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Acting Director of Client Services, Communication and Information at the Court Administration Division, Kadiesh Fletcher.
Acting Director of Client Services, Communication and Information at the Court Administration Division, Kadiesh Fletcher.

Emergency Call Centre Of CAD Gets Hundreds Of Calls Per Week

The Emergency Call Centre, established by the Court Administration Division (CAD), has recorded an average of 400 calls per week. Established in March, the Call Centre aims to facilitate ease of access for Jamaicans to critical court information. Acting Director...
Principal of Anchovy High School in St. James, Lavern Stewart ( centre ), in discussion with (from left) Deans of Discipline, Levon Brissett and Ishba Higgins; President of the Anchovy High Past Students’ Association, Albert Ferguson and President of the school’s Parent-Teachers Association (PTA), Sygana Ricketts, on day one of the resumption of classes, on Monday (June 8), for students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).
Principal of Anchovy High School in St. James, Lavern Stewart ( centre ), in discussion with (from left) Deans of Discipline, Levon Brissett and Ishba Higgins; President of the Anchovy High Past Students’ Association, Albert Ferguson and President of the school’s Parent-Teachers Association (PTA), Sygana Ricketts, on day one of the resumption of classes, on Monday (June 8), for students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).

Smooth Reopening At Anchovy High
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chukka Caribbean Adventures, Marc Melville (fourth left), shares a photo opportunity with team members after receiving the Tour Operator of the Year Award from Carnival Cruise Lines, at a function in Cozumel, Mexico, in 2019.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chukka Caribbean Adventures, Marc Melville (fourth left), shares a photo opportunity with team members after receiving the Tour Operator of the Year Award from Carnival Cruise Lines, at a function in Cozumel, Mexico, in 2019.

Chukka Caribbean Prepares To Welcome Visitors
Students at Kingston College are wearing their face masks and are seated approximately six feet apart in a classroom. Classes resumed on Monday (June 8) for students who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) beginning July 13.
Students at Kingston College are wearing their face masks and are seated approximately six feet apart in a classroom. Classes resumed on Monday (June 8) for students who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) beginning July 13.

Smooth Restart To School Term At Calabar And KC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre), converses with Principal of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, Lacey-Ann Blake (left), while students at the institution look on. The State Minister visited the institution on Monday (June 8).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre), converses with Principal of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, Lacey-Ann Blake (left), while students at the institution look on. The State Minister visited the institution on Monday (June 8).

Education State Minister Commends School Administrators For Putting Safety Measures In Place

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The St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS).
Education

More Than 300 Students Return To STETHS

More than 300 fifth- and sixth-form students who will sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), beginning July 13, showed up for classes at the St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) on Monday (June 8) as secondary schools across Jamaica reopened their doors for the first time in nearly three months. Schools were closed...
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Chief Executive Officer of JANAAC, Sharonmae Shirley, speaking at last year’s World Accreditation Day breakfast awards ceremony, held at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel ​in Kingston.
IndustryInformation

JANAAC Hosts World Accreditation Day Virtual Forum June 9

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) will be hosting a virtual forum on June 9, to commemorate World Accreditation Day 2020, under the theme ‘Accreditation: Improving Food Safety’. The event will be streamed live on the JANAAC Facebook page and the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) website, Facebook and YouTube pages, starting at 9:00 a.m. “Accreditation has an important role...
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Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

NCDA Partners With US Embassy To Discourage Smoking And Alcohol Use During COVID-19

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) has partnered with the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Section of the United States Embassy on a public education campaign aimed at highlighting the dangers of smoking and alcohol use amid the coronavirus (COVID -19). Speaking in an interview with JIS News, NCDA Executive Director, Michael Tucker, said that the agency’s response...
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Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.
Justice

Mobile Justice Units Visit Manchester And St. Ann

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) Mobile Justice Units have resumed controlled community visits around the island. The units are equipped with legal consultants from the LAC who provide advice on various matters to Jamaicans, free of cost. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, said the visits on June 3 to Manchester...
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Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Esmond Reid.
Foreign Affairs

Relations Between Jamaica And Nigeria To Be Strengthened

Bilateral relations between Jamaica and the Federal Republic of Nigeria should be further strengthened with the staging of the fourth session of the Jamaica-Nigeria Joint Commission later this year in Nigeria. The Joint Commission governs the framework for cooperation between the two countries. Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Esmond Reid, told JIS News that...
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