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Senior Superintendent of Police, Clinton Laing (left), presents a certificate to Detective Constable Sharline Griffiths for successfully completing the Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigators training course, at the graduation cceremony held recently at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.

Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigators Better Equipped

After receiving the highest mark of 90.08 per cent in the Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigators’ Training Course, Detective Constable Sharline Griffiths has pledged to use the lessons learnt to help victims of such crimes. “For me, I will...

Senior Advisor to the Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Trevor Forest (second right), greets Executive Director of the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), Dr. David McBean (left), at the opening ceremony of a three-day Open Data Literacy Boot Camp at MSBM, University of the West Indies, on May 28. From (second left) looking on are Director at the Centre of Excellence for Information Technology-enabled Innovation at the MSBM, Dr. Maurice McNaughton; and Deputy Programme lead, World Bank's Global Media Development Programme, Sandra Moscoso.

Open Data Offers Economic Benefits – Dr. Wheatley

SLB Implements More Convenient Telephone System

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third right), engages with (from left) Chairperson, Gastronomy Network, Nicola Madden-Greig; Tourism Consultant, Carrole Guntley; recording artiste, Konshens; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith; and Director of Tourism, Donovan White.Occasion was the official launch of the ‘Join Me In Jamaica’ digital marketing campaign at the Strawberry Hill Hotel in St. Andrew recently. The online promotion targets a diverse audience, especially lovers of Jamaican music, cuisine, art and sports icons.

Join Me in Jamaica

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, assists with the painting of the Cumberland Road Health Centre in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Labour Day (May 23). The health centre was one of two projects that received national focus during this year’s Labour Day activities.

Codes of Practice to Protect Persons with Disabilities

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange addresses the Women

8 years ago Gender Affairs

Grange Launches A-STREAM to Help Teenage Mothers Complete Schooling

Declaring that “no one must be left behind” the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, launched a new initiative to help adolescent mothers to complete their high school education. Minister Grange launched the programme during the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s 40th Anniversary Charity Ball on Saturday (May 26) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (at podium), speaks at Reparation Youth Conference, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown, Kingston, on Friday (May 25). Seated (from left) are: Co-Chair, National Council on Reparations in Jamaica, Professor Verene Shepherd and Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Janet Olisa. In the background is Charge D

8 years ago Culture

Culture Minister Calls on Young Persons to Get More Involved with the Reparation Movement

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has called on the nation’s youth to get more involved in the activities of the National Council on Reparations in Jamaica. Speaking at a Reparation Youth Conference, hosted by the Council and ‘Talk Up Yout’ at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on May 25, the Minister said the Movement...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (right), discussing the programme for the National Missing Children’s Forum with Public Relations Officer of the CPFSA, Jeneva Gordon, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on May 25.

8 years ago Social SecurityYouth

Children Warned Not to Overshare Personal Information Online

Children are being warned to desist from oversharing personal information on social media platforms, as a worrying trend has emerged of them going missing after making face-to-face contact with strangers they met online. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, issued the caution to students at the National Missing Children’s Forum, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second right), points out something of interest to Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; and Building Project Consultant at the Justice Ministry, Vivian Gordon. Occasion was Thursday’s (May 24) tour of the building being renovated to accommodate new courtrooms for the Court of Appeal on King Street, downtown Kingston.

8 years ago Justice

Court of Appeal Expansion on Track

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the project to expand the Court of Appeal building on King Street in downtown Kingston is progressing smoothly. “After just under five weeks of work, we have seen tremendous progress. I am eager not only for this work to continue on time but to finish on time,” he said. The Minister was speaking...

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), addressing journalists during the Agency’s quarterly media briefing on May 22. Listening (from left) are Senior Director for the PIOJ’s Economic Planning, Research and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart; and Statistical Institute of Jamaica Director General, Carol Coy.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Expect Further Decline in Poverty Rate – PIOJ

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is anticipating further reduction in the country’s poverty rate, which declined from 21.1 per cent in 2015 to 17.1 in 2016. The decline, reported in the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions, represents a 19 per cent drop in the incidence of poverty, the largest annual reduction in 10 years....

Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’.

8 years ago Tourism

Locally Made Products at ‘Christmas in July’ Trade Show

The Tourism Linkages Network will be staging its ‘Christmas in July’ trade show on July 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event is held annually to encourage the purchase of more locally made products by stakeholders in the hospitality sector and corporate Jamaica who are looking for suitable gifts for clients and staff. Speaking with JIS...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

8 years ago Community

Collaboration Necessary to Deal with Flooding

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says collaboration between the Government and citizens is necessary to minimise the effects of flooding in the country. Speaking at a special meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation on May 24, Mr. McKenzie said the Ministry will, in the next two to three months, embark on a sensitisation campaign to...