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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addresses journalists at quarterly press briefing, held at the Ministry’s North Street Offices, today (September 4).

7,194 Persons Placed in Overseas Employment Programme from April to June

Approximately 7,194 Jamaicans were placed in the Overseas Employment Programme for the period April to June 2018, an increase of 5.6 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, made the...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while addressing the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) recent media sensitisation seminar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. The seminar, which was held under the theme ‘Statistics and the Media – Why Understanding Official Data Matters’, was aimed at assisting media practitioners to understand, interpret and present official data accurately, and focused on the gross domestic product and consumer price index.

Finance Minister Highlights Importance of Statistics

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), speaking with grade-six students at Excelsior Primary School in St. Andrew, during his visit to the institution on Monday (September 3).

Education Minister Satisfied With Start of New School Year

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), offers words of encourgement to grade six students of Jessie Ripoll Primary School, during his visit to the instiution on Monday (September 3). Standing (at left) is Jessie Ripoll board chairman, Marcia Thwaites.

Education, Training Opportunities for Youth Involved in Crime

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, speaks at a press conference held today (September 3) at his National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, where he announced the nomination period for the 2018 Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence.

Nominations for PM’s National Youth Awards for Excellence Open Sept. 6

President of the Caribbean Urological Association and Consultant Urologist, Dr. William Aiken, speaking to JIS News.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Only Screening Can Guarantee Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

With September being observed as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, President of the Caribbean Urological Association, Dr. William Aiken, is warning men that screening for prostate cancer is the only way to guarantee early detection of the disease. In an interview with JIS News, Dr. Aiken, who is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, explained that...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right) completes signing major sport cooperation agreement with the General Manager of the state-owned China Sport International Company, Mr Lu Guoguang (left). Under the agreement, more than 400 athletes from Jamaica will receive high level training at specialised centres in China over the next three years.

8 years ago CultureEntertainmentGender AffairsSport

Grange signs historic sports cooperation agreement with China

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has described the sports cooperation agreement which she signed in the Chinese capital today (Friday) as “historic and extremely beneficial”. Minister Grange and the General Manager of China Sport International Company (the state-owned sports cooperation agency) Mr Lu Guoguang officially signed the agreement which will see more than...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), responds to questions from journalists during the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) media sensitisation seminar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (August 30). The seminar, which was held under the theme ‘Statistics and the Media – Why Understanding Official Data Matters’, was aimed at assisting media practitioners to understand, interpret and present official data accurately. It focused on the gross domestic product and consumer price index. Listening (from left) are STATIN Director General, Carol Coy; Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair, and Head of the Institute’s Indices and Price Analyses Unit, Shelly-Ann Chambers.

8 years ago Industry

Growth in Mining and Quarrying Sector

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the July 2018 producer price indices for the mining and quarrying, and manufacturing industries grew by 4.4 and one per cent, respectively. This was noted by STATIN’s Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair, during the Institute’s media sensitisation seminar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (August 30)....

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses Parent Sensitisation and Consultation Session, held at Glenmuir High School in Clarendon on August 28.

8 years ago Education

Parents of Path Students Worry Less

Some 1,007 cooks who prepare lunches for PATH beneficiaries are now being paid $323.8 million in salary directly from the Government, so that parents no longer have to worry about paying for their lunch. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said there was a 47 per cent increase in the 2017/18 budgetary allocation to the...

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Paradigm Shift Needed In Public Healthcare Delivery – Dr. Tufton

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says a paradigm shift is needed in the way public health is administered. Speaking at the ‘Make Jamaica Well Again’ Appreciation Dinner and Awards Ceremony, organised by WordAlive Medical Mission, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday (August 30), Dr. Tufton said part of that shift involves forging and strengthening partnerships....

Head of the Area One Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Donovan Graham.

8 years ago Information

More Police in the West to Deal with Traffic

The police will increase their presence in major towns in western Jamaica, in an effort to deal with the increased traffic that is anticipated when the new school year begins on Monday, September 3. Speaking with JIS News, Head of Area One, which covers Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Donovan Graham, said that beginning...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. JC Hutchinson addresses stakeholders during the launch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force Farmers Watch group, at the Dutch Hill New Testament Church of God in Ulster Spring, Trelawny on August 30.

8 years ago Agriculture

Farmers Urged Not To Take Law into Their Hands

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has emphasised the importance of farmers working with the police in the fight against praedial larceny. He also encouraged the farmers to report farm theft to the police, while urging them not to take the law into their own hands. “Report them quietly to the...