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Reading Critical for Positive Learning Outcomes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that the ability of children to read and develop critical thinking skills from an early age is essential for ensuring positive learning outcomes. “Our students have to be...

Barton Oliver 1: Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left) applauds at the unveiling of the signage for Barton Oliver Close, at the road renaming ceremony in the Hampstead community in St. Mary on September 29. From left are: Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Councillor for the Hampstead Division, Mitsy Hudson; Councillor for the Bellefield Division, Leevan Freeman; and Member of Parliament for South East, St. Mary, Dr. Norman Dunn.

St. Mary Road Renamed for Late Councillor

Jamaica Youth Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly, Santana Morris (seated centre) with students of the Mount Alvernia High school in St James, following a youth dialogue session at the institution in Montego Bay, St. James on Monday (September 24).

Youth Ambassador Empowering Students in St. James

Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley.

EU Provides Funding to Develop Forest Sector

Deputy Governor of Finance & Technology, Payment Systems & Risk Management, Administration & Technical Services at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Livingstone Morrison. He will receive the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) on National Heroes Day, October 15.

BOJ Deputy Governor to Receive National Award

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager (right), is presented with a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) branded mug by Manager of the JIS Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Hewitt Stennett. Occasion was the second annual JIS Day held on Thursday (Sept. 27) in Water Square, Falmouth.

8 years ago Local Government

Trelawny Municipal Corporation Committed to Safeguarding Parish

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager, says the Trelawny Municipal Corporation is on a mission to safeguard the parish in order to ensure that it remains a haven for visitors to the island. “We are on a drive to really protect the town (Falmouth) and keep it attractive so that tourists will want to come and visit,” he said. The...

8 years ago Transport

Persons Encouraged To Apply For Rural Hackney Carriage Licenses

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, is encouraging persons interested in operating rural hackney carriages to apply to the Transport Authority (TA) by the deadline of November 30. Addressing a consultation with transport operators on September 27, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, the Minister noted that since the TA opened the system for rural areas...

8 years ago Foreign AffairsVision 2030Youth

Youth Urged To Become Custodians for SDGS

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. is calling on the nation’s youth to become custodians for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Young Jamaicans… must understand the importance of not only planning but taking these goals to action and why they are doing so,” he said. The State Minister was...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers Jamaica’s Policy Statement at the 73rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday, September 27.

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentOffice of the Prime Minister

PM Calls On Int’l Financial Institutions to Reconsider Classification of Countries

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on international financial institutions to reconsider how small developing countries are classified for loan consideration. “I am reiterating my call for the international financial institutions to address this present problem known as the middle-income trap. We believe that a special highly indebted middle- income initiative could provide the framework for the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), has the attention of (from second left), J. Wray & Nephew Foundation Manager, Michelle Samuels; Chairman of the J. Wray & Nephew Foundation, Clement “Jimmy” Lawrence, and Early Childhood Commission Chairman, Trisha Williams-Singh, at the handover ceremony for the renovated Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday, September 26.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

More Early-Childhood Institutions Certified

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the total number of certified early-childhood institutions (ECIs) across the island has increased to 128. Speaking on September 26 at the handover ceremony for the renovated Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth, the State Minister pointed out that two years ago, there were no...

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Young Engineers to Help Develop Alpart/Gansu Industrial Park

Approximately 60 engineering graduates, who are benefiting from skills upgrading in China, will be engaged in the expansion of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart bauxite refinery and development of the Gansu Industrial Park and Special Economic Zone in Nain, St. Elizabeth, when they return to the island. The projects together represent investment of approximately US$6 billion by Chinese entity JISCO,...