne Jones, makes a presentation on public-sector transformation, at the opening of the fourth Organisation Development Transformation Conference, hosted by the Caribbean Centre for Organisation Development Excellence (CARI-CODE), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Wednesday (April 24). The two-day event was held under the...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre, front row); Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Fermín Quiñones (fourth left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ambassador Sheila Sealy Monteith (third left), with the 15 Jamaican students who have gained scholarships to study in the Republic of Cuba, during a ceremony held at the Embassy of Cuba, in St. Andrew, on April 24.
EducationForeign AffairsYouth

Jamaican Students Gain Scholarships to Study in Cuba

Fifteen young Jamaicans have gained scholarships to pursue tertiary training in medicine, nursing and civil engineering in the Republic of Cuba, under the Jamaica-Cuba Bilateral Scholarship Programme. Speaking at the awards ceremony for the students, held at the Embassy of Cuba in St. Andrew on April 24, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon....
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Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Commissioner, Stewart Beckford, speaking Jamaica Information Service (JIS) interview.
CommunityDevelopmentLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Uniformed Firefighters and Civilian Staff to Receive Training and Certification Through HEART/NSTA Trust

Some 1,065 uniformed firefighters and civilian staff of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) are expected to benefit from training and certification through an agreement with the HEART/NSTA Trust. Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford told JIS News that the training will result in members of staff being certified in different areas, including various critical administrative roles within the organisation. “We are looking...
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