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Managing Director of the Abilities Foundation, Susan Hamilton (right), and some students “attend” to a bunch of bananas at the organisation’s farm, located at Constant Spring Road in St. Andrew.

Abilities Foundation to Establish Business Enterprise

The Abilities Foundation of Jamaica will shortly establish a business enterprise from an overseas grant, with the profit to be used to expand training opportunities for special needs youth. Under the Social Enterprise Project, supported by Family Health International (FHI360)...

Director, Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson (left), greets Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Major Clive Davis, at a recent media workshop jointly hosted by the entities at the Courtyard Marriot Hotel, New Kingston.

ODPEM, Met Service Partnering with Media to Simplify Weather and Disaster-Related Information

Graduates of the Youth Enrichment Programme (YEP) listen keenly as Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon Conrad Pitkin, provides a project overview during the inaugural graduation ceremony at Faith Temple Assemblies of God Church, Princess Street, Montego Bay on August 15. The five-week training programme, which was undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, certified the 540 participants, aged 17 to 35, in several skills sets including barbering, business process outsourcing, food preparation, and nail technology.

540 Participants Graduate from Youth Enrichment Programme in St. James

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

Stop Killing Our Children! – PM Holness

Senior Education Officer, Guidance Counselling Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Allison Cooke-Hawthorne.

Education Ministry Expanding Behaviour Intervention Programme Roll-Out in Schools

Executive Director, Food for the Poor, David Mair (left), converses with beneficiary of the organization’s 2018 educational programme, Shenoya Brown (right), while her mother Silvia Brown, looks on. The occasion was a ceremony at the entity’s head office in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Friday (August 24), for the presentation of educational grants to approximately 250 students from basic to tertiary institutions islandwide.

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Food for the Poor Provides Grants for 250 Students

Approximately 250 students from early childhood to tertiary institutions islandwide have received educational grants from Food for the Poor. The students received cheques in varying sums during a presentation ceremony at the entity’s head office in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Friday (August 24). Executive Director, David Mair, told the youngsters’ parents that the provision was a “gift to your...

State Minister in the Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Ministry, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), co-signs the Memorandum of Understanding between the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, and Sprintec Track Club, during a ceremony at the College’s Campus in Angels, St. Catherine, on Friday (August 24). Others looking on (from 2nd left) are: College Chairman, David Mais; President, Jamaica Athletic Administrative Association, (JAAA), Dr. Warren Blake; Acting College Principal, Maurice Wilson; Sprintec Chairman, Dr. Paul Auden; and Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President, Christopher Samuda.

8 years ago Sport

G.C. Foster College and Sprintec Track Club Sign MOU

Representatives of the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport and Sprintec Track Club, which is based at the institution, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalising their partnership forged to facilitate training arrangements for world-class athletes. The MoU, which is expected to span approximately five years, will cover accommodation, nutrition, and basic medical assistance for athletes in training...

Education, Youth, and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addressing stakeholders during the Ministry’s sensitization session at the Montego Bay High School Auditorium in St. James on Thursday (August 23).

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Education Ministry Introducing Grooming Policy for Schools

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says a grooming policy for schools will come into effect when the 2018/19 academic year begins in September. He says the Ministry has signed off on the policy that will provide guidelines to assist administrators and parents in determining the acceptability, appropriateness and suitability of students’ general appearance for school,...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Chairman, Jamaica Producers Group Limited (JPG), Charles Johnston (right), on arrival at the company’s Fourth Avenue, Newport West facility in Kingston on Friday (August 24). Looking on is JPG Chief Executive Officer, Jeffery Hall.

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Minister Shaw Impressed with Jamaica Producers Group’s Operations at Kingston Wharves Complex

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has praised Jamaica Producers Group Limited (JPG) on the quality of its operations at the Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) complex. Speaking with JIS News after touring the facility on Friday (August 24) withChief Executive Officer, Jeffery Hall, and other senior managers, Mr. Shaw said he was “very impressed” with JPG’s tremendous growth in agriculture...

Executive Director at the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), David Miller, highlights initiatives being undertaken by the entity geared at promoting competitive markets and improvement in consumer welfare, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on August 24.

8 years ago Commerce

Fair Trading Commission Promotes Competitive Markets

The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has been facilitating various initiatives geared at promoting competitive markets and improvement in consumer welfare. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (August 24), Executive Director at the FTC, David Miller, said the entity has been collaborating with various Government entities, financial institutions and sectors to improve their operations and processes. “We have been collaborating...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), presents an award to Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) tertiary level scholar, Tashae Bowes, during the institution’s scholarship awards presentation ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday (August 23).

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Government Investing More Resources in Education

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is investing more resources in education for the 2018/19 academic year in a bid to further improve students’ academic and developmental outcomes. Mr. Green said the Government is pleased with the notable improvements in students’ performance in this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)...

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga (left), stands beside a citation presented to him by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), on Wednesday (August 22), for his role in the establishment of Things Jamaican, while he served as Minister of Culture and Development, in the early 1960s. Displaying the citation are Chief Executive Officer of the JBDC, Valerie Viera, and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw. The ceremony was held at Devon House.

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Seaga Recognised for Establishing Things Jamaican

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, was given a special award by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) for establishing Things Jamaican, on August 22, at Devon House. The organisation was established in the early 1960s when Mr. Seaga served as Minister of Culture and Development, to train artisans for the making of indigenous products. In his address,...