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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), engages Civil Servant of the Year 2017, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerry Ann Spaulding (left); Chair of the Civil Service Week Steering Committee, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Lorna Phillips (second left), and Chief Executive Officer, First Heritage Co-Operative Credit Union (FHC), Roxann Linton, at the recent launch of the FHC Civil Servants of the Year Award 2019, at the Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League’s Manhattan Road address in Kingston. Civil Service Week 2019 will be observed from November 17 to 22 under the theme, ‘Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence’.

Civil Service Week to be Observed November 17-22

Civil Service Week 2019 will be observed from November 17 to 22 under the theme: ‘Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence’. Speaking with JIS News, Chair of the Civil Service Week Steering Committee, Ministry of Finance and Public Service,...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 55th Annual Conference, held at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, in St. James, on Wednesday, August 21.

Water Survey Soon in Schools

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), in discussion with Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster (centre), and State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, during a tour of farmlands destroyed by fire in Flagaman, St. Elizabeth, on Tuesday (August 20).

Flagaman Irrigation System Feasibility Study Far Advanced

Participants who graduated from the Dolphin Head Local Forest Management Committee Co-operative Society’s Farmer Field School display their certificates during the ceremony, which was held at the Dolphin Head Reserve in Kingsvale, Hanover, on Wednesday (August 21). A total of 20 persons successfully completed the programme.

Canada Supports Climate Resilience Efforts in the Caribbean

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (right), shakes hands with St. Mary resident, Wesley Cunningham, during a public consultation on the proposed Codes of Practice for Employment at the St. Mary Parish Church hall in Port Maria, St. Mary, on Wednesday (August 21). Looking on is another resident, Lillieth Patterson.

Jamaica Council for Persons With Disabilities Being Given Greater Administrative Autonomy

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre); Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Richard Byles (left); and Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Keith Duncan, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to extend domestic monitoring of Jamaica’s economic reform programme by EPOC beyond the end of the Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle Offices today (August 22).

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

MoU Signed to Extend EPOC’S Monitoring of ERP

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) to extend domestic monitoring of Jamaica’s economic reform programme (ERP) beyond the end of the Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The MoU was signed today (August 22) by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke;...

(FILE) Executive Director of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD), Kimberley Sherlock Marriott-Blake (right), addressing a JIS Think Tank on August 21. Ms. Deniese Badroe, Business Development Division Director of the JAD looks on.

7 years ago EducationJIS Think Tank

JAD Encourages Greater Utilisation of Schools for Children With Hearing Challenges

The Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD) is encouraging parents and guardians of children with hearing challenges to enrol them in one of the organisation’s seven institutions catering to these youngsters. “We are appealing to parents and community members who recognise that a child is not responding in the way they should, to give us a call. Even if the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), officially reopens the rehabilitated Georges River Bridge in East Rural St. Andrew during a ceremony on Wednesday (August 21). Also participating are: Member of Parliament for the constituency, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), and National Works Agency (NWA) Communication and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw.

7 years ago Prime MinisterWorks / Construction

Georges River Bridge in St. Andrew Rehabilitated

Residents of Mavis Bank and adjoining areas in East Rural St. Andrew now have easier access to their communities, following the rehabilitation of the Georges River Bridge in the constituency. The bridge, which is located in Violet Bank, was renovated at a cost of $21 million by the National Works Agency (NWA). It was officially re-opened by Prime Minister, the...

7 years ago Transport

Noranda Jamaica Expands its Commitments to Education

Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners has, this year, expanded the scope and level of assistance provided to students in St. Ann through the entity’s Education Trust. These, according to Vice President and General Manager, Delroy Dell, include the introduction of two five-year scholarships, valued at $100,000 per annum, to be awarded to the top performing boy and girl in the Primary...

7 years ago Youth

JAD Urges Parents to Enrol Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Children

Parents and guardians of children who are deaf or hard of hearing are being encouraged to enrol them into one of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD) seven schools. Executive Director of the JAD, Kimberley Sherlock Marriott-Blake, told JIS News that education is the core focus of the institution. “At the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, education is our...

Parish Manager for St. James Public Health Services, Lennox Wallace.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

St. James Health Department Bolstering Mosquito Control Programme

The St. James Health Department has bolstered its mosquito control programme by recruiting additional personnel to carry out activities across the parish. Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Lennox Wallace, told JIS that 64 aides have been employed to assist the core team of 11 vector control officers. This, he pointed out, now enables the Department to execute programmed...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), engages on conversation with from left: Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in St. Elizabeth, Nathan Samuels; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; and Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, during a tour of farmlands destroyed by fire in Flagaman, St. Elizabeth, Tuesday, August 20.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Gov’t to Aid Fire-Affected Farmers in St. Elizabeth

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has indicated that help is on the way for 47 farmers whose farms were recently devastated by fire in the community of Flagaman, St. Elizabeth. An assessment conducted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is estimating losses at $45 million. Speaking yesterday (August 20)...