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Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim (left), is greeted by President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock (centre), when he visited the university, recently. Also pictured is Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (ret.) Peter Brady. Mr. Lim was the guest of the MAJ for a series of meetings, including a High Level Symposium for Caribbean Transport Ministers on Maritime Affairs.

Head of IMO Commends Caribbean Maritime University

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, has commended the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), for developing its programmes in accordance with developments within the maritime industry. In an interview with JIS News during his recent tour...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP — Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Prime Minister says State will Act Decisively Within the Law to Protect Citizens

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (seated, centre), affixes his signature to a Service Agreement between Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Family Life Ministries (FLM), for a pilot foster care project. Waiting to sign are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FLM, Dr. Barry Davidson (seated left); and CEO of CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey (seated right). Overseeing the process (in the background are FLM Board Members, Arnold Aiken; and Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan. The signing took place at the FLM’s Cecelio Avenue offices in St. Andrew on Tuesday (March 5).

Gov’t to Embark on Pilot Foster Care Project

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

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.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Security State Minister says Rehabilitation Programme is Working

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says passes in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination by persons in the penal system is a sign that the rehabilitation programme is working. Addressing the opening of an Education Symposium at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, today (March 5), Mr....

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

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

JMB Makes Changes to Mortgage Indemnity Insurance Plan

General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Courtney Wynter, says that effective immediately, the Bank will be implementing four changes to the Mortgage Indemnity Insurance (MII) plan. Mr. Wynter told JIS News that a letter has been sent to inform Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Water, Works and Housing,...

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

7 years ago JIS Think TankYouth

Children from Poor Households More Prone to Poisoning

Children from poor households in Jamaica are more likely to be exposed to chemical poisoning, says the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN). This is one of the findings coming out of a CARPIN study that focused on the use of chemicals within the home and how behaviour, knowledge, and storage pattern will determine how children 0-5 years are poisoned in...

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...