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Permanent Secretary in the Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (2nd left), along with (from left): Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2018, Ackera Gowie, and Director, Corporate Services, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Elizabeth Smith, view a self-portrait done by Artist and Musician, Patrick Kitson (right). Occasion was the official opening of the Visual Arts Exhibition at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on August 12.

Works of Talented Artists on Display

The works of 45 talented Jamaican artists who participated in the annual Jamaica Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition are on display at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Port Royal Street, downtown Kingston. The exhibition, which was launched on Sunday (August 12)...

The Hon. Senator Ruel Reid, CD, Minister of Education, Youth and Information.

Education Ministry Stages Sensitisation Sessions for Parents

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), interacts with (from left): Youth Empowerment Officer in the Ministry, Mrs. Paris-Michelle Barrett-Powell; Sashawney Clarke, Karisha Gayle, Natasia Foster and Matthew Gordon at the National Youth Symposium, held on Monday (August 13), at The Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston.

Youth Clubs to be Revived

Project Coordinator with the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

National Civil Registry at RGD to be Upgraded

National Coordinator of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Col. Martin Rickman (2nd right), engages in conversation with HOPE interns from (left) Chunta Rexted, Adrian Walters and Celina McKenzie, at the launch of the HOPE Programme Police Partnership for the St. Andrew North Division at the Constant Spring Police Station in St. Andrew on Monday (August 13). Listening is Head of the St. Andrew North Police, Superintendent Glenford Miller.

HOPE Partners with JCF to Provide Opportunities for Unattached Youth

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (File)

8 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Infrastructure Upgrading Continues in Mount Salem

Work continues in the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in St. James to improve community infrastructure and the physical environment. A Ministry Paper tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the activities are aimed at transforming the lives of the residents while establishing a platform for improved livelihoods...

8 years ago EducationYouth

J’Quani to Attend Hampton School in September

J'Quani Chung, one of 10 students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) from a hospital bed, is elated that come September, she will be attending the institution of her first choice, Hampton School. J'Quani, who was diagnosed with leukemia after falling ill in October 2017, told JIS News that she was excited to be attending the all-girl boarding...

Retired teacher, Joan Davis Williams (standing left), conducts a development workshop at the Abilities Foundation offices in St. Andrew, on August 9.

8 years ago Community

Persons with Disabilities Being Equipped for the Work Environment

Scores of persons with disabilities are benefitting from greater access to skills training and employment opportunities under the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project. The US$2.9 million programme is funded by the Japan Policy Human Resources Development Grant and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). It also involves partnership with the Programme of Advancement...

His Worship the Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams addressing participants in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Youth Summer Employment Programme during an orientation session held on August 10 at the Wolmer’s Boys’ School in Kingston.

8 years ago Youth

Over 600 Youth to Participate in KSAMC Summer Employment Programme

More than 600 youth will receive valuable work experience and training through the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP). The programme, which starts officially on Monday, August 13, will initially last for four weeks, with a possible two week extension based on performance and completion of tasks. The youth will be engaged in a critical aspect...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague fields questions from journalists during a press conference held at his Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew on August 10.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Minister Montague Rejects any Suggestion of Impropriety

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague has strongly rejected any suggestion of impropriety regarding the return of a firearm license subsequent to an appeal. He was responding to a news report aired on a local television station on August 9. Mr. Montague who held the post of National Security Minister during the period in question said “all decisions made...

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry (left), converses with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General for Technical Cooperation, Dazhu Yang, during Thursday’s (August 9) signing ceremony for Jamaica’s new five-year IAEA Country Programme Framework (CPF) at the PIOJ’s head office in New Kingston. The new CPF will run from 2018 to 2023.

8 years ago Energy

Atomic Energy Agency has Advanced Jamaica’s Nuclear Technology Capacity – PIOJ Head

The Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been pivotal in advancing the country’s nuclear technology capacity. He noted that the medical physics department at The University of the West Indies (UWI), which trains nuclear physicists across the region, was expanded under an IAEA project, and the organisation is providing €783,600 for the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), converses with Founder of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, at the launch of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator Programme at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on August 9.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Welcomes Launch of Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has welcomed the launch of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator Programme. She said the initiative reflects the region’s determination to make the Caribbean the first climate smart zone, in pursuant of the first of 12 international commitments emanating from the One Planet Summit held in Paris in December...