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Members of the public (right) complete application forms at the HEART Trust/NTA booth, while representatives of the agency look on. Occasion was a recent career and information forum and exposition staged by the HEART Trust/NTA at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay.

Heart/Trust NTA Ramping Up Training and Certification

Senior Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Marcia Rowe Amonde, says that the entity welcomes all citizens who require training regardless of their qualifications. “You can no longer say that training is expensive and that you cannot afford it, because the HEART...

Professor of Law and Director of the Human Trafficking Academy at St. Thomas University in the United States, Dr. Roza Pati, delivering the distinguished lecture on human trafficking at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) in St. Andrew, recently. Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Carl Berry, looks on.

Multi-National Approach Needed to Fight Human Trafficking

Former Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (February 14).

Adequate Post-Assessment Procedures for PEP

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie

Drop-In Centres for the Homeless to be Completed in St. Thomas and Trelawny

Senior Research Officer in the Forestry Department, Brahim Diop. The Forestry Department is leading the Government’s activities to qualify for REDD+ earnings from reducing the country’s carbon emissions.

Forestry Dept. Spearheads REDD+ Programme

7 years ago EducationYouth

Tips to Help Students get Ready for PEP

Parents are being encouraged to give their children moral support during the sitting of the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP), beginning on February 26. The students will be among the first cohort at the grade-six level who will be sitting the Ability Test component at 1,104 centres across the island. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on...

Health, Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office, recently.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Westmoreland Health Department Ramps Up Dengue Sensitisation

The Westmoreland Health Department has stepped up its thrust to educate citizens in the parish about dengue fever. “We have been carrying out dengue sensitisation in several communities as well as partnering with schools,” Health Promotions and Education Officer, Gerald Miller, told JIS News. “We engage the teachers by asking them to pass on information in their lessons. They (teachers)...

Newly appointed Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

New Energy Minister to Focus on Strengthening Governance

Newly appointed Minister to the Science, Energy and Technology portfolio, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the first order of business will be promoting good governance across the Ministry. Mrs. Williams said she will be guided in this regard by the new procedures approved by Cabinet in the selection of Boards and in the procurement process. The guidelines are in keeping with...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), delivers the 2019/20 Throne Speech under the theme ‘In Partnership towards the New Prosperous Jamaica’, at the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament on February 14.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Parliament

New Session of Parliament Began Yesterday

The 2019/20 session of Parliament got under way yesterday (February 14), with the traditional pomp and pageantry. It was highlighted by the delivery of the Throne Speech by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. His address outlined the priority programmes and policies to be pursued by the Government in the new fiscal year, which begins on April...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the 2019/20 Throne Speech under the theme ‘In Partnership towards the New Prosperous Jamaica’, at the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament, on February 14.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Transport

First Phase Privatisation of Rail Service to Begin 2019/20

Implementation of the first phase of the privatisation of the rail service from Montego Bay to Appleton will be pursued in the new financial year. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the disclosure as he delivered the Throne Speech at the ceremonial opening of the 2019/20 legislative year in Gordon House on February 14. He said...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Justice

Six More Justice Centres to be Established

Six justice centres will be established across the island to coordinate alternative dispute resolution activities and enable easier access to justice services by members of the public. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the disclosure as he delivered the Throne Speech to open the 2019/2020 session of Parliament in Gordon House on Thursday (February 14). “With...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Government Presents Budget of $803 Billion for 2019/20

For the 2019/20 Fiscal Year, the Government has presented a Budget of $803 billion, with $731 billion allocated for Recurrent (housekeeping) expenses and $72 billion for Capital (development) projects. Details of the projections are outlined in the Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives, today (February 14), by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr....