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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), engages in a light moment with Managing Partner, KPMG in Jamaica, R. Tarun Handa (right), as he explains the operations of the new KPMG Jamaica Extended Support Services (K-JESS) facility, during a tour of its location on Harbour Street in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (November 13). This followed the ceremony to officially launch the service. Also pictured (from left) are Firm Controller, KPMG LLP in the United States, Joseph Arena; and Partner, Outsourcing, KPMG in Jamaica, Donald Barnett.

Gov’t Training More Persons for BPO Jobs – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is providing additional resources to train more persons for job opportunities in the rapidly expanding business process outsourcing (BPO) sector. “The Government of Jamaica stands in support of the BPO...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Principal Consultant and structural engineer, Shalini Jagnarine (right), engages in discussion with Managing Director of GW Architects, Garfield Wood; and PAHO Sub-regional Adviser for the Caribbean, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse. Occasion was a town hall meeting at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Andrew on November 13 to sensitise residents about the plans to transform the Stony Hill Health Centre into a smart healthcare facility.

Five Health Centres to be Transformed into Smart Facilities Under PAHO Project

Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses today’s (November 13) sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation on Church Street in downtown Kingston.

Restoration of Cross Roads Clock Tower Still on

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the House of Representatives on November 13.

Gov’t Allocates $997 Million for Drain Cleaning and Beautification

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Yulit Gordon, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (November 13).

Cancer Society Welcomes Move to Enact Tobacco Legislation

Chairman, Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation Limited and Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller.

7 years ago Entertainment

Boat Fest for Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week

A Boat Fest and a Crazy Bike Show are among the many activities to take place during the second staging of the Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week, from November 18 to 25. The two events, organised by the Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Development Foundation in collaboration with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, will be held on Sunday, November...

7 years ago Education

CMU Develops Online Matriculation Programme

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) has partnered with United Kingdom-based education publishing and assessment company, the Pearson Corporation, to develop an online matriculation pathway for students. The pilot for the programme commenced in September. It offers alternative entrance through the online matriculation programme, allowing students the opportunity to sit those subjects required for enrolment. The online platform provides students with...

Director General, Maritime Authority of Jamaica and Chairman, National Hydrographic Committee, Rear Admiral Peter Brady (left), speaks with Head of Partnering and Engagement, Eastern Atlantic and Caribbean, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Chris Thorne, during the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme Data Handover and Workshop, held at the Marine Pilots Building in Newport East, Kingston, on Monday (November 12).

7 years ago Transport

Maritime Authority of Jamaica Receives Data to Enable Safer Ship Navigation

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica has received data from a hydrographic survey of the Kingston Harbour and the Portland Bight area, which will provide much-needed information for updated charts and safer navigation of ships through waters surrounding Jamaica. The document, provided by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), was handed over on November 12 during the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme...

Custos Rotulorum of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair, addresses stakeholders at the opening ceremony of the Hopewell Community and Sports Centre in Orchard, Hanover, on Friday (November 9).

7 years ago CommunityDevelopment

Hopewell Community and Sports Centre Can Become Social Hub – Custos Stair

Custos Rotulorum of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair, says the newly rebuilt and rebranded Hopewell Community and Sport Centre could become the social hub of western Jamaica. “To the management team (of the centre), I implore you to develop sustainable strategies that respond to the needs of persons who use this facility. If this is done, I am sure that...

Participants in the National Youth Parliament applaud in sign language after the presentation made by André Witter, who is hearing impaired. The National Youth Parliament was held at Gordon House on Monday (November 12).

7 years ago ParliamentYouth

Gov’t to Consider Recommendations from Youth Parliament

The Government will be considering recommendations coming out of Monday’s (November 12) staging of the National Youth Parliament. “Coming out of this exercise, for the first time, I will table in Parliament a document that has all your recommendations, so that Parliament can take note of what the youth have to say,” said State Minister in the Ministry of Education,...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, speaking at the 19th staging of the Minard Livestock Show and Beef festival in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, on November 8.

7 years ago Agriculture

4-H Has Assisted Over 1,600 Youth to Establish Livestock Farms

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs has assisted more than 1,600 young people across the island to develop livestock farms over the last five years. Speaking with JIS News at the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, recently, Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, said that most of the young people have become...

Director of Policy and Research at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn-Robinson, shares plans for the inclusion of a gender-based violence training module to be offered at peace and justice centres islandwide.

7 years ago Gender Affairs

Peace and Justice Centres to Offer Gender-Based Violence Training

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is to be incorporated in the training programme offered at peace and justice centres across the island. “We are having conversations with the Ministry of Justice for a perpetrator intervention programme, where, through the peace and justice centres, a module will be included on gender-based violence,” said Director of Policy and Research at the Bureau of Gender...