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Vector Control Coordinator at the St. Elizabeth Health Department, Michael Myles (left), and Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme vector control worker, Kedeisha Myers, check a water drum for mosquitoes.
Vector Control Coordinator at the St. Elizabeth Health Department, Michael Myles (left), and Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme vector control worker, Kedeisha Myers, check a water drum for mosquitoes.

St. Elizabeth Health Dept. to Get More Workers to Destroy Mosquito Breeding Sites

Vector Control Coordinator at the St. Elizabeth Health Department, Michael Myles, says the Vector Control Unit will be getting an additional 34 temporary workers in an effort to destroy more mosquito breeding sites in the parish. Speaking with JIS News,...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard (right), display an eLibrary package from La Sierra University in the United States, during the launch on Tuesday (January 15), at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. At centre is representative from La Sierra University, Patrina Johnson.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard (right), display an eLibrary package from La Sierra University in the United States, during the launch on Tuesday (January 15), at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. At centre is representative from La Sierra University, Patrina Johnson.

Education Ministry Launches New eLibrary Project
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, gives details about the Global Conference on ‘Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs)’, to be held on Tuesday, January 29, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (January 15).
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, gives details about the Global Conference on ‘Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs)’, to be held on Tuesday, January 29, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (January 15).

Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises Take the Spotlight at Global Conference Jan. 29
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), enjoys a cup of coffee with (from left): Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness; and Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, at the launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 15.
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), enjoys a cup of coffee with (from left): Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness; and Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, at the launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 15.

Government to Help Improve Coffee Industry
Commissioner of Land Valuation and Senior Director of the Land Valuation Division, National Land Agency, Eric Allen.
Commissioner of Land Valuation and Senior Director of the Land Valuation Division, National Land Agency, Eric Allen.

LAMP Merged with NLA

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Finance and the Public Service State Minister, Hon Fayval Williams. (FILE)
Finance & Public Service

Investigative Capacity of Law-Enforcement Officers Being Upgraded

The Government is working to improve investigation and prosecution in relation to money laundering and terrorist financing, by providing training for law-enforcement officers. This is according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, who said law-enforcement officers are now engaged in a Financial Investigation Training and Accreditation Programme, aimed at building...
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Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially open the new bridge in the Taylor Land community today (January 14). Others (from left) are Director of Technical Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Roger Smith; Councillor of the Dallas Division, Celia James; Head of Chin’s Construction, Alex Chin, and Project Manager at the company, Donald Pearson.
CommunityWorks / Construction

Bridge Opens in Taylor Land

More than 6,000 residents in the Taylor Land community of East Rural St. Andrew now have easier access to their homes, following the opening of a bridge in the area today (January 14). Speaking at the official opening, Member of Parliament for the area and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, said the new infrastructure has...
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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange at the Melbourne Cricket Club’s Annual Award Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
Sport

We are Willing to Assist Tallawahs out of the Little we have – Grange

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said the Government of Jamaica is willing to provide funding support to the cricket franchise Jamaica Tallawahs, as it has done in the past. However, Minister Grange said her Ministry is unable to provide the level of funding required. Minister Grange said: “I am in discussions with...
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: Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), congratulates grade-10 student of Grange Hill High School, Amoy James (right), on her success in the 2018 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, during a visit to the institution on January 8.
EducationYouth

Education Sector to Play Critical Role in the Development of the Country

Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has noted the importance of the education sector to the development of the country. He says that the nation’s teachers have a role to play in creating avenues for opportunities to help students self-actualise and develop their talents. “Jamaica is looking towards the education system for the transformation of...
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Education

Community Colleges Undertaking More Research – CCCJ

Executive Director for the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Dr. Donna Powell-Wilson, says this year’s CCCJ International Conference highlighted the fact that more research is being undertaken by community colleges. “Most of the research [findings presented during] the conference came from [community college] faculties. This means that in the colleges, we are paying more attention to research, which...
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Customer Relations Officer at Western Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited, Sharnon Williams (second left) examines alternative packaging materials at a meeting held at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday January 11. Others (from left) are: Chamber President, Winston Lawson; Past President, Mark Kerr-Jarrett; Director for the Environmental and Conservation Division, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie; and Chamber Director, Karlene Maye.
Environment

NSWMA Heightens Solid Waste Management Public Education Campaign in Western Jamaica

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has heightened its garbage disposal public education campaign in western Jamaica, in the wake of the ban on single use plastic material. The ban on the importation, manufacturing and distribution of expanded polystyrene products (Styrofoam), plastic bags -24” x 24” or less in size, and plastic drinking straws came into effect on January...
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