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National Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) Director in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Denworth Finnikin.

More Students Being Exposed to Agriculture in Schools

The National Standards Curriculum (NSC) has been exposing students in primary and secondary schools to agriculture, says National Technical and Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) Director in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Denworth Finnikin. Addressing the 2019 Jamaica 4-H...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (third right), with the five recipients of the 2019 Jamaica Nationals Association (JNA) College Student Scholarships, during the JNA’s annual College Student Scholarship Awards. The recipients (from left) are Temera Duncan, Kemesha Robinson, Shannell Hibbert, Justine Brahman, and Ashley Medley. The event was held at the Ambassador’s residence on Saturday, April 6.

Jamaican Nationals Association Donates Scholarships to Students

The Local Economic Initiative (LEI) beneficiaries with the Social Development Commission (SDC) representatives during the recent presentation of grants totalling $1.1 million at a handover ceremony, held at the SDC St. James Office in Albion.

SDC Awards Grants to Small Entrepreneurs in St. James

Students engaged in National Schools’ Move Day activities at the Green Island Primary School in Hanover on April 5.

Green Island Primary Launches Jamaica Moves Club

(FILE) Bauxite Community Development Programme Project Coordinator at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Clarence Osbourne, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently.

JBI to Facilitate Investment and Modernisation of Plants

A reconditioned passenger train embarks on the journey from May Pen to Linstead on April 16, 2011. (FILE)

7 years ago Transport

Negotiations Under Way for Phase-One Rehabilitation of Rail Service

Negotiations are under way for phase-one rehabilitation of the railway service from Montego Bay, St. James, to Appleton Estate in St. Elizabeth. As stated in the 2019/20 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the project, which is expected to commence during the fiscal year, will be pursued under a joint-venture arrangement between the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) and private...

Work in progress along a section of South Camp Road in St. Andrew, to relocate the Jamaica Defence Force

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Work Under Way to Relocate JDF’s Main Entrance

The National Works Agency (NWA) has begun work to improve the flow of traffic at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) South Camp Road, entrance, popularly called ‘Camp Gate’. The project, which is valued at US$2.2 million, commenced approximately two weeks ago and is slated to be completed over a six-month period. NWA Senior Communications Officer, Ramona Lawson, told JIS News...

Sesame Workshop Film Producer, Kimberly Wright, speaks with JIS News at the third staging of the KingstOOn animation festival held April 5 to 7 at the University of Technology (UTech), St. Andrew.

7 years ago Technology

Animators and Film Producers Encouraged to Utilse Social Media Platforms

Local animators and film producers are being encouraged to showcase their work on social media platforms to increase their chances of being seen by industry players. The advice comes from Sesame Workshop Film Producer, Kimberly Wright, who spoke to JIS News at the third staging of the KingstOOn animation festival. “I think now more than ever, it’s easier for you...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), emphasises a point during the discussion segment of the Destination Experience Masters of Industry Reception, which was held at the Mercedes Benz showroom on South Camp Road in Kingston on April 5. Listening is Dean Emeritus at the New York University

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Calls for Increased Domestic Investments

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says there is a need for greater levels of local investments, in order to sustain Jamaica’s economic growth. “We have had a lot of foreign investment, but I don’t think domestic investment has yet been unleashed in the way that it can and ultimately will,” he said. The...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), speaking with Government Senator and GraceKennedy Limited Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby, during the launch of the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

7 years ago Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Tangible Outcomes Expected from Diaspora Conference

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the upcoming Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference is expected to generate tangible outcomes that are implementable. This assurance is against the background of what she notes are concerns from some stakeholders, who describe the conference as a “talk shop”. “It [has been] my intention, [since] I became...

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second left), officially opens the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Harbour View branch, on Saturday (April 6). Sharing the occasion are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), and (from left) Restaurants of Jamaica (RoJ) Managing Director, Mark Myers, and Marketing Director, Tina Matalon (right).

7 years ago CommerceIndustry

Minister Shaw Welcomes Planned Expansion of Restaurants of Jamaica’s Operations

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed plans by Restaurants of Jamaica (RoJ) Limited to further expand its flagship Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise by the end of the 2020 calendar year. Speaking at the official opening of RoJ’s 37th KFC restaurant, in Harbour View, St. Andrew, on Saturday (April 6), Mr. Shaw commended the company’s...

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Restaurants of Jamaica Lauded for Contributing to Economic Growth

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, has lauded Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) for contributing to economic growth. Her praise comes against the background of the entity’s opening of its 37th Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant, in Harbour View, which is located in the constituency. “I must commend the team for their commitment to...