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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), hands over a tablet to student of Jones Town Primary School, Jeneece Allen (second right), during a presentation ceremony at the institution on Tuesday (October 20). Sharing the moment are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith (left), and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South, Mark Golding.

Minister Williams Calls on Jamaicans to Support One Laptop or Tablet Per Child Initiative

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling on Jamaicans to support the Government’s efforts to put electronic devices in the hands of students through the ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative. She argued that providing...

JAMPRO and UDC Promote Investment in Eco-Tourism

Blood Collection Centre at Chest Hospital Back to Full Operation

Workers from the National Works Agency (NWA) clearing the Blue Diamond gully in Montego Bay, St. James.

NWA Cleaning Drains Across St. James

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, today (October 20).

Bill to Amend Rent Restriction Act to be Tabled by End of Fiscal Year

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Westmoreland Health Department Countering COVID-19 Through Targeted Interventions

The Westmoreland Health Department is embarking on targeted interventions aimed at influencing behaviour change as part of the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Health Promotion and Education Officer, Gerald Miller, told JIS News that the move comes out of the recent findings of a Knowledge and Attitude Survey conducted among operators of public passenger vehicles (PPV). He said that the...

Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Senator Calls on Women Not to Delay Screening for Breast Cancer

Government Senator and breast cancer survivor, Dr. Saphire Longmore, has renewed her call for women not to delay screening for breast cancer. Sharing her experience with the disease during the MistyBlue Cancer Care Foundation’s teleconference on October 14, held in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), the Senator explained that screening is very important in helping to detect breast...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks at the reopening of Zoetry Montego Bay, in Ironshore, St. James, recently.

6 years ago Tourism

90 Per Cent of Tourism Projects on Target – Minister Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that 90 per cent of previously planned projects are still on target, despite the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “COVID-19 has given a little setback but picking up on 2021, we will be on track for somewhere in 2024 and that’s very exciting. We are going to be good for 2024,” Mr....

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South, Mark Golding (right), display one of the tablets handed over to (from left): student, Trench Town Primary School, Rojaughn Stephens; students, Jones Town Primary School, Lashaun Dixon and Jeneece Allen; and student, Iris Gelly Primary School, Alexia Kennedy, at Jones Town Primary School in Kingston, on Tuesday (October 20).

6 years ago EducationTechnology

Tablets Handed Over to PATH Students at Three Inner-City Primary Schools

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and e-Learning Jamaica have presented tablets to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) students at three inner-city schools located in the constituency of St. Andrew South. These will augment the 18,000 tablets and 12,000 desktop computers already distributed to schools. The schools are Jones Town Primary, Iris Gelly Primary and...

6 years ago Works / Construction

NWA Responding to Rain Events in St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. James

Teams from the National Works Agency (NWA) are at this time working to restore access along a number of roadways blocked by landslides in the parishes of St. Andrew and St. Catherine. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says four corridors in St. Andrew and one in St. Catherine are so affected. Equipment has been mobilized...

Member of Parliament for East Kingston and Port Royal, Phillip Paulwell (foreground), places flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Norman Washington Manley, during a ceremony at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Monday (October 19). At centre is Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange and at left is Minister of State in the Culture Ministry, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. The event formed part of activities commemorating National Heroes’ Day. Mr. Paulwell represented Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

6 years ago Culture

PHOTOS: Floral Tributes to Heroes

Garfield Angus (left), receives a plaque from Councillor for the Ensom City Division, St. Catherine Municipal Corporation, George Moodie, for outstanding contribution to education and nation building, during the Corporation and the Joint Civic Affairs Committee Heroes’ Day Civic and Awards Ceremony, on Monday (October 19), at Emancipation Square, Spanish Town. The event was held under the theme: ‘Celebrating a Heritage of Resilience and Pride’. Six residents of the parish were recognised at the ceremony.

6 years ago Local Government

Six Persons Honoured by St. Catherine Municipal Corporation

Six residents of St. Catherine were honoured for their contribution to community development and nation building, today (October 19). They were recognised by the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation and the Joint Civic Affairs Committee, during the Heroes’ Day Civic and Awards Ceremony, held at Emancipation Square, Spanish Town, under the theme: ‘Celebrating a Heritage of Resilience and Pride’. Those honoured...