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Gender Specialist, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Cordia Chambers-Johnson’. delivers a presentation to participants in a recent household energy-conservation and -efficiency workshop in Greater Brown’s Town, Kingston. The workshop was jointly staged by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP) and the Ministry of National Security’s Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP III).

Householders Benefit from USAID/CSJP Energy Conservation Workshops

Participants in two pilot household energy-conservation and -efficiency workshops in Waterhouse and Greater Brown’s Town in Kingston are hailing the initiative as an effective undertaking, and have expressed the hope that strategies being introduced will significantly reduce their electricity bills....

Assistant Director of the Mount Olivet Boys' Home, Kimberley Elliott (left), accepts one of 41 pairs of shoes donated by Sammy’s Shoe Store from Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Special Projects Officer, Christine Ade-Gold (right). Occasion was a recent back-to-school visit by the JIS to the home in Walderston, Manchester. Sammy's has been donating to the cause for over five years.

JIS Gives Boys’ Home Facelift, Donates School Supplies

Founder and Director of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Ilsa duVerney (second right), presents a certificate of recognition to the Jamaica Public Service Company’s Corporate Communications Director, Winsome Callum (second left), at the media launch of the National Customer Service Week at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 5. Others (from left) are Stakeholder Relations Analyst at the JPS, Courtney Whyte; and Deputy Chairman of JaCSA, Richard Rowe.

JCDC to Host Customer Appreciation Day

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, interacts with students of Pembroke Hall Primary School, Jabarie Wilson (left) and Jahnae Fletcher. (File)

Educators Optimistic About National Standards Curriculum

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

Government Assessing Irma Damage- Checking on Jamaicans

Prime Minister Andrew Holness addresses the leadership and representatives of the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies that will constitute the Social Intervention Committee at a meeting held yesterday (September 5) at the Office of the Prime Minister.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Holness Convenes First Social Intervention Committee Meeting

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday (September 5) convened the first meeting of the Social Intervention Committee at the Office of the Prime Minister. Addressing the leadership and representatives of the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies that will constitute the Social Intervention Committee, Prime Minister Holness said they must focus on community and peace building initiatives. “Crime is multi-dimensional; it is...

Activities at bauxite mining and alumina production facilities.

9 years ago CommerceFinance & Public Service

Timely Implementation of Key Capital Projects Pivotal – PIOJ Head

Timely implementation of key capital projects and reforms by the Government and other stakeholders will be pivotal to the country’s achieving projected growth of between two to three per cent for the 2017/18 fiscal year, and higher out-turns over the medium term. This was emphasised by Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, at the...

The Ministry of Education’s main office, 2 National Heroes Circle.

9 years ago Education

Schools Report Smooth Transition from Shift System

The three schools that began operating on the single shift on Monday (September 4) have reported a smooth transition, which should result in more educational programmes for students. They are Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Manchester, Green Park Primary and Junior High in Clarendon, and Kitson Town All-Age in St. Catherine. Principal of the Mandeville Primary and Junior...

National Security State Minister, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre), and President, Junior Achievement Jamaica, Alphie Mullings-Aiken (left), converse with Shameka Campbell, recipient under the Pitch It! Learning and Investing in Your Future Initiative during the closing ceremony for the first Organisation of American States (OAS) Pitch It! Learning and Investing in Your Future initiative at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on September 5. Pitch It!: Learning and Investing in Your Future is a part of the OAS ‘A New Path’ Initiative.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Young People Embarking on ‘A New Path’ to Economic Independence

National Security State Minister, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has hailed the ‘A New Path’ initiative as a movement that not only transforms the lives of beneficiaries but also guides them along a course of economic independence. ‘A New Path’ targets young people drawn from juvenile remand centres, State care facilities and the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP)....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is briefed on activities within the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations in St. James by Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Major Godfrey Sterling (right), during a tour of the community on Sunday, September 3. Major Sterling is jointly in charge of operations in the Zone with Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Superintendent, Kirk Ricketts. Accompanying the Prime Minister (from left) are Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade; Attorney-General and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James where Mount Salem is located, Hon. Marlene Malahoo-Forte; National Security Advisor, Major General Antony Anderson; and National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

National Security Council Stands by Mount Salem Zone Declaration

The National Security Council (NSC) met yesterday to discuss matters related to Zones of Special Operations, including concerns expressed in the media about the declaration of Mount Salem as a Zone. The NSC wishes to state categorically that it is satisfied that the decision to declare Mount Salem as the first Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) was justified based on...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith (left), presents two publications commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Ministry’s establishment to Chief Executive Office of the Jamaica Information Service, Donna-Marie Rowe, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on Monday, September 4.. The ceremony was held to launch the publications and open a commemorative exhibition. In the background is Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Ministry Celebrates 55th Anniversary with Commemorative Publications

Two publications commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade’s establishment have been presented to several State institutions. The beneficiary recipients include the Office of the Cabinet, Houses of Parliament, Jamaica Information Service, Creative Production and Training Centre, Institute of Jamaica, National Library of Jamaica, the National Archives, and Jamaica National (JN) Group. The publications,...

: Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), greets students of Mona Heights Primary School during his visit on September 5. The Minister also officially opened a new sanitation facility, which was partially funded by the Ministry.

9 years ago Education

School Administrators, Parents and Students to Be Prepared For PEP

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says one of the Ministry’s goals this academic year is to prepare school administrators, parents and students for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination, which will be introduced in the 2018/19 school year. The PEP will replace the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), which will have its last sitting...