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Trainees of the HEART Trust/ NTA National Unattached Youth Programme (NUYP) at a job-readiness seminar at the HEART College of Innovation and Technology in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 11.

Young Trainees Urged to Show Positive Attitude in the Workplace

Young trainees under the HEART Trust/NTA National Unattached Youth Programme (NUYP) are being encouraged to adopt a positive attitude as they prepare to enter the workforce. Principal of the HEART College of Hospitality Services, Shorna Myrie, gave the advice as...

Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron (right), converses with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen; and Chairman of the BSJ’s Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda, during Monday’s (July 15) launch of the BSJ’s 50th anniversary celebrations. The event was held at the Bureau’s Winchester Road head office in St. Andrew.

Bureau of Standards Jamaica Lauded for 50 Years of Service

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the Police Officers’ Association (POA) at the Iberostar Rosehall Hotel in St. James on July 12.

Police Urged to Observe Rules and Regulations

Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Laurie Peters

NGOs Encouraged to Access Canada Fund

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), examines a fire proximity boot, part of a number of equipment donated to the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) by the United States Embassy in Kingston. At left is Chargé d’Affaires, United States Embassy, Kingston, Eric Khant; and at right is Superintendent, Kingston and St. Andrew, JFB, Julian Davis-Buckle. The handover ceremony was held on Monday (July 15) at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road address in Kingston. The equipment is valued at over $30 million.

Jamaica Fire Brigade Receives More Equipment

Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes, speaking at the official opening of the St. Elizabeth Justice Centre on Coke Drive in Santa Cruz, on Thursday (July 11).

7 years ago Justice

Parish Justice Centres to Help Clear Court Backlog

Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes, says the establishment of parish justice centres will help to further increase the court clearance rate, which averaged 103 per cent for the January to March quarter. He was addressing the official opening of the St. Elizabeth Justice Centre on Thursday (July 11). “We are clearing 103 cases for every 100 coming in [which] means we...

Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley.

7 years ago CommerceIndustryTourism

120 Exhibitors to Showcase Products at ‘Christmas In July’

Some 120 local producers of authentic Jamaican gift and souvenir items will showcase their products and network with corporate entities and various industry players at the fifth staging of ‘Christmas in July’. The event, hosted by the Tourism Linkages Network and its partners, is slated for July 18 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Activities will get under...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), engages with children at a community health fair held at the Glendevon Primary and Junior High School in St. James on Sunday, July 14.

7 years ago CommunityDevelopmentEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentYouth

UNESCO Youth Advisory Committee to Stage Seminars

The Youth Advisory Committee of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO will be spearheading a series of youth engagement seminars across the island. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., who is the Chairman of the Committee, said that the outreach activities are aimed at encouraging more youngsters to...

Wife of the Governor- General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen (right) presents participant in the Jamaican Advantage thru Sports for Youth (JASY ), sports camp, Tiana Gray with a certificate at the camp

7 years ago Sport

Lady Allen Commends JASY Organisers

Wife of the Governor- General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen is commending organisers of the Jamaican Advantage thru Sports for Youth (JASY) for their commitment to building positive behaviour among at risk youth. JASY provides summer sports training camps for economically disadvantaged Jamaican Youth from the Kingston area. Speaking at the camp’s closing ceremony on Friday (July 12)...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the Police Officers’ Association held at the Iberostar Rose Hall Hotel, Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (July 12).

7 years ago Justice

Gov’t Committed to Adequately Equipping Police Force

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has reiterated the Government’s commitment to providing the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) with the necessary resources to solve crime. “In the modern world the police are a sophisticated professional operation… and you require the requisite equipment and support in all areas of communication and basic police stations, transportation… to function effectively,”...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), disembarks the newly installed elevator at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston, following a ceremony on Friday (July 12) to officially commission it into service. The Minister is accompanied by (from left), Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elsie Fairweather-Blackwood; and Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority, Wentworth Charles. The installation of the elevator was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of over $16 million.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

New Elevator to Improve Care at Victoria Jubilee Hospital

Staff, patients and visitors of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston, will now have quicker and easier movement between floors following the commissioning into service of a new elevator. The installation was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of over $16 million, and is the latest in a series of recent upgrades to hospital...

Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew, addresses a JIS Think on Friday, July 12.

7 years ago CommunityYouth

Over 250 Youth in CSJP Communities to Benefit From Summer Work

More than 250 young people will benefit from employment this summer under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. Secondary- and tertiary-level students, aged 16 to 27, will be placed in public- and private-sector organisations over a four-week period. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Friday (July 12), CSJP III Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew, said that the...