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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses participants at the World Town Planning Day 2018 Conference, which was held at the Jewel Grande Montego Bay Resort and Spa in St. James on Thursday (November 8).

Building Act Takes Effect January 19, 2019

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Building Act will take effect on January 19, 2019. He was speaking at the World Town Planning Day 2018 Conference, which was held at the Jewel Grande Montego...

Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, addresses a meeting of the Rotary Club of Kingston at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (November 8). Mrs. Lynch-Stewart, who was guest speaker at the event, gave a presentation on the Government’s proposed National Identification System (NIDS).

Disabled Community on Board with NIDS

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses stakeholders at the World Town Planning Day 2018 Conference, which was held at the Jewel Grande Montego Bay Resort and Spa in St. James on Thursday, November 8.

Government Spends $250 Million to Alleviate Drought Conditions

The 50-foot wind turbines at Wigton Wind Farm in Rose Hill, South Manchester. Wigton has commissioned Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) to build a drone that can be used to inspect the turbines.

CMU to Build Drone to Inspect Wigton Wind Turbines

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), converses with (from second left), Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; and World Bank Vice President, Jorgé Familiar, during Wednesday’s (November 7) public forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, under the theme ‘Facing the Fiscal Risk of Natural Disasters’. The forum was jointly hosted by the Finance and the Public Service Ministry and the World Bank.

National Disaster Risk Financing Policy Should be in Place Next Year

Research Analyst at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Uki Atkinson.

7 years ago Health & WellnessVision 2030

NCDA on Prevention Campaign

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is celebrating its 35th anniversary under the theme ‘It Takes a Village…It Starts with Me’. The agency is committed to lowering risk factors and increasing protective measures for substance use among individuals, families, communities, educational institutions and public- and private-sector entities, through public education campaigns, research, advocacy and interactive evidence-based programmes. In an...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses journalists at the Ministry’s quarterly press briefing at the Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on November 7.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Ministry Provides Full Support for Windrush Migrants

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Ministry is heavily focused on the critical compensation scheme for the Jamaican Windrush migrants. “We have supported persons who were in Jamaica by making them aware of the call for evidence. This is the method by which persons are able to submit evidence of the impact...

Probation Aftercare Officers, André Foster (left) and Prisca Parkinson (econd left), working with probationers in making beaded jewellery at the final in the series of anti-gang sensitisation sessions held at Hotel Grandiosa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (November 7).

7 years ago National Security and PeaceYouth

255 Young People Benefit from Anti-Gang Sensitisation Sessions

The Ministry of National Security has intensified its efforts to tackle youth involvement in crime with the recent staging of six anti-gang sensitisation sessions. Approximately 255 young people benefited from the sessions, which were held across the island over two weeks from October 25 to November 7. These include youth offenders in juvenile centres, probationers, and unattached young people. Focus...

Project Manager, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Partnership for Improved Safety and Security in Schools Programme, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI), Yvonne Brown, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago DevelopmentEducationEnvironment

Education Ministry Partners with USAID to Promote Safe and Secure Environment

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated US$625,000 to the youth component of its Partnership for Improved Safety and Security in Schools Programme, in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI). The two-year programme, which began in July 2017 and is slated to end in July 2019, is valued at US$3 million. Project Manager, USAID/MOEYI Partnership...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (front, centre), assists two sudents across the road in front of the Hazard Primary School in May Pen, Clarendon, on Wednesday (November 7), where the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation’s ‘X Marks the Spot’ road-safety campaign was officially launched. Others participating in the launch are Quality Education Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello (second right); Senior General Manager at JN General Insurance, Lynford Reece (third right), and parents.

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Minister Henry Appeals for Motorists to Look Out for Children

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, is calling on motorists to look out for children on the roads. Mr. Henry, who was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation’s ‘X Marks the Spot’ road-safety campaign at the Hazard Primary School in May Pen, Clarendon, on Wednesday (November 7), said that...

Music Development Specialist of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Avory Crooks-Campbell.

7 years ago CultureDevelopment

JCDC Working to Get Festival Workshops Accredited

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is working along with the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and the HEART Trust/NTA to get its annual festival workshops accredited. Music Development Specialist at the JCDC, Avory Crooks-Campbell, told JIS News that “this is being done to equip participants with an instrument to use if they decide to further...

Stakeholders attending the International Task Force on Teachers for Education forum, being held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from November 5 to 9.

7 years ago Education

Int’l Teacher Task Force Forum Opportunity to Share Ideas

Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Region 4 Director, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, is hailing the staging of the International Task Force (ITF) on Teachers for Education forum, noting that it presents an opportunity for countries to come together to exchange ideas. The TTF’s Annual Meeting and 11th Policy Dialogue Forum is being hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...