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Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr (fifth left, front row), with parent mentors from Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Thomas, and St. Catherine at the Parent Place, at the Emmanuel Chapel in Mount Salem, St. James.

NPSC Ramps up Social-Intervention Machinery

Equipping parents with effective parenting skills is believed to be a powerful strategy to help keep children on the right path, and the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), has been making strides in accomplishing that goal. Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, with participants in the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit essay and poster competition, at the awards ceremony, held today (August 28) at the Ministry, Hope Gardens. At second left is winner in the poster category, Sehu Ray. Others (from left) are Camara Hamilton (second, essay competition); Alaine Preston (second, poster competition) and Angelique Forrest (third, poster competition).

Agriculture Minister Commends Winners of PLPU Competition

Film Commissioner at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, highlights the performance of the local film industry during a JIS interview.

Film Industry Contributes $1.2 Billion to Local Economy

Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh (left), listens to Executive Director of the Commission, Karlene Degrasse-Deslandes.

ECC Calls on Operators of ECIs to Get Registered

Communications Specialist at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’. (FILE)

Parents Encouraged to Take Advantage of Options in Purchasing Textbooks

Former Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye (left), administers polio drops to young Mickayla Edwards, during the official launch of the 14th Vaccination Week in the Americas at the Emancipation Park in New Kingston in April 2017. Others observing the procedure (from right) are Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne; and Mickayla’s mother, Carla Peart.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Parents and Guardians Reminded of Vaccination for Children

With the 2018/19 school year slated to begin in September, the Ministry of Health is urging parents and guardians to adhere to the schedule outlining clinic appointments for the vaccination of children. In a recent JIS News interview, Acting Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry, Dr. Melody Ennis, noted that clinic appointments must not be avoided, because of...

Students of Ne Providence Primary School in Kingston and their teacher, Nicole Thomson (left, background), take part in a Mathematics lesson with PR1ME Mathematics Specialist, Kelly Lim Kai Ling (right), recently at the school. The class was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Liguanea Plains and The Book Merchant Limited (BML). Ms. Lim Kai Ling was in Jamaica as the leading facilitator at the second staging of BML’s ‘Amazing Mathematics Powers (AMP)… PR1MEd for Success’ workshop for teachers that was held at the Shortwood Teachers’ College in Kingston from August 21 to 23.

8 years ago Education

Maths Specialist Conducts Lesson with Grade-Five Students and Teachers

Leading PR1ME Mathematics Specialist from Singapore, Kelly Lim Kai Ling, recently conducted a special two-and-a-half-hour mathematics lesson with several grade-five students and two teachers from the New Providence Primary School in Kingston. This session was facilitated by The Book Merchant Limited (BML), organiser of the Amazing Mathematics Powers (AMP)…PR1MEd for Success workshop, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Liguanea...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) Chairman, Randy Dougherty, during Monday’s (August 27) opening ceremony for the IAAC’s 23rd Annual General Assembly at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Gov’t Pursuing Public Safeguards Against Dog Attacks

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be lobbying Parliament’s support to strengthen legislation to safeguard the public against attacks by aggressive dogs. This, he says, includes measures to hold owners accountable for “the senseless attacks we have been seeing (in recent times)”. Mr. Shaw said while the governing laws, outlined in the Dogs Liability...

Chairman, Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), Randy Dougherty, addressing an accreditation session at the IAAC’s 23rd Annual General Assembly on Monday (August 27) at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James. The event is being hosted by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) from August 25 to 31.

8 years ago CommerceIndustry

Jamaica Can Benefit Significantly from Accredited Conformity Assessments

Chairman of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), Randy Dougherty, says Jamaica’s industry and commerce sectors can benefit significantly from the globally recognised accredited conformity assessments. A conformity assessment directly or indirectly determines whether a process, product, service, or person meets and fulfils stipulated technical standards. The engagement includes certification, inspection, testing, calibration, validation, and verification activities. These are performed by...

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.

8 years ago Social Security

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) for the development of the venture, called ‘Herb Thyme’, the objective is to grow organic herbs and vegetables, and to...

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.

8 years ago Local Government

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

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), and the Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) are looking to strengthen collaborations with media partners to simplify how weather and disaster-related information is disseminated to the public. Journalists and weather practitioners shared the processes involved in their work and how they can collaborate to enable seamless information flow, during a...

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.

8 years ago Youth

540 Participants Graduate from Youth Enrichment Programme in St. James

The first cohort of participants in the Youth Enrichment Programme (YEP) in St. James recently graduated after completing five weeks of comprehensive training and development in various skill sets. The 540 youth, aged 17 to 35, were trained in food preparation, barbering, business process outsourcing, nail technology, and as waiters and waitresses. They are now ready to take their place...