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Graduates of the Ministry of National Security's project managment certfication course, at the ceremony held at the Office of the Commissioner of Police in St. Andrew on Friday, March 1.

Ministry of National Security Staff Trained in Project Management

A total of 133 staff members of the Ministry of National Security and its agencies have been trained and certified in project management, better enabling them to carry out their work. The training was conducted by the Project Management Institute...

Managing Director of HEART Trust/NTA , Dr. Janet Dyer, addresses attendees during the launch of the Essex Valley Community and Associates (EVC) Employee Certification Programme, which was held at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain , St. Elizabeth, on Tuesday (February 26).

HEART/NTA to Offer Railroad Track Maintenance Certificate Course

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (second left), observes while Staff Officer at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, Maxine McPherson Hassock (right), points out the names of inmates who passed subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Occasion was an Education Symposium held at the facility in Spanish Town, today (March 5). Others (from left) are Head of the institution, Senior Superintendent Herbert McFarlane, and Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter.

Security State Minister says Rehabilitation Programme is Working

General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, Courtney Wynter, discusses the changes to mortgage insurance.

JMB Makes Changes to Mortgage Indemnity Insurance Plan

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank

Children from Poor Households More Prone to Poisoning

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Tourism

Earnings of US$3.6 Billion Expected from Tourism

The Government is projecting gross earnings of US$3.6 billion from the tourism industry for the 2019/20 fiscal year. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, told the Standing Finance Committee of the House on March 4, that the country is expected to have some 4.584 million visitors for the financial year, with stopover arrivals at 2.875 million and cruise arrivals of...

Senior Advisor to the State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Howard Chamberlain (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the University of Technology (UTech) 60th anniversary exhibition on March 4. Sharing the moment (from left) are: UTech President, Professor Stephen Vasciannie; Deputy President, Colin Gyles, and Campus Registrar, Mercedes Deane.

7 years ago Education

UTech Opens 60th Anniversary Exhibition

The University of Technology (UTech) officially opened its 60th anniversary exhibition on March 4, to highlight aspects of the institution’s history and its contribution to national development. President of UTech, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, explained that the special anniversary exhibition is part of the institution’s year-long activity celebrations, which began last year March. He said the exhibition also forms a part...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie, speaking at the third staging of the Board of Supervision’s awards and recognition ceremony held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort in St. Ann on March 1.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Local Government

Local Government Ministry to Increase Education Grants

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the funds provided to municipal councillors to assist needy students with back-to-school preparations will be increased in the 2019/2020 financial year. “We introduced it for the first time [in 2016] where the elected representatives, the councillors, every year, receive a grant of over $300,000 per division to assist needy...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (left); and Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie (right), look on as Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (second left), examines one of the reusable shopping bags being provided by the Institute for public distribution. Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica, Elizabeth Emanuel, highlights the features. The first 500 of 2,000 bags were presented to Senator Samuda during a ceremony at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on Monday (March 4).

7 years ago EnvironmentVision 2030

PIOJ to Provide More than 2,000 Reusable Shopping Bags

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be making more than 2,000 reusable shopping bags available to the public in support of the Government’s ban on single-use plastics. The Institute’s Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, symbolically handed over the first 500 bags to Government Senator, Matthew Samuda during a ceremony at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right); Acting Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence (second right); and Director, CNET Group Incorporated, Robert Thompson (second left), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the implementation of the OUTAONE Agro-Economic Zone Project. Observing are President, CNET Group, Errol Bailey (left); and Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry, Courtney Cole. The signing took place on Monday (March 4), at the Ministry

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

MOU Signed for OUTAONE Agro-Economic Zone Project

The government of Jamaica and CNET Group Incorporated/OUTAONE EXCHANGE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at providing a framework for achieving the objectives of the OUTAONE Agro-Economic Zone Project. The initiative is geared towards selling and exporting produce coming out of the agro-economic zones being established across the island through a public-private partnership. One such facility is expected...

Member of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Behavioural Sciences Club, Rasmeha Raymond (standing), combs the hair of a resident at the St. Thomas Infirmary, during a visit to the institution by members of the group on March 1.

7 years ago Community

Residents of St. Thomas Infirmary Receive Special Treat

Residents at the St. Thomas Infirmary were given a special treat by students from Northern Caribbean University (NCU) on March 1. The 15 students, who are members of the NCU's Behavioural Sciences Club, at the institution's Kingston campus, delivered gifts and provided care and entertainment to the residents. Acting Matron at the infirmary, Antoinette Forrester, told JIS News that the...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), engages with Maritime Authority of Jamaica’s Director for Safety, Environment and Protection, Steven Spence, during the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

7 years ago Transport

Motorcycle Dealers will be Required to have Licences

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says that motorcycle dealers will be required to have a dealership licence from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries in order to conduct sales. This is part of provisions under the new Road Traffic Act, which was passed in the House of Representatives last November. He said the legislation will...