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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right); Member Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (left); Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam), Keith Smith (2nd left) hand over tablets to Principal of Harbour View Primary School, Lawrence Wright during a ceremony held on October 30 at the school’s Martello Drive address in St. Andrew. Eighty four devices were also handed over to St. Benedict’s Primary School.

Education Stakeholders Encouraged to Embrace Technology

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is urging stakeholders in the education sector to embrace technology as a permanent feature of the academic environment. Pointing to the Ministry’s two-week E-COVID face-to-face pilot programme which will see 17...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), leading a tour in the Cornwall Courts community in St. James on Friday, October 30, where he handed out face masks and hand sanitizers to residents. A special area curfew is imposed on the community from October 23 to November 6 due to a rise in the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the area.

Health Minister Tours Cornwall Courts in St. James

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Private Labs Approved to Offer COVID-19 Testing

Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara (right), present Dean, Faculty of Education, the Mico University College, Karren Foster, with one of 100 tablets being distributed under a capacity-building project benefiting 10 teacher training institutions. The presentation took place during a virtual ceremony to officially launch internal quality assurance standards for teacher education institutions on Friday (Oct. 30).

Ten Teacher Training Institutions to Benefit from Capacity Building Project

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses the ground breaking ceremony for the rebranded Shoppes at Rose Hall in Montego Bay, St. James Thursday (October 29).

Jamaica Earns US$250 Million from Tourism for June to September Period

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (3rd left) breaks ground for the rebranding of The Shoppes at Rose Hall in Montego Bay , St. James on Thursday (October 29). Others participating (from left) include: Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations (JamVac), Joy Roberts; Regional Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Dyer; Chief Executive Officer of Chandiram Limited, Anup Chandiram; Chairman of the TEF, Godfrey Dyer and Chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company, Ian Dear.

6 years ago Tourism

Ground Broken for New Linkages Centre of Excellence in St James

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett on Thursday (October 29) broke ground for a new development at The Shoppes at Rose Hall in Montego Bay, St. James. The shopping mall, which was recently acquired by Chandiram Limited, is being rebranded to reflect a tourism Linkages Centre of Excellence, which is aimed at showcasing the best of the island. The first...

Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters (left) hands over a copy of the Witness Care Strategy and Action Plan to Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, at the Ministry

6 years ago Justice

Manual to Encourage Witness Participation in Justice System

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has hailed the development of the Witness Care Strategy and Action Plan, noting that it will encourage greater participation by members of the public in the justice system. He said that the majority of Jamaican witnesses have a problem in coming forward and making court appearances to assist with criminal cases. “We do have...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses a ceremony for the handover of the Witness Care Strategy and Action Plan to stakeholders in the justice system, at the Ministry in Kingston on Wednesday (October 28).

6 years ago Justice

Gov’t Looking to Increase Use of Video-Linked Technology to Secure Witness Statements

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Government is looking to make video-linked technology a more central feature of the courts, particularly to assist in securing testimony from witnesses. The technology has already been installed in three courtrooms at the Supreme Court and the St. Andrew and Montego Bay parish courts, as well as additional courtrooms across the island,...

Acting Director of the Court Administration Division (CAD), Tricia Cameron Anglin (left), addresses persons at the Conversation with the Judiciary, held at the Supreme Court on October 29. Seated (from second left) are Chief Justice, Brian Sykes; and President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Dennis Morrison.

6 years ago Justice

Court Administration Division Launches Media Protocol

The Judiciary of Jamaica has established and launched its media protocol to guide effective communication between the courts and the press. It covers multiple areas, including how reporters operate inside and outside the courtroom, how to address judges, how the media should treat with children and social media as well as dress codes and retractions. Speaking at the recent Conversation...

Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

HOPE Workers Lauded for Work yo Help Reduce Mosquito Breeding Sites

Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris, is crediting the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme vector control workers at the Public Health Department for keeping the Aedes index in the parish low. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Morris lauded the workers for their hard work in helping the parish minimise the number of breeding sites...

6 years ago Health & Wellness

23,000 Doses of Flu Vaccine Being Distributed

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica received more than 23,000 doses of the flu vaccine last week, which are now being distributed across the island’s health regions. Speaking at the Ministry’s Digital press conference and COVID-19 Conversation, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on October 29, Dr. Tufton informed that the...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission, Kaysia Kerr, addresses the virtual launch of National Parent Month 2020, today (October 30).

6 years ago Information

Focus on Fathers During National Parent Month

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) today (October 30) launched National Parent Month 2020, which will be observed in November. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, said the theme for the Month, ‘Fathers Rise, Lead and Be Wise’, was carefully coined and was shaped out of a need to acknowledge fathers and to involve them in the...