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Project Manager of the Youth Employment in the Digital and Animation Industries (YEDAI) project, Margery Newland (left), and World Bank Country Manager, Galina Sotirova, take part in a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on April 3, at the agency’s head office.

KingstOOn Animation Festival in Progress at Utech

The KingstOOn animation festival is currently in progress at the University of Technology (UTech), in Kingston. This is the third staging of the event, which is being undertaken through the Youth Employment in the Digital and Animation Industries (YEDAI). It...

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay.

Teachers and Students Trained as Jamaica Moves Ambassadors

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), and Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, along with international reggae icon, Dr. the Hon James “Jimmy Cliff” Chambers (centre) and family – Aken Chambers (second left) and Lilly Chambers, during a civic ceremony at the Old Hospital Park in Montego Bay on March 28 for the renaming of Gloucester Avenue to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard.

Culture Minister Open to Monument Honouring Jimmy Cliff

President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Winston Lawson; (right) is in discussion with President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry (centre); and Director with responsibility for BPO and Hospitality at Cable and Wireless (C &W) Business Jamaica, Andrew Fazio, at the BPIAJ's Outsource2Jamaica Symposium and Expo 2019 pre-conference mingle, held recently at the Montego Bay Free Zone in St. James.

More Mobay Business People Urged to Join JamaicaEye

British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad, adresses a press conference at the High Commision in St. Andrew on Wednesday (April 3), to provide details about the compensation scheme announced by the United Kingdom (UK) Govermemnt for the Windrush Generation.

UK Gov’t Announces Compensation Scheme for Windrush Generation

Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Victoria Jubilee and Kingston Public hospitals, Colleen Wright.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Security Strengthened at KPH and Victoria Jubilee

Security measures have been strengthened at the Victoria Jubilee and Kingston Public hospitals, downtown Kingston. Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the hospitals, Colleen Wright, told JIS News that 13 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras have been installed at the facilities. The cameras, valued at $1.3 million, were procured through funding provided by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Wright said that...

Students and teachers from schools in St. Catherine and St. Thomas, who have been trained as ‘Jamaica Moves’ ambassadors, share a photo opportunity at the Jamaica Moves in Schools camp for primary schools, held recently at the G.C. Foster College in St. Catherine.

7 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

Inaugural National School Moves Day to be Staged Friday

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, will stage the inaugural ‘National School Moves Day’ on Friday (April 5) at Eltham High School, St. Catherine. Speaking with JIS News in a recent interview, Parish Health Promotion Officer for St. Catherine, Marcia Stephenson, said that the one-day event seeks to promote the important role...

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Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, addressing climate change stakeholders at the opening of the three-day Green Climate Fund (GCF) Caribbean Private Sector Engagement Workshop hosted at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, April 2.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Gov’t Senator Emphasises Need for Investments to Counter Climate Change

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, says Jamaica’s middle-income state designation should not render the country ineligible to receive international climate change investments. He argues that as Jamaica and, by extension, other Caribbean states contend with the effects and impact of climate change, international financing for public- and private-sector stakeholder response is necessary to enable the countries to adapt and seize economic...

Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) 2018 Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen, Leneka Rhoden, addresses the official launch of her outreach initiative

7 years ago Environment

Kingston & St. Andrew Festival Queen Launches Project to Safeguard Kingston Harbour

The 2018 Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen, Leneka Rhoden, is undertaking a project to safeguard the Kingston Harbour and stimulate the blue economy. Dubbed ‘iAspire Project Blue’, the initiative, which began in September 2018, seeks to raise awareness about the historical and cultural significance of the harbour to Jamaica as well as the effects of pollution on the important...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (second left), shares in conversation with (from left) Government Senator, Matthew Samuda; Principal Director of the Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, UnaMay Gordon; and Country Dialogue Specialist with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Jessica Jacob, during the opening of the three-day GCF Caribbean Private Sector Engagement Workshop, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, April 2.

7 years ago Environment

Private Sector Urged to Increase Engagement in Climate Change Adaptation

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell, has called for greater private-sector partnerships in developing initiatives aimed at strengthening climate change adaptation locally and regionally. She said the impact of climate change is threatening the stability and security of Jamaica and its Caribbean partners and “we must act decisively and collectively” to reverse the...

Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (second left), makes a point to Chairman of the Jamaica Island Nutrition Network (JINN), Erwin Burton (right), while at the opening session of JINN’s Technical Conference, held today (April 2) at The Mico University College in St. Andrew. Others pictured (from left) are President of the university, Dr. Ashburn Pinnock, President of the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Dr. Lennon Richards, and Executive Director of JINN, Patricia Thompson.

7 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

Lady Allen Lauds Schools Providing Meals for Students

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen, has lauded schools that have established feeding programmes for students, and business entities supporting them. Speaking at the opening of the Jamaica Island Nutrition Network (JINN) technical conference, at The Mico University College in Kingston on April 2, Lady Allen said the increase in the number of schools introducing...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second left), listens to a discussion between Jamaica National Group Assistant General Manager, Leon Mitchell (second right), and Chair of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference Programme and Content Sub-Committee, and The Mico University College Pro-Chancellor, Professor Neville Ying (right). Occasion was the official launch of the eighth biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 2. Also listening is Government Senator and GraceKennedy Limited Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby

7 years ago Foreign AffairsVision 2030

Gov’t Committed to Implementing Robust Diaspora Policy

The Government remains committed to implementing a robust diaspora policy that provides the framework for effective partnerships with Jamaicans living abroad. In this regard, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says beginning next week, she will be leading focus group meetings “to take forward the consultative process in some cities where our largest populations...