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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

With the tourism sector getting ready to welcome the return of international visitors on June 15, one of the Caribbean and Jamaica’s biggest attractions says it is far advanced in regard to health and safety protocols, as it relates to...
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
The St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS).
The St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS).

More Than 300 Students Return To STETHS
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One New Case of COVID-19 Brings Jamaica’s Total to 599

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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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Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of Crime, Fitz Bailey.
National Security and Peace

Eleven Per Cent Drop In Major Crimes

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting an 11 per cent reduction in major crimes for the first five months of the calendar year when compared to the corresponding period in 2019. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Charge of the Crime, Fitz Bailey, said that 2,325 major crimes were recorded between January 1 and May 31, in comparison to...
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Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.
National Security and Peace

SOES Effective In Driving Down Crime

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says that States of Public Emergency (SOEs) continue to be effective in reducing crime. He noted that in Westmoreland, there is a 48 per cent drop in murders and a 39 per cent reduction in shootings. In Hanover, murder is down 56 per cent while shooting is down 67 per cent. “In St....
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